HS TIMBER GROUP

Purchase Conditions

Raw material / Biomass conditions

Source / specifications	Wood type	Species	Length (m)	Top end diameter (cm)
Romania	Saw logs	Spruce Fir	3 and 4	12-55
Romania	firewood, chips, saw dust, bark	Conifers Broadleaves	Max. 4	1-80 1-60
Slovakia	Saw logs	Spruce Fir	3 and 4	12-55
Slovakia	Pulp wood	Conifers Broadleaves	2, 2.5, 3 and 4	6-80
Czech Republic	Saw logs	Spruce Fir	3 and 4	12-55
	Saw logs	Pine	3 and 4	12-45
	Pulp wood	Conifers Broadleaves	2, 2.5, 3 and 4	6-80
Bulgaria	Saw logs	Spruce Fir	3 and 4	12-55
Bulgaria	Saw logs	Pine	3 and 4	12-45
Scandinavia	Saw logs	Fir Spruce	3 and 4	12-45
Scandinavia	Saw logs	Pine	3 and 4	12-45
Baltic States	Saw logs	Fir Spruce	3 and 4	12-45
Baltic States	Saw logs	Pine	3 and 4	12-45
Bosnia, Slovenia, Serbia, Austria, Hungary	Saw logs	Fir Spruce	3 and 4	12-55
Bosnia, Slovenia, Serbia, Austria, Hungary	Saw logs	Pine	3 and 4	12-45
Germany, Poland	Saw logs	Fir Spruce	3, 4 and 5	10-55
Germany, Poland	Saw logs	Pine	3, 3.7, 4 and 5	10-55

The HS Timber Group’s wood purchasing is PEFC certified. All wood that is processed by the HS Timber Group comes from PEFC controlled sources - without exception.

Download: General Log Purchase Conditions Romania - HS Timber Group Romania

Download: Quality class description for pine - HS Timber Group Romania

Download: Quality class description for spruce/fir - HS Timber Group Romania

Download: Quality class description for biomass - HS Timber Group Romania

Download: Quality class description for pine - Acon Timber

Download: Timber Sourcing Policy

Veneer conditions

Type (species)	Peeled Fromager veneer (Ceiba Petandra)	Peeled Ilomba veneer (Pycnanthus Angolesis)	Peeled poplar veneer	Peeled beech veneer
Short grain [mm]	1270 x 2540* 1900 x 3160* + 2090 x 5240* +	2050 x 500 +	1300 x 2600 1900 x 1850	1300 x 2600 2030 x 1030
Thickness [mm]	2.0 and 2.2	2.2	1.5, 1.8, and 2	2
Moisture content [%]	8 +/-2%	8 +/-2%	8 +/-2%	8 +/-2%
Delivery	CIF Constanta	CIF Constanta	EXW / delivered to Comanesti	EXW
Quality	blockboard faces/backs of sound wood, no open defects, correctly peeled, cut should be smooth and with even thickness, no rough cut or tear grain, free of decay and worm or insect attack	blockboard faces/backs of sound wood, no open defects, correctly peeled, cut should be smooth and with even thickness, no rough cut or tear grain, free of decay and worm or insect attack	blockboard faces/backs (A/B), interior quality	blockboard faces/backs (A/B)

^{* Min. 80% full sheets, 20 % part widths accepted in 1270/840/640}

Poplar timber conditions

Species	Poplar timber (Euro-Canadensis)
Thickness [mm]	41, thickness variation: 41-43
Width [mm]	100-350 for trimmed and untrimmed timber (usable material). For 3 and 4 m length: width measurement at 1 m of narrowest end. For 2 m length: width measurement at 20 cm of narrowest end.
Lenght [m]	2, 3 or 4
Reception	In the mill piece by piece
Quality	Allowed: blue stain and sound brown wood Not allowed: insect tracks & holes, rotten & wood decay, cutting defects, tangled fiber.
Packing	One dimension/pack without sticks.