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NATIONAL PRODUCT OF MALAWI

the on-site Raiply factory shop enjoys tremendous support

from the D.I.Y market, as well as the smaller contractors
affectionately call the ‘bakkie brigade’ RAIPLY products cater
for office, home, school, industrial needs and include church

pews. Apart from these Raiply supplies treated timbers to the

construction sector of Malawi and across the borders. Raiply
Malawi Limited runs an elaborate afforestation programme, to
ensure a steady supply of raw materials for its factories. This

includes managing two seedlings nurseries with a total current

capacity of 1,480,000 seedlings which is equivalent to 1,333 ha
this meets seedlings demand for Kalungulu, Chikangawa and
Champhoyo sections of the 20,000ha forestry area managed

by the company. The sweet news is that this has created

employment opportunities for people of a variety of skills
and qualifications from across the country. The company has
been in Malawi, with a warehouse branch in Lilongwe and a

smaller factory unit in Limbe for so many decades and this has

created a lot of economic opportunities to both medium and
large scale timber merchant in the country. The best quality
pine and eucalyptus timber is sustainably sourced from the

Chikangawa forest.

This is made possible with a planting plan which came into
force in 2018, of planting 1000 ha per annum. With this there

is an assurance of continued utilization, manufacture of

products to stringent quality standards and custom machined
products made to order. RAIPLY stocks pine timber in various
grades as well as laminated beams. The RAIPLY Manufacturing

division was granted permission to use the Malawi Quality (

ISO) assurance of their quality standards. A variety of board
products such as plywood, chipboard and MDF are stocked in
a range of sizes. Hardwood timber can be ordered on request,

but the stock list includes air dried, treated and kiln dried

timber. As a market leader Raiply, is constantly striving to
find new and innovative products to fulfil the needs of their

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