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ƒ NCT invests 1% of its pre-tax profit in community Outlook
projects focusing on: NCT’s intensive marketing efforts add value to members’
1. Literacy and education with attention to
early childhood development. resources. NCT continues to sustain a highly respectable
2. Welfare of orphans and HIV infected children. brand name internationally and this secures competitive
3. Special needs equipment for the physically and prices for the timber products produced by its members.
mentally-challenged. This collective strength places the independent grower in
4. Food security with the establishment of vegetable a solid position particularly in a world where, tangential
gardens.
5. Small business development. to the co-operative principles, corporate entities strive to
6. Basic infrastructure at schools and home drive resource prices down rather than up.
run crèches.
ƒ NCT funds a student learnership programme NCT’s mission is to assist its members to achieve their
which allows unemployed women an full forestry potential and optimise the best financial
opportunity to obtain a tertiary education. In results on a sustainable basis. With this in mind,
addition, NCT also sponsors students to study
towards a national diploma in forestry and invests in marketing and price setting will continue to be NCT’s
students at various universities to conduct research most critical and important role into the future.
in forestry projects.

f Richards Bay Wood Chips

Full Name of Company: NCT Forestry Co-Operative VISION
Limited To win and maintain the unreserved confidence
Nature of Business: Marketing and support of all its members, customers and
Services / Products: NCT Forestry is a marketing co- employees.
operative for private and independent timber growers
Date Established: 1949 KEY PERSONNEL
Subsidiaries: General Manager: Patrick Kime
ƒ BayFibre Central Timber (Pty) Ltd CONTACT DETAILS
ƒ NCT Durban Wood Chips (Pty) Ltd Head Office
ƒ ShinCel (Pty) Ltd Physical Address: 346 Burger Street,
Industry Quality Standards: Pietermaritzburg, 3201
ISO 9001: 2015 accreditation Postal Address: P.O. Box 1445, Pietermaritzburg, 3200
MISSION Tel: +27 (0)33 897 8500
To assist its members to achieve their full forestry Fax: +27 (0)33 897 8501
potential and optimise financial results on a E-mail: prelations@nctforest.com
sustainable basis. Website: www.nctforest.com
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