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Why Russwood?

Our purpose is to help our customers achieve design excellence in the built environment.

As a leading supplier of quality, sustainable timber products and systems, quality, expertise, innovation, environment and community are at the core of everything we do. We strive to be the best for our customers through unrivalled technical expertise and customer service, and to do our best for the environment by offering sustainable, high-performance timber products.

Quality

Russwood are committed to quality, professionalism and the highest standard of service. When it comes to timber, we select the best possible grades before our team then re-grade it in-house to our own stringent standards, ensuring only the highest quality boards make it through to our customers. Russwood operate a Quality Management System to ISO 9001 certification standards, meaning we can demonstrate our ability to consistently provide products and services that meet customer and regulatory requirements and to demonstrate continuous improvement. Quality is ingrained in everything we do.

Expertise

In 2020 Russwood proudly celebrated three decades in business. In 1990 we started with a team of six and now employ over 50 staff across two sites. Our Newtonmore site is home to our sawmill, planing mill and in-house factory coating facility, as well as our head office where our sales, admin and marketing teams are based. Our Glasgow office is the base for our specialist Architect Liaison Team as well as members of our Sales and Marketing teams. Through a continuous programme of staff training and support, we strive to retrain and develop our staff to become experts in their fields. Over the years, Russwood have developed our expertise and experience, always embracing the latest innovations whilst maintaining a solid commitment to quality and service.

Lunawood Collection factory coated SiOO:X Light Grey | Escapade Silverstone | Twelve Architects | David Barbour Photography

Innovation

Russwood strive to be at the forefront of new products and systems, we are continually innovating and testing new products at our in-house research and development centre as well as working closely with partners such as SiOO:X and SIHGA to ensure we stay one step ahead and offer our customers the best solutions and systems possible. Our modern office facility is a real-life case study of the many ways in which timber can enhance a building both internally and externally and how different species, profiles and coatings can be utilised to achieve your desired effect.

Environment

Timber is the one truly sustainable building material as it is a fully renewable resource. With its important carbon storage properties and low embodied energy, timber is playing an increasingly important role in the construction industry. Russwood is fully committed to minimising environmental impact as we believe that we have a responsibility, to our customers, employees and other company stakeholders, to operate as sustainably as possible. To achieve environmental improvements throughout our operations, we are committed to establishing an Environmental Management System to meet the requirements of the international standard ISO 14001 and set environmental objectives and targets, which are regularly reviewed and revised. Russwood is Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) certified which guarantees responsible management of the forests from where our timber is sourced and PEFC™ certified which ensures the chain of custody of our timber is controlled from the forest through to the final product use.

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Community

The majority of our staff live within the local villages of Badenoch & Strathspey. Each year Russwood support a number of carefully selected local events and clubs, and while the type of event varies, a key theme linking them is the promotion of health, well-being and sporting development in our local community. As one of the biggest employers in Badenoch and Strathspey, with many of our staff having grown up in the area themselves before raising their own families here, giving back to the community is something close to the hearts of many at Russwood.

QUALITY | EXPERTISE | INNOVATION | ENVIRONMENT | COMMUNITY

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