George McRobbie will remain as Managing Director with Peter Whitfield and Andy Hudson continuing in their current Directorship roles. The Board will be further strengthened by the addition of Gavin Adkins, Harry Stevens and Richard Scott from BSW.
Established in 1948 and headquartered in Stirling, Scotland, Tilhill Forestry provides professional forestry management and timber harvesting and marketing services to forestry owners through its nationwide network of offices.
The company will continue to focus on building its core strengths of high quality forest management whilst delivering a secure and stable supply of home-grown timber to the market.
Tony Hackney, chief executive, BSW Timber Limited, said: “This significant acquisition creates the largest forest products company in the UK and underscores our ambition to increase the utilisation of UK timber. BSW is a growing enterprise and this acquisition is a key component of BSW’s vision for future development.”
BSW Timber is the largest sawmilling business in Great Britain.
