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FREED (Veneers) Ltd |
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About Us THE MARK OF EXPERIENCE For more than 27 years, Laurence Freed has been sourcing veneers from tropical and temperate countries and supplying customers around the world. "Our job is to carefully prepare various qualities of veneer to meet the needs of end-users." says Mr Freed. "We find the logs, sort the veneers, and supply what the customer wants." The company's flexibility, combined with the quality of product, is a major reason for their success to date and will remain at the heart of future operations. Major markets include domestic and office furniture, the automotive trade (especially for Burr veneers) and the door panel industry. Sliced decorative veneers are the main part of Freed's business. Logs are brought and converted in the source country. Laurence frequently travels to concessions and mills to ensure that they are operating correctly from both environmental and quality control viewpoints. Freed veneers work closely with what is probably the largest producer of Walnut Burr in the world. It is the development of such relationships which keeps Freed Veneers at the forefront of the veneer trade. Perhaps more than any other sector of the timber industry, in veneers it is who you know that counts, as well as what you know. Freed veneers knows the players in the veneer trade - which is characterised by a large number of specialist operations - and can find and secure supplies. "I am always looking for new veneers," said Mr Freed. "Some of our customers, especially architects, will contact us with new ideas or projects for which they want something different, and it's only by knowing the market so well that we can help them. Our name is well known, which is very important in the veneer trade. We are giving people value for money with top service and, above all, quality veneers." |
