Brooks Bros (UK) is proud to be a UK–preferred supplier of the FIPCAM* range of Sawn African Hardwoods. Importing both Air Dried and Kilned timber from Cameroon, Brooks Bros offers extensive landed stocks of Iroko, Sapele and Utile.
FIPCAM African Hardwoods really are the best with their MILD GRAINED consistent colour and RE-GRADING after kilning.
FIPCAM is a market-leading producer of sustainable tropical hardwoods. The FIPCAM company was created in Cameroon in 2001 as the result of a thirty-year venture and family know-how going back to 1929. Its primary operation is logging and sawing. It now has a production capacity of around 2000m3 of fresh sawn timber and has four drying kilns. Its average workforce in 2015 was 662 people spread over its various production sites.
Stock List
Iroko KD S/E
- Botanical Name
- Chlorophora Excelsa
- Origin
- West and East Africa
- Brief Description
- Colour: Golden-orange to light brown
Grain: Interlocked
Texture: Coarse but even..
- Uses
- Ship and boat building, interior and exterior joinery, laboratory benches,
furniture making. Also: Piling and marine work, domestic flooring,
plywood manufacture and decorative veneering
- Working Properties
- Works ok with hand and machine tools, nails, screws and glues well and finishes well once filled
- Durability
- Very durable
- Density
- 640 kg/m³
Sapele KD S/E
- Botanical Name
- Entandrophragma Cylindricum
- Origin
- West and Central Africa
- Brief Description
- Colour:Medium to dark-reddish brown, characterised by a
well-defined ribbon striped figure on quartered surfaces
Grain: Interlocked or wavy. Texture: Fairly fine.
- Uses
- Quality furniture and cabinet making, joinery, shop fitting, office furniture, solid doors, boat building, musical instruments, sports goods, counter tops and flooring. Also: A constructional veneer for plywood.
- Working Properties
- Works well with hand and machine tools, nails, screws and glues well,
Properties care required when staining but provides excellent polished finish
- Durability
- Moderately durable
- Density
- 620 kg/m³
Utile (SIPO) KD S/E
- Botanical Name
- Entandrophragma Utile
- Origin
- West and Central Africa
- Brief Description
- Colour: Matures from pink-brown when fresh cut to deep red-brown
Grain: Interlocked.
Texture: Uniformly moderate.
- Uses
- Furniture, cabinet-making, counter tops, high-class exterior and interior joinery, flooring, boat building and planking. Also: Sliced for decorative veneer and plywood manufacture
- Working Properties
- Works well with hand and machine tools, nails satisfactorily, glues and Properties stains well and finishes well once filled
- Durability
- Durable
- Density
- 660 kg/m³
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