Group profile

KayDav Group (“KayDav” or “the Group”), a private company incorporated and domiciled in South Africa, is a trading and distribution company operating in the wood-based panel and packaging industries through its subsidiaries.

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Wood-based panels are manufactured through the compression of wood waste into solid panels. These panels have a variety of applications in the construction, furniture manufacturing and shopfitting industries.

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Packaging consumables and machinery are those products and machines which cater for a wide variety of packaging requirements in the industrial, agricultural and commercial sectors.

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Board distribution and adaptation

The Group is the largest distributor of wood-based panels in South Africa with an extensive network of outlets in the Western Cape, Southern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng. The trading names Kayreed Board and Timber (“Kayreed”) and Davidson’s Discount Boards (“Davidson’s”) are the two brand names servicing the panel market.

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The board distribution and adaptation segment are predominantly focused on bulk distribution. Added value services such as cutting and edging are offered at all outlets except in the Southern Cape.

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The segment supplies the furniture, shopfitting and kitchen manufacturing and installation industries, while also supplying significant quantities to other wood-based panel distributors.

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Packaging

The Group’s packaging business has outlets in the Western Cape and Gauteng. The trading name for this business is Packit Packaging Solutions (“Packit”). The business is a distributor of both machinery and consumables to a wide variety of customers including manufacturers, agriculture, home industries and small businesses.

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Packit has a retail store at the Western Cape outlet servicing walk-in trade.