Big River Industries (ASX: BRI) — Company Overview, News & Financial Data
Big River Industries is an Australian timber products manufacturer focusing on softwood and hardwood ply products.
Big River Industries
Big River Industries is an Australian manufacturer and distributor of timber and building products. The company manufactures structural plywood, formwork products, and engineered wood solutions while distributing building materials to residential, commercial, and civil construction sectors. Operating a national network of trade centres, commercial branches, and decorative panel manufacturing sites across Australia and New Zealand, the company provides formwork systems, walling, flooring, structural timber, and architectural lining panels to builders, trades, and specifiers. With manufacturing origins dating back to the 1920s, the enterprise maintains integrated operations across raw material processing, product fabrication, and trade sales distribution.
Snapshot
Operations
Products and/or services of Big River Industries
- Trade Distribution: Operation of nationwide trade centres supplying professional builders and contractors with framing timber, truss systems, structural plywood, cladding, and general building materials across Australian metropolitan and regional construction markets.
- Formwork Solutions: Supply and distribution of concrete formwork systems, including specialized formwork plywood, steel decking, laminated veneer lumber, scaffold planks, and related hardware for commercial, residential, and civil infrastructure construction projects.
- Commercial Supply: Provision of engineered timber, fire-rated walling panels, specialized insulation, doors, and architectural cladding systems targeted at large-scale commercial, high-density residential, and public infrastructure developments.
- Timberwood Decorative Panels: Manufacturing and processing of premium decorative timber surfaces, natural wood veneers, laminated panels, medium-density fibreboard, and particleboard tailored for interior architectural fit-outs, cabinetry, and custom joinery.
- Plywood Manufacturing: Production of structural, engineered, and decorative plywood solutions at local manufacturing facilities, producing high-performance formwork panels and specialty timber products sold through integrated wholesale and retail distribution channels.
- New Zealand Operations: Importation, distribution, and wholesale marketing of specialized plywood panels, architectural interior linings, and structural timber products across New Zealand via established regional sales offices and distribution sites.
Big River Industries executive team
- Mr. John LorenteMD, CEO & Executive Director
- Mr. John O'Connor A.C.M.A., B.Com.CFO & Company Secretary
- Damien O' LoughlinExecutive General Manager of Technology & Transformation
- Ms. Steph BassettHead of People & Culture