Gordon Timber

The Complete Softwood Service

Gordon Timber, based in Nairn in the Highlands of Scotland, have a long history of supplying high quality softwood timber. Founded in 1862 and, since the late 1880s, managed by four generations of the same family, the company is now recognised as one of the top sawmilling companies in the UK.

Products

Our core business is converting roundwood grown in the North of Scotland into a comprehensive range of high quality sawn timber products for the construction, fencing and packaging markets.

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The Process

The company carries out sawmilling on the Nairn site, converting round logs into sawn timber products. Gordon Timber have a programme of on-going investment in order to maximise site capacity.

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Environment

Timber is the planet’s most environmentally friendly building material, requiring much less energy to produce than alternatives such as plastic, steel and concrete.

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Structural Timber Association (STA) and PEFC UK Ltd visit Gordon Timber

4th February 2026

Gordon Timber recently hosted delegates from the Structural Timber Association (STA) and PEFC UK Ltd to facilitate discussions around the delivery plan for the Timber in Construction Roadmap (TICR). The visit included a tour of our operations, demonstrating how logs...

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