• NCT joins the Tree Protection Co-operative Programme (March 1997) • ShinCel is formed (1999) • NCT becomes the first organisation in southern Africa to obtain the FSC group certification accreditation (1999) The millenium • Membership exceeds 2000 • CTC opens its second wood chip line which has the capacity to chip a further one million tonnes (2001) • NCT becomes affiliated to the Oribi Working Group/Endangered Wildlife Trust (2002) • Log exports to Europe continue and peak in 2002 (600 000 tonnes 1998 - 2004) • A record 2,4 million tonnes of timber sold (2003) • US Dollar/SA Rand exchange rate hits US$1:R12 (2003) • NCT forms Pulp United and enters into a joint venture with Swedish pulp manufacturer, Södra Cell AB, to investigate the feasibility of the construction of a BCTMP (bleached, chemi, thermal, mechanical pulp) mill in Richards Bay (2003) • NCT Durban Wood Chips commissioned (2004) • Piet Retief district office opens (2006) • ShinCel becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCT (2007) • NCT Durban Wood Chips becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCT (2008) • NCT wins FNB KZN Top Business Portfolio Award – Agriculture category (2008) • NCT purchases CTC and sells a portion of the Richards Bay wood chipping business to TWK. The new brand name for the former CTC is BayFibre (2009) • BayFibre becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of NCT (2009)
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