Who we are

Tanwat is an integrated forestry products business cultivating and processing wattle and producing vegetable tannin extract from wattle bark, treated poles from eucalyptus and sawn timber, plywood from pine. The excess timber from each of the three species is used as fuelwood

Our Mission

“To be a leading forest Company in Tanzania and beyond in producing, processing and developing more than four quality forest products namely electrical poles, timber, plywood, marine board, blockboard and wattle extract for local and International market.”

Our Location

It is one of the largest privately-owned forest business in East Africa with the forest plantations covering 13,800 hectares company located in Njombe region in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania ..

Our Vision

“A Forest Company in excelling quality forestry products locally and internationally with dedicated team in place with conducive working environment”

OUR ENVIRONMENT POLICY

TANWAT will promote the conservation of biodiversity within its landholding, a portion of the land will be managed with the primary objective of maintaining grassland related biodiversity. Rare, endagered and protected species or areas that have high biodiversity will be identified and protected from damage.

USE OF FIRE -A company policy will be adapted as closely as possible to natural fire regimes.

THE LOSS OF WATER QUALITY - the company policy will minimise its impact on the quantity and quality of water resources. Due to unnatural situation from company roads, plantation compartments and other company sites will be minimised.

NUTRIENT STATUS - The company policy will maintain the productivity of its resource base the nutrients status of the soil will be maintained over successive rotations.

NEWS

SABASABA

We were part of companies who shows their products in sabasaba international trade which was conducted in daresalaam at sabasaba grounds

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Visits Tanwat

The Deputy Prime Minister of Tanzania, Hon. Dr. Dotto Biteko inspect our turbine with an installed capacity of 2MW. Two 360KW each, visited the TANWAT Factory in Njombe Region on February 22, 2024..

VICE-PRESIDENT VISIT

The Vice President of the United Republic of Tanzania, Hon. Dr Isidori Mpango listening to our company leaders on the process of producing quality plywood, marine board when he visited the TANWAT Factory in Njombe Region on October 26, 2023.

PRESIDENT VISIT

The President of the United Republic of Tanzania Hon. Samia Suluhu Hassan looking at some of the raw materials used in the processing of animal skin and hides to leather when she visited the TANWAT Factory in Njombe Region on August 10, 2022.

Products and Services That We're Proud Of

Mimosa Extract - We produce two types of Mimosa i.e Powder and Solid Form. In powder form, we have GS and OP (Ordinary Powder). Mimosa is used in Tannery Industries.

BlockBoard - Block board also comes in various thicknesses like 16 mm, 19 mm, 25 mm, 35 mm and 50 mm

Flushdoors - Our Flush Door has completely smooth surfaces and is made by sandwiching plywood or blockboard over a light timber frame. The hollow part between these doors is filled with cardboard/hardwood

Plywood -Plywood plant is a corporate body established in 2014 under Tanganyika Wattle Company limited for the manufacturing of plywood.

Timber -This is the sawing of logs for producing Sawn timber to different sizes as per customer requirement. In the same plant,we have Kiln Dry for drying timber to a required moisture content.

Power Plant -TANWAT has a thermal power station (Steam Turbine) with an installed capacity of 2MW. Two 360KW each, The generated power is for internal use whereby the surplus is sold to TANESCO.

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Wood Pallets(HT) We are producing certified heat trated pallets using convertional steam or dry kiln heat chamber for both local use, export and industrial use