MILLWOOD GROUP OF COMPANIES COMPANY HISTORY

1n 1961 Michael Milnes began to work for himself, with a second hand lorry transporting potatoes from Lincolnshire to Lancashire.

Although successful the potato haulage business was entirely seasonal so he started buying woodshavings from timber companies selling them to any customers he could find.

In 1964 he purchased his first premises – a small yard with an office and cottage and also employed two drivers. In 1969 he purchased a two acre industrial site in Boston, by that stage he employed five drivers and two mechanics and was operating seven lorries with thirty trailers – Snowflake Woodshavings was born. Specialising in the removal of sawmill waste for sale predominantly into the animal bedding market.

In 2005 the majority of the business including the brand and Pet Product Division was sold. The remaining companies apart from Euroflow were renamed. Millwood Shavings covering the South of England continue to supply sawmill clearance from small privately owned sawmills to large multinational sawmills in either bulk trailer or skip covering the South and South West.

Millwood Shavings are available in various grades from fine to coarse for animal bedding, gallops or as a general absorbent:

Millwood Superior is a dust extracted equestrian quality spruce and pine woodshaving offering superior absorbency and low dust.

Millwood Standard is a value horse/animal bale. Both products are 120 litre bales (approx. 25kg) and made from untreated sustainable softwoods.

Also available are a Poultry Grade bale and Sawdust. Bulk material in all grades is also available.