 1905 head office on Bryce St, Hamilton | |
| Founded | 1890 |
|---|---|
| Founder | J. W. Ellis and J. H. D. Burnand |
| Defunct | 1980 |
| Headquarters | , New Zealand |
Number of employees | (4,000 (1923)) |
Ellis and Burnand was a New Zealand sawmilling and timber retailing company, formed by businessman John William Ellis and engineer Harry Burnand in 1891.
Ellis and Burnand Ltd[1] was incorporated in 1903.[2] They were responsible for felling much of the native bush in the southern Waikato and northern Manawatu-Whanganui regions. Their operations expanded initially to supply the timber needs of the North Island Main Trunk railway as it was extended south. Once the railway opened, new mills were built to exploit previously hard to access areas.
Fletcher Holdings bought the company in 1990, rebranding it as PlaceMakers.
Ellis & Burnand's cutting sites were linked to their sawmills by bush tramways, one of which forms the southern end of the Timber Trail cycleway, opened in 2013.
- ^ "Obituary". Waikato Times. 6 August 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
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