West Valley Hardwood, a division of Franwood International Inc.
The Company
We specialize in supplying unique exotic hardwood flooring from South America. The business started in the year 2000.
Our objective is to offer you the best value – the highest quality at the lowest possible price. We also are happy to provide advice, expertise and product knowledge for all the products we are selling.
The exotic hardwood products offered at West Valley Hardwood all originate from sustainable yield forests throughout the world. The forests and mills involved in manufacturing and supplying the products for West Valley Hardwood all cooperate with regulations ensuring the future growth of the Earth's precious resource; forests.
Please note that West Valley Hardwood has made every effort to make the wood species pictures on this web site as accurate both in color and detail as possible. When viewing our images, keep in mind that your computer settings and monitor also affect the clarity and color of each picture. The photos on this site are best viewed on Microsoft Explorer, with the computer resolution set at "millions of color".
Our Pledge
West Valley Hardwood thought you might want to know . . .
West Valley Hardwood is firmly committed to preserving South America's rain forest and renewing its natural resources. West Valley Hardwood promotes sustainable forest practices, securing timber from mills that utilize the principles of sustainable forest management. Coupled with a stringent policy of reforestation, rational harvesting from sustainable forests assures the health and continuity of this most valuable resource.
The process of selective timber harvesting is utilized, so that each tree is assessed for age and condition. Older trees, often susceptible to disease, are removed first, assuring that valuable resources are not left to waste away on the forest floor. After timber is harvested, multiple trees are replanted, fostering sustainable forest practices and completing the reforestation process.
In the final analysis, the process of rational harvesting from sustainable forests produces the highest quality lumber, while increasing the number of new healthy trees and allowing immature trees in the upper-story to benefit from increased sunlight and water. Because of the tropical climate, reforestation in South American rain forests occurs substantially faster than in temperate climates of North America.
*A copy of this letter is available upon request.