{"id":8,"date":"2020-02-07T01:34:41","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T01:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/14r.08c.myftpupload.com\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-01-08T00:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T00:32:18","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_2_3 fusion-builder-column-1 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first 2_3\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:66.66%;width:calc(66.66% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.6666 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"   data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Renowned industry experience and expertise<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p>Big River Group was established in the early 1900s as a family-owned timber business.\u00a0 Today, Big River is a major player in the timber panels market in Australia and New Zealand, offering a complete range of architectural and technical products for commercial and residential building projects.<\/p>\n<p>Big River Group is recognized as a leading manufacturer and distributor of a variety of premium timber products including decorative timber panel products, structural plywood and engineered timber flooring.\u00a0 Assisting in creating exceptional designs and interiors, while combining the aesthetic value of timber with the structural qualities of an engineered product, the range of timber choices compliments any design.<\/p>\n<p>With a long history in the Australian timber and plywood markets, Big River Group\u2019s reputation is built on experience, quality, reliability, and diligent customer service. Strong relationships with suppliers and clients, along with technical expertise and a solutions-led approach, helps bring designs to life.<\/p>\n<p>Big River has grown quickly over the past few years with acquisitions of New Zealand specialty panel businesses, Plytech and Decortech in 2019 followed by Australian companies Timberwood Panels (2021), Revolution Wood Panels (2021) and SLQ (2024). The acquisitions see the combination of the strong and successful operating histories of these businesses which allows for greater expansion of sales and distribution centres and manufacturing facilities throughout both Australia and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-text\"><p><strong>Our Brands:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/panels-brands-2.png\" width=\"3780\" height=\"548\" alt=\"\" title=\"panels brands\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-1399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/panels-brands-2-200x29.png 200w, https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/panels-brands-2-400x58.png 400w, https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/panels-brands-2-600x87.png 600w, https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/panels-brands-2-800x116.png 800w, https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/panels-brands-2-1200x174.png 1200w, https:\/\/bigrivergroup.com.au\/architectural\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/panels-brands-2.png 3780w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_3 fusion-builder-column-2 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last 1_3\"  style='margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;width:33.33%;width:calc(33.33% - 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