Category · materials & industrial goods
Stone, leather and timber.
Stone, leather, timber and construction materials only quote well when the specification and the volumes are firm. We call the quarry or the tannery and check they can hold that volume across your whole schedule, not just the first container. You get the answer in writing inside two working days.
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Four things we check before quoting.
A vague spec gets a vague price. Each link below is confirmed in writing before the quotation is written, so the number that reaches you stands on checked ground.
Dimensions, grades, tolerances and finish are written down and initialled. Where a standard exists, it is named; where it does not, a sample defines it.
We confirm which workshop, quarry or tannery can hold the volume across your schedule — not just the first load, but the last one too.
Treatment, fumigation, packing standards and destination rules are identified before quoting, so the cost of compliance is inside the price rather than around it.
The confirmed scope names the goods, the volumes, the window and the evidence. Only then does the commercial offer follow.
Example requests
Two real requests.
Fictional examples in our own working shape: the facts first, the open parts marked, nothing dressed up.
Grey marble tiles
HONED · 600 × 600 × 20 MM · TO DOHA
Leather backsides
CHROME-TANNED · INDUSTRIAL GRADE · TO ISTANBUL
The request
Five facts and we can start.
- MaterialStone, hide, timber or metal, and what it is for.
- Dimensions and gradeSizes, tolerances, finish. Where a standard exists, name it.
- VolumeSquare metres, tonnes or pieces, and whether it repeats.
- DestinationPort, and any treatment or fumigation the country requires.
- ScheduleOne load or a programme, and the date the first must land.
The reply is always in writing: a confirmed scope, or the exact questions between your request and one.
Tell us what you need.
Local demonstration. Nothing is sent.
Your request is noted.
In this demonstration nothing was sent. On the live site, we fix the specification with you, checks supplier capacity, and answers with a confirmed scope in writing before any offer.
Before you plan around it
How long heavy goods actually take.
Nobody can quote stone in a day. The first stretch is us confirming the quarry or tannery can hold your volume; the bar is production and loading. These are the ranges we work to when the specification is firm.
The other door
Looking for coffee?
Coffee works differently. We own the Bensa washing station in Sidama and lease Hambela in Guji, and we mill in Akaki Kality — so we hold the coffee ourselves. You can see current lots with their score, origin and paperwork instead of waiting for us to go and find them.
See the coffee