Timber & panel import · since 1939
Timber & panelsfrom around the world.In stock in Belgium.
Panels, softwood and tropical hardwood — imported directly, with over 2,000 trailer loads in stock, our own planing mill and our own fleet.
- Importer since
- 1939
- Trailer loads of timber & panels permanently in stock
- +2,000
- Timber & panels traded each year
- 120,000 m³
- Sites in Belgium & France
- 6
- Industrial planing machines in Harelbeke
- 8
Our products
Four pillars. One stock.
Panels, softwood and tropical hardwood are permanently in stock — sawn and planed. Our planing mill turns them into semi-finished products made to measure.
01 · Sheet materials · 8 species
Panels
From budget film-faced plywood to premium plywood with heavy-duty film: one of the largest ranges of panels from stock in the Benelux.
02 · Coniferous timber · 12 species
Softwood
Scandinavian whitewood and redwood, Siberian larch, Douglas fir and Canadian cedar — sawn, planed, graded and treated on request.
03 · Hardwood · 42 species
Tropical hardwood
Over forty species from Central Africa, South America and South-East Asia — for windows, doors, cladding, decking and marine works.
04 · Custom processing
Planing mill
Eight automated Weinig planing machines and a CNC tool-grinding shop turn rough timber into semi-finished products made to measure.
Origins
62 species. 29 countries. One port.
Everything we sell, we import ourselves through the Port of Antwerp. Pick a species and follow the route — or click a country.
62 results
Choose a species to see its trade route to Antwerp — or click a country to see everything we source there.
Why Omniplex
Use our experience — and our stock.
- 01
Independent importer since 1939
Bought directly from sawmills and panel mills worldwide — no middlemen.
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Large stock, broad range
Panels, softwood and tropical hardwood — sawn and planed, in many grades and budgets.
- 03
Own fleet & speed
Our own trucks with truck-mounted forklifts deliver just-in-time, also from reserved call-off stock.
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Machinery & treatment
Eight automated planing machines and five wood-treatment installations, including two autoclaves.
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Flexibility
Made to your technical drawing: profiling, cross-cutting, treating and bundling.
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Professional team
Five regional sales reps in Belgium, two in France and an office team that processes your order fast.
Sectors
For everyone who builds, sells or manufactures in wood.
- 01Timber & builders' merchantsOur key partners in Belgium and France.Our key partners in Belgium and France.
- 02Concrete formwork & contractorsFormwork panels, formwork timber and safety planks, delivered together.Formwork panels, formwork timber and safety planks, delivered together.
- 03Timber-frame & CLT constructionScandinavian whitewood and redwood, planed to your system.Scandinavian whitewood and redwood, planed to your system.
- 04Garden buildings & extensionsPlaned semi-finished products for those who build in wood.Planed semi-finished products for those who build in wood.
- 05DIY retailPlaned, treated and bundled for the shelves of DIY stores.Planed, treated and bundled for the shelves of DIY stores.
- 06Windows, doors & joineryTropical hardwood and softwood profiles to technical drawing.Tropical hardwood and softwood profiles to technical drawing.
- 07Packaging timber & industryAir-dried or kiln-dried, calibrated, grooved or HT-ISPM 15 treated.Air-dried or kiln-dried, calibrated, grooved or HT-ISPM 15 treated.
Snauwaert timber import, Ostend · c. 1910
Since 1939
1939
One of Belgium's oldest timber importers.
From the panel department of PICUS Belge in Brussels, via the Port of Antwerp and the Finnish Metsä Wood group, to a family business with six sites in Harelbeke and France. Walk with us through more than eighty years of timber history.
OX-Team
Your personal contact, one click away.
Five regional sales reps in Belgium and two in France know your market and our stock. Choose your region.
Where is your business located?
Locations
Six sites around one river.
From Antwerp to our depots along the river Lys in Harelbeke, Bavikhove and Beveren-Leie — plus a hub for France in Méru.
Company film
Omniplex on film.
A short introduction to Omniplex timber & panel import: from the port to the planing machine.
News
New arrivals & updates
New arrivals ·
Breakbulk shipments from China to Antwerp
Omniplex groups orders of plywood and film-faced plywood and ships them to Antwerp as breakbulk on conventional vessels.
General ·
European log prices rise due to Chinese buyers
A VRT news report covered the growing demand for European roundwood from China.
Planing mill ·
New, eighth planing machine installed
A Weinig Hydromat strengthens the planing mill in Harelbeke.