About Bix Products

Bix Products is a perfect example of a creative family business. Bix Products was founded by Neville Shaw, soon joined by his wife June and eldest son Howard. Sharing a love of timber with Howard, and seeing the need for locally made and readily available wood joiner biscuits, it all began in 1987 when Neville started working on the idea.

The first factory premises occupied were at Beenleigh in Queensland and the business really became 'fair dinkum' when Neville's product got a name, with the creation of the BIX registered trademark. The need for purpose-built machinery brought out all of Neville's ingenuity and with the team, he has devised or invented feeders for punches for each size and the various die-sets for each size of biscuit

But the search was always on. For what? The manufacture of quality Australian wood joiner biscuits requires the right timber. This has entailed quite a journey and lots of research. Today, BIX wood joiner biscuits are wholly manufactured from plantation-grown Australian hoop pine.

Why is Australian hoop pine the right timber?

Unlike most other softwood timbers, the growth rings in hoop pine are almost non-existent, which provides a stable texture of timber across the grain and minimises the tendency for splitting

Along the way, Bix Products relocated to larger premises in beautiful Port Macquarie on the Mid North Coast of NSW. A milestone occured in 1995 when Bix Products purchased the Wintersteiger thin-cutting frame saw and blade-sharpening device from Austria. This revolutionised production and shortly after, Bix began exporting to New Zealand.

In 2005, Bix products moved again to a larger manufacturing facility in Port Macquarie. Now capably managed by eldest son Howard, Bix Products moves proudly into the future, hand in hand with Australia's tradesman, handymen and retailers of quality wood and timber products

A pallet of Bix wood joiner biscuits ready to leave the factory.