It will be the end of an era when Whanganui's Pitzac Wood Enterprises closes its doors for the final time this week.
Pitzac, which is part of contracting company B Bullock 2009 Ltd, has been in business for 45 years, processing timber for fencing and selling its fence posts to farming customers.
However, the company has been battling for about two-and-a-half years to source timber for fence posts and has finally had to call it quits, with its last day of business on Friday, March 29.
Bullocks general manager Jason Reid said the business had become uneconomic.
"It's not price-driven, it's just that post wood wasn't available," Reid said.