[PAR] [TLE] Arnold Laver [SEP] Arnold Laver Ltd is a timber merchant based in Sheffield.  The company was founded by Arnold Laver in 1920.  They have 12 depots, employ approximately 600 people, and with a turnover in excess of £106 million per year. [PAR] [TLE] British timber trade [SEP] The British timber trade was importation of timber from the Baltic, and later North America, by the British.  During the Middle Ages and Stuart period, Great Britain had large domestic supplies of timber, especially valuable were the famous British oaks.  This timber formed the backbone of many industries such as shipbuilding but not iron smelting which used charcoal derived from the wood of various trees.
[PAR] [TLE] Arnold Laver [ SEP ] Arnold Laver Ltd is a timber merchant based in Sheffield . The company was founded by Arnold Laver in 1920 . They have 12 depots , employ approximately 600 people , and with a turnover in excess of £ 106 million per year . [PAR] [TLE] British timber trade [ SEP ] The British timber trade was importation of timber from the Baltic , and later North America , by the British . During the Middle Ages and Stuart period , Great Britain had large domestic supplies of timber , especially valuable were the famous British oaks . This timber formed the backbone of many industries such as shipbuilding but not iron smelting which used charcoal derived from the wood of various trees .
Arnold Laver Ltd is merchant whose trade formed the backbone of many industries such as what?
Arnold Laver Ltd is merchant whose trade formed the backbone of many industries such as what ?
shipbuilding
shipbuilding