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WoodTECH News | Issue 56
Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News. In New Zealand, the news over the last month has been dominated by Cyclone Gabrielle and its aftermath. The cyclone cut off communities and caused widespread flooding and destruction to homes, businesses and infrastructure. As the clean-up continues, one key debate will be on how we, the forest industry and other land users, can ...
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Flood-hit businesses vow to rebuild
In New Zealand, Pan Pac Forest Products' mill at Whirinaki, north of Napier, was inundated by floodwaters in mid-February. Flood-hit factories and processing plants are vowing to rebuild after Cyclone ...
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Innovative infrared technology to test timber treatment
AKD has announced the use of an innovative new technology that provides real time quality assurance for H2F timber treatment efficacy at its Tumut and Oberon processing facilities, to provide ...
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IRG timber durability research event for Australia
Australia will be hosting the International Research Group on Wood Protection (IRG) in Cairns, Queensland in May-June 2023. The IRG is the peak world body related to timber durability research ...
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Cusp to increase CLT & GLT production by 100%
It started with a bold idea. It progressed because of an unwavering belief that it could be done. And in June 2021, the newly branded Cusp Building Solutions launched the ...
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Tasmanian Premier visits Timberlink’s Bell Bay facility
Timberlink was pleased to welcome the Premier of Tasmania, Jeremy Rockliff MP, to Timberlink’s Bell Bay manufacturing facility on Friday 17th February 2023. An AU$63 million upgrade is in the ...
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Timberlink celebrates its 10-year milestone
February 1st 2023 marked a key milestone for Australian timber products manufacturing business Timberlink®, as it celebrated 10 years in business. Timberlink CEO Ian Tyson said “this is an important ...
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Australia’s last white paper plant closes
Australia's last white paper manufacturing plant will close over a shortage of timber supplies, leading to job losses. Opal Australia will withdraw from producing graphic paper at its mill in ...
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Biomass System Selection – Start with the Fuel
The number of possible biomass fuels and fuel mixes utilizing waste “opportunity” fuels for a biomass energy system is large and continues to change and grow. When you include the ...
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Parkside announces closure of Manjimup mill
West Australia's timber towns have been left ''stunned' by the speed at which the industry is shedding workers ahead of a looming ban on the widespread logging of native forests ...
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WoodTECH News | Issue 55
Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News. As we start a new year, the sector continues to grow and evolve. From innovative projects to major changes in the industry, there's ...
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Australia’s first entirely wooden stadium
Bressanone, a small town nestled among Italy’s northern mountains, is 15,000 kilometres from the Australian metropolis of Sydney. The prefabricated wooden components travelled around world to Sydney to build Australia’s ...
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Notaras & Sons business being sold
After more than 70 years supplying quality hardwood timber and timber products, the Board of J Notaras and Sons is pleased to advise that the northern NSW business will be ...
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AE Gibson & Sons a Cardinal Sawquip partner
AE Gibson & Sons Pty Ltd is pleased to announce that it has been appointed regional Australia and New Zealand partner for Canadian company Cardinal Sawquip. Sawquip International (a division ...
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New NZTIF President announced
Bruce Larsen, General Manager and Director of Northpine Ltd, Waipu, Northland is the newpresident of the New Zealand Timber Industry Federation. He has been a valuable member of the NZTIF ...
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Fletcher Building invests in wood products sector
Fletcher Building Limited (“Fletcher Building”) on 16 December confirmed two strategic investments in the wood sector. Wood products is an attractive sector in which Fletcher Building is currently underrepresented. As ...
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W.A. Nannup timber mill closes
The small West Australian community of Nannup has been left devastated by the closure of the town's timber mill, which the council says could drive "a significant amount" of the ...
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Using vibration analysis in predictive maintenance
Production and maintenance engineers are constantly seeking to maximize the performance of their machines and minimize downtime. Predictive maintenance is increasingly being used to achieve these goals. As vibrations in ...
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Tarpeena mill expansion on track for September
A small town in South Australia's far east has been chosen as the site for an Australian timber industry first that will provide dozens of extra jobs for a community ...
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Hyne Group CEO Jon Kleinschmidt retiring
Australia’s forest industries congratulate Jon Kleinschmidt who has announced his retirement after serving as Chief Executive Officer of Hyne Group since 2012, Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) Chief Executive Officer ...
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WoodTECH News | Issue 54
Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News. As 2022 comes to a close, it's been a year where Covid-19 and disrupted supply chains have been replaced by a return to ...
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Record shipments of Russian timber – via China
Timber from Russia has in recent years been sent through China for processing but since the Ukraine invasion by Russia, and the declaration of Russian timber as conflict timber, the ...
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