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WoodTECH News | Issue 59
Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News. The wood processing industry, on both sides of the Tasman, continues to face difficult market conditions. You would think that, with a massive housing crisis, the New Zealand and Australian Governments would do everything they could to improve the local wood supply and long-term profitability of the sector. Providing grants like the AAWPI ...
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Accessing the NZ$57M Wood Processing Growth Fund
As reported, on Thursday 27 April, New Zealand’s Minister of Forestry launched the government’s Wood Processing Growth Fund (WPGF) to unlock the potential of our forest resource, support the transition ...
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Creating a culture of smart wood manufacturing
During the latest episode of FWPA’s WoodChat podcast series, listeners will hear from two thriving Australian forest and wood products companies adopting smart manufacturing principles. Applying these principles during the ...
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News & Technologies Cont.
NZ wood processors want their carbon, not your debt
Opinion: Marty Verry, CEO of the Red Stag group of companies Last week incoming Minister of Forestry Peeni Henare announced a NZ$57 million fund to invest in New Zealand’s wood ...
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What’s behind the rise in timber prices in Australia
The lifting of China’s export restrictions, combined with rising interest rates and a housing shortage, could spell trouble for the Australian housing industry. Australian timber prices may have fallen from ...
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Corryong sawmill closing in September
The timber mill at Corryong, in the north-eastern corner of Victoria, will close by September this year, once the existing log stock is milled.It will be the end of an ...
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Changes at Koppers Performance Chemicals
Koppers Performance Chemicals has announced that Steve Crimp, General Manager of Koppers Performance Chemicals New Zealand, has accepted a promotion to the role of Managing Director, Koppers Performance Chemicals Europe ...
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Jon Kleinschmidt retires after 28 Years with Hyne
28 years, 6 months and 1 week. Last Friday (5 May), Jon Kleinschmidt, known fondly throughout the business and industry as ‘JK’, officially retired as Chief Executive Officer of Hyne ...
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WA sawmill closing ahead of native logging ban
Another sawmill in southern WA will close before the official ban of native logging comes into effect in 2024.Redmond Sawmill, based near Albany, will shut its doors at the end ...
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WoodTECH News | Issue 58
Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News. The big tech news is the Australian Government’s delivery of more than AU$108 million awarded, across 34 separate grants, to timber and wood ...
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New funding for contractors for biomass innovation
EECA has a new fund which could be of assistance to those looking to make a start in the biomass business in New Zealand or increasing production of an existing ...
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Saw logs moved more than 900km by rail to supply bushfire-impacted Riverina mills
Logs are being transported more than 900 kilometres by rail from northern New South Wales to prop up supply to sawmills on the south-west slopes as part of bushfire recovery ...
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New Zealand 3D-prints first commercial building in southern hemisphere
The first building featuring QOROX 3D printed concrete walls has just been completed in Hamilton, New Zealand. The build, an early childhood centre Creators Forest Lake, is the first Commercial ...
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Metsä Group looks to rail for log transport
VR’s first train with an electric locomotive transporting roundwood arrived for test runs at Metsä Group’s new Euro2.02 billion Kemi bioproduct mill. This marked a major step in Metsä Group ...
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AU$108 million wood processing grants awarded
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Albanese Government’s delivery of the more than AU$108 million awarded across 34 separate grants to timber and wood processors as part ...
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Waipā Campus sawmill (TITC) closed
In New Zealand, sixteen workers will be without jobs this month as Toi Ohomai’s sawmill in Rotorua is set to close after operating for more than 60 years. Toi Ohomai ...
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Two new wood treatment plants installed
Two modern wood treatment plants, one Waterborne plant and the other an LOSP plant, both complete with storage tanks, pump sections, electric cabinets, and software were turn-key supplied by the ...
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CLT Toolbox launches software for mass timber buildings
Introducing CLT Toolbox, the revolutionary mass timber design software that simplifies the engineering process and promotes sustainable building practices. With its streamlined design and comprehensive education, CLT Toolbox makes it ...
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WoodTECH News | Issue 57
Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News. Are you tired of seeing valuable wood residues go to waste? There’s now real momentum for the forest and wood products industries to ...
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Major Wood Residues Event announced for 2023
It was eight years since the Forest Industry Engineering Association had run a wood residues programme aimed specifically at those supplying biofuels, the forest products industry. The wood residues event ...
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Growth in sawmill investment – HewSaw seeing unprecedented demand
Recent market conditions for wood products have many producers looking to upgrade their equipment and facilities with new technology and primary processing gear. The past couple of years have been ...
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Mobile log scaling innovation at Tauranga
ISO Limited is readying another significant technology investment, at the Port of Tauranga. The Mobile Log Scaler is a semi-autonomous robot which will image and scale logs, on rail wagons ...
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