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Mill expansion for shop and moulding products

In Issue12, WoodTECH by FIEA27 February 2019Leave a Comment

Tenon at Taupo, New Zealand sourced a new edger line with advanced technology to provide visual grading capability for its high-value shop and moulding products. Tenon describes the operation as …

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Canadian investment in A&E

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Leading Canadian Sawmill Machinery Manufacturer TS Manufacturing has recently acquired a majority shareholding in Automation & Electronics NZ Ltd and its AEUSA division based in North Carolina. The acquisition strengthens …

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New wood treatment plants fully automated

In Issue12, WoodTECH by FIEA22 February 2019Leave a Comment

IWT-Moldrup, a Danish company that manufactures wood treatment operations,  has in recent years supplied a number of semi-automatic wood treatment plants to Australia for treating 30,000 m3 treated timber per …

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Mississippi State develops smartphone app to test lumber

In Issue12, WoodTECH by FIEA22 February 2019Leave a Comment

Determining the stiffest piece of lumber is now easier with a new smartphone app created by scientists in Mississippi State University’s Forest and Wildlife Research Center.  Called “Smart Thumper,” the …

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Lessons from workplace H&S fine

In Issue12, WoodTECH by FIEA22 February 2019Leave a Comment

Two similar health and safety failings within three months have cost Rotorua timber company Claymark Limited over NZ$680,000 in fines, reparations and costs. WorkSafe, New Zealand’s primary workplace health and …

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Australia’s largest continuous timber kiln opened

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The biggest single capacity continuous timber kiln in Australia was opened in Dardanup earlier this month. The Wespine-operated facility has the capacity to dry 180,000cu/m of timber per year, which …

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Kaituna Sawmill – a good look inside a sawmill

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A sawmill tucked away in a forested corner near Blenheim at the top of the South Island, New Zealand, is not so quietly producing a large chunk of the timber …

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Timberlink invests in new primary saw line

In Issue12, WoodTECH by FIEA22 February 2019Leave a Comment

Timberlink Australia is investing in a new saw line, horizontal shape saw, and edger lines at its Tarpeena, South Australia site. The company operates three sawmills at Bell Bay (Tasmania), …

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Södra announces its first robot employee

In Issue12, WoodTECH by FIEA19 February 2019Leave a Comment

Södra welcomes Clerk, the company’s first digital robot employee. Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of close to 52,000 forest …

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