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 first sports stadium made entirely of wood. The idea of a wooden stadium was born to create an infrastructure that would be perfectly integrated with the natural park in which …

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 continuing its strong legacy and commitment to the family-owned service ethic and outstanding quality its customers have come to admire and respect under the direction of the Marshall family. Completion …

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 of Cardinal Corporation) was founded in 1988 to provide quality sawmill equipment for the primary and secondary breakdown of softwood and hardwood logs into timber, and is especially recognised for …

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 Board for six years and replaces John McVicar who served as president from 2013. Bruce joined the New Zealand Forest Service as a trainee in 1981 and spent a year …

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 previously announced at its Investor Day in June 2022, Fletcher Building will proceed with building a new wood panels plant at its current Laminex site in Taupo with a capital …

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 working population away from the area. After almost 50 years in the timber industry, Neil Marlow is now out of work after the state government’s ban on native logging led …

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 equipment can indicate problems, collecting vibration data is key to this approach. Vibration analysis allows engineers to assess the condition of devices, such as pumps and motors. By continuously gathering …

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 which has been doing it tough. An AU$90-million expansion of Timberlink’s Tarpeena mill will add an AU$63-million manufacturing plant producing cross laminated timber (CLT) and glue laminated timber (GLT) for …

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 Ross Hampton said. “Jon is well known to the sector and on behalf of everyone across our forest industries I congratulate Jon on his years of service, not just for …