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Confederation of Timber Industries

25 June 2015
The interim head of the Timber Trades Federation was invited to attend the Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (TIMCON)’s annual general meeting to present to its members the new Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI). Source: Timberbiz At the event, held in Manchester in May,
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Stora Enso to close packaging unit India

25 June 2015
Stora Enso plans to permanently shut down the Group’s corrugated packaging converting unit in Chennai, India, due to unprofitability and a major decrease in local market demand. Source: Timberbiz The mill closure will involve negotiations with the local employees’ union. The mill empl
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New Forests strengthens Asian presence

25 June 2015
New Forests, a forestry investment management business operating in the Asia-Pacific region and the United States, this week appointed Geoffrey Seeto as managing director for the company’s Asian business, which is based in Singapore. Source: Timberbiz New Forests Asia was established
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Kauri exports illegal

25 June 2015
Forest and Bird, and the Northland Environmental Protection Society have complained that the Ministry for Primary Industries is allowing timber exports that are illegal under the Forests Act. Source: Radio New Zealand Four weeks ago the conservation groups asked for an investigation i
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TFS buys US pharma companies

25 June 2015
The global demand for skincare products has prompted an Indian sandalwood oil producer in Western Australia’s remote Kimberley region to purchase two American pharmaceutical companies. Source: ABC Rural Sandalwood oil is typically used as an ingredient in perfume, but it is incr
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CSIRO signs agreement for forest mapping

25 June 2015
The European Space Agency launched its latest satellite, Sentinel-2, which will collect data on the world’s crops to help predict food shortages. Source: ABC Rural At the Paris Air Show, Australia’s lead scientific body, the CSIRO, signed an agreement with the European Spa
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NZ greens challenge Resource Management Act

25 June 2015
Environmentalists are hitting out at Government plans to tweak the Resource Management Act to remove Bay of Plenty council control of the release of genetically engineered trees in the region. Source: Bay of Plenty Times Green Party forestry spokesperson Steffan Browning said communit
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TFGA supports Forestry Tasmania

25 June 2015
The Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association today made it clear it supports the State Government’s policy to revitalise the forest industry, including the retention of Forestry Tasmania. Source: Timberbiz The TFGA is a member of the Ministerial Advisory Council on Forestry. The Cou
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Hyne Design 7 users to install latest version

25 June 2015
Robert Mansell, Design Solutions Manager for Hyne Timber, is urging all users of Hyne Design 7 software to install version 7.4 in order to continue using this free program after the end of June 2015. Source: Timberbiz “Our Hyne Design software has been developed and is owned by Hyne T
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Certification bodies workshop

25 June 2015
AFS LTD is planning a workshop for certification bodies operating in the AFCS/PEFC Forest management and Chain of custody fields. It will be held in Sydney in late July. Source: Timberbiz The session will cover a number of important topics including: Update on and transition to recent
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