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Booming plywood imports a concern for domestic industry

Plywood imports to Australia rose a hefty 21.4% for the year-ended January 2018, totalling almost 500,000 cubic metres for the year, raising concerns for the Australian manufacturers. Analysis of the latest trade data shows imports have risen particularly strongly through the second h
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Safety first for forestry team

KIPT has implemented a new safety system for its forestry services team. Source: Timberbiz Long-serving employees Stephen Connell (team manager) and Barry Budarick were joined for the day by the company’s newest employees Brian Stewart and Claire Lillington, at the company’s Kingscote
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Rolling out integrated GPS capability and enhanced field-friendliness

RoadEng, from Softree Technical Systems, is an easy to use forest engineering and design software which has recently been released as Version 8 offering some game-changing features for field-based forestry operations. Source: Timberbiz “Forestry has always been a ‘boots on the ground’
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PF Olsen CEO to step down in September

After almost two decades at the helm, Peter Clark, CEO of PF Olsen (and president of the NZ Forest Owners Association), plans to resign later this year. Source: Timberbiz “I came into this role at a time when PF Olsen was a relatively small business and have had the support of k
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Australian Paper’s community spirit

On 25 March 2018 Australian Paper at Maryvale, near Morwell opened up to the public the first time for several years. Source: Timberbiz Peter Williams, the company’s Chief Operating Officer was there but in a new role, tour guide for Bus trip 13 on its trip around the facilities. Bus
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AUSTimber 2020 launched

It was an auspicious day to be launching AUSTimber 2020 as unbeknown to the large gathering at the HVP plantation just outside of Traralgon elsewhere the RFAs for the area were being signed. Source: Timberbiz At the launch were an ample number of politicians including local National M
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More news more often

More news, more often … that’s the promise as Daily Timber News moves into its twice-weekly time slot (Tuesdays and Thursdays) from this week. This special industry-driven news outlet takes on a slightly different content coverage with special segments and opinion pieces p
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RFAs finally signed for Victoria

Victoria’s forest industry jobs and the environment have been assured certainty with the Australian and Victorian governments extending the Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs) for East Gippsland, Central Highlands and the North-East regions. Source: Timberbiz The extension of the three
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Top picks for profits on Forests Day

Blazing threats of global warming have raised panic alarms across the globe, leading to greater consciousness toward building up forestry. Probably this is why a single day has been accommodated since March 21, 2013, to honor the worth of forest reservation. Source: Nasdaq Agreed, it
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Enterprise 50 Year Tree Pledge surpasses 12 million plantings

  Since 2006, the Enterprise Rent-A-Car Foundation has funded a massive reforestation effort with more than 12 million tree plantings. Every year, 1 million trees are planted as part of the Enterprise 50 Million Tree Pledge – a unique public-private partnership with the Arb
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