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SCA and Scania developing first 80 tonne timber truck

12 November 2021
SCA and Scania are together developing the first electric timber truck with a technical capability of up to 80 tonnes total weight. The vehicle is a sustainable transport solution enabled through another close cooperation between Scania and a progressive customer. Source: Timberbiz Sc
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Weinig Group’s exciting new business model for machine costs

12 November 2021
The Weinig Group will implement a new “Woodworking as a Service” business model over the next two years. In the future, this will enable customers to pay for machines according to actual usage. Sources: Lesprom, Timberbiz This means that a machine will not be purchased once for a spec
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Wooden Apple sells for half a million

12 November 2021
Someone has just paid US $500,000 for a rare Apple-1 computer built and tested by company co-founders Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs. The 45-year-old computer went up for auction on Tuesday, which resulted in the winning bidder reportedly paying US$400,000 to own the machine, and anothe
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Forestry crews face a lean Christmas in NZ due to log export crisis

12 November 2021
A dramatic drop in global log prices has impacted on operations in New Zealand and some forestry crews face a lean Christmas until prices lift again and full production hopefully resumes. Sources: Gisborne Herald, Timberbiz Eastland Wood Council (EWC) chief executive Philip Hope said
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Lecture series at Mount Gambier to explore opportunities in Green Triangle

12 November 2021
The Green Triangle has the ability to “build the nation” and is setting on a new partnership with landowners to realise growing market opportunities. With national and global demand for wood products set to quadruple by 2050, the Green Triangle Forest Industries Hub (GTFIH) has commit
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Tumbarumba prepares for new fire season

12 November 2021
Forestry Corporation has put 40 new firefighting recruits through their paces at its Tumbarumba training camp in preparation for the fire season ahead. New recruits and contractors from North Coast, Mid North Coast, Bathurst, Deniliquin, Batemans Bay, Eden, Bombala, Tumut, Moss Vale a
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FWP new board member to add construction to the mix

12 November 2021
An experienced construction specialist with a demonstrated history of working in the construction industry for 38 years has been to the Forest & Wood Products Australia Board. Brisbane-based Yvonne Pengilly was elected at the FWPA’s online AGM and Stephen Dadd, Katie Fowden
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Victorian Supreme Court dismisses Friends of the Forest case

12 November 2021
The Victorian Supreme Court has dismissed a case against VicForests brought by Kinglake Friends of the Forest Inc. Kinglake was granted an injunction in June last year halting VicForests’ operations after it alleged that VicForests had breached logging regulations in 14 coupes in the
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Opinion: Nick Steel – Tasmanian forestry isn’t damaging the state’s brand

12 November 2021
Surely the complete hypocrisy of the Tasmanian Greens and a handful of tourism operators latest claim, that Tasmanian forestry is damaging the Tasmanian brand, is not lost on the public. Native forestry and tourism in Tasmania are now and always have been intrinsically linked and comp
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Friday analysis: It’s forestry that helps not hinders tourism industry

12 November 2021
It is a fact that many of the roads, parks, walking trails and bike paths in our native forest regions across Australia are only there because of the forestry industry. The industry keeps the roads and tracks clear, and, in many cases, helps fund and create facilities. When tourists g
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