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JD adds to its forestry attachment witha mulchers and brush cutters

17 January 2022
John Deere has added to its attachment family for excavators with the ME36 and ME50 Mulchers, and the RE40 and RE50 Rotary Brush Cutters. Source: Timberbiz The ME36 and ME50 mulchers are equipped with knife-style cutting teeth on a split ring rotor. The spiral, double helix tool patte
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Combilift is Timber Trade Supplier of the Year

17 January 2022
Holzkurier, a leading Austrian publication for the timber sector, has named Combilift as its Timber Trade Supplier of the Year for 2022. Source: Timberbiz The company’s continual product development, its impressive growth in the Austrian market and a policy of always putting the custo
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New Chairperson for FSC

17 January 2022
Zandra Martinez, from Oaxaca, Mexico, has been appointed as the Chairperson of the International Board of Directors for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Source: Timberbiz Since 2019, Ms Martinez has served on the FSC International Board of Directors and has played an instrumental
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CFA gets a 20-strong fleet of modern tankers

17 January 2022
The final touches are being put on the first of a brand-new fleet of Country Fire Authority tankers, providing Victorian volunteer firefighters with the latest equipment they need to help keep communities safe. Source: Timberbiz Twenty CFA brigades will receive the new dual cab heavy
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Forestry Corp helps to open a café

17 January 2022
The Nyanggan Gapi Café had previously been run by Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation out of a small portable container. Thanks to its success and with the support of a grant from the NSW Regional Tourism and Infrastructure Fund, and Forestry Corporation of NSW the organis
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Scion’s innovative timber hub nabbed 14 awards

17 January 2022
Scion’s innovation hub, Te Whare Nui o Tuteata, has won 14 domestic and international awards in 2021 making it an international timber architecture icon. Source: Timberbiz The Rotorua building is believed to be a world-first diagonal-grid (diagrid) timber structure for a three-storey
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Squirrel to fight fires in Green Triangle

17 January 2022
The Green Triangle’s timber plantation companies have invested in additional aerial firefighting capacity in the region to protect its plantation estate, natural environment and broader community this fire season. Source: Timberbiz The helicopter, a B2 Squirrel, has been engaged by th
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Engineered Wood Products welcomes new FWPA CEO

17 January 2022
The Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia has joined many other timber product industry voices welcoming the appointment of Andrew Leighton as the new Forest & Wood Products Australia Chief Executive Officer. Source: Timberbiz “Andrew has significant previous experie
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Three regional forest centres add $3m to their budgets

17 January 2022
An additional $3.1 million of Federal Government funding announced last year will extend the life of the three regional National Institute for Forest Products Innovation Centres, including Mount Gambier, to support innovation and growth in the forest industries, according to the Membe
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Bob Brown faces court over trespass charges

17 January 2022
Conservationist Bob Brown and five other activists will fight a charge of trespass later this year after they were arrested while protesting the logging of swift parrot habitat. Source: The Mercury In December 2020, the group was arrested in the Eastern Tiers, where the critically end
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