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Nokian tractor tyre a Fennia winner

20 May 2022
The Nokian Ground King Intuitu smart tyres combine the revolutionary Hybrilug tread pattern technology and wireless connectivity with a design that is functional, distinctive and aesthetic to perfection. This has proven to be the winning combination, earning its design team the presti
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After 70 years the future is bright for Euro woodworking

20 May 2022
The European Confederation of the Woodworking Industries is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year. CEI-Bois has much to celebrate and is keen to focus on the future, especially on an increased use of sustainable timber to help decarbonise the built environment. Source: Timberbiz
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Biorefinery to start production of aviation fuel in Finland

20 May 2022
A biorefinery jointly owned by SCA and Finland’s St1 is to start production of fossil-free biofuel for domestic aviation in 2023.  The new plant will produce renewable diesel (HVO) and fossil-free aviation fuel among other products. Source: Timberbiz “The forestry industry is key to a
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Get in quick with your Gottstein application

20 May 2022
Gottstein Trust flagship grants program applicants have until 3 June to get their applications in. These opportunities are open to absolutely anyone – an in-field machinery operator,  nursery worker,  mill worker, TAFE student, haulage operator, PhD researcher, architect, engineer, si
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NZ amendment bill to strengthen efforts to counter illegal timber trade

20 May 2022
New Zealand is committing to trade only in legally harvested timber with the Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Bill introduced to Parliament this week. Under the Bill, timber harvested in New Zealand and overseas, and used in products made here or imported, will have to be v
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Careers Week launch of VR experiences in forestry

20 May 2022
New resources have been launched during Careers Week 2022 that allow school students of all ages to glimpse a virtual day in the life of a different people working in forestry and wood, without leaving the classroom. Source: Timberbiz ForestLearning’s hugely successful ForestVR techno
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Australian consumption of overseas timber is high and at risk

20 May 2022
Australia’s consumption of sawn timber for housing and other uses lifted to an all-time high year-ended March 2022. Data released and loaded to IndustryEdge’s Wood Market Edge online platform shows supply of timber continues to work to meet Australia’s huge demand for new houses. Sour
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Albanese writes a promise to keep Tasmanian native forestry

20 May 2022
Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has personally written to Tasmanian timber workers backing their jobs and industry in an intervention that comes as the timber worker union, CFMEU Manufacturing, releases a scorecard that highlights the gaps in the Coalition policy. In his letter Mr
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Opinion: Ross Hampton – a worldwide complacency about future timber supplies

20 May 2022
For some time now I’ve been struck by the lack of a serious conversation about the vital need to ensure timber and fibre resources keep up with global demand. For this reason, I recently travelled to London, Edinburgh and Rome with the primary objective of understanding better what po
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Friday analysis: Labor’s link to the Greens is the devil in the detail in the Federal election

20 May 2022
The biggest risk to the Australian timber industry in tomorrow’s Federal Election it seems is that it ends with a Labor Government with the support of independents. And by independents, in particular, read The Greens. Consider this. Greens Senator for Tasmania Peter Whish-Wilson is al
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