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Sodra’s test run at its new CLT facility

10 June 2022
The first CLT panel has been manufactured at Södra, Sweden in its new Varo facility. This is the second CLT plant for Sodra. Originally it was planned to start production at the end of 2021 but mainly due to the Covid pandemic, timelines were moved to mid 2022. Source: Timberbiz Now L
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Russia faces sawdust invasion

10 June 2022
From 10 July the Russian wood pellet exports to Europe, the main market for Russian companies, will be completely stopped. From this date, EU sanctions will come into effect, limiting the supply of wood products from Russia and Belarus. Source: Lesprom According to Lesprom Analytics,
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New secretary general and CEO for PEFC

10 June 2022
The PEFC Board of Directors has announced that it has appointed Michael Berger as PEFC Secretary General/CEO as of 1 June 2022. Dr Berger was selected after an open and intensive process, managed by an external recruitment company. He has worked at PEFC since 2011, most recently as Ac
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Corporate Plan for Private Forests Tasmania approved by minister

10 June 2022
Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) has released its Corporate Plan that sets out its strategic direction, including its purpose, goals, and priorities for the next three years. Source: Timberbiz Private Forests Tasmania’s purpose is to facilitate and expand the sustainable developme
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Research published into tree planting outside normal planting seasons

10 June 2022
Newly published research by Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service into tree planting will provide welcome solutions to problems with which foresters and planters are all too familiar. Source: Timberbiz “The research has enabled us to come up with strategies to successfully plant t
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RIP John Gibson of AE Gibson and Sons

10 June 2022
AE Gibson and Sons has announced that its driving force and former owner John Gibson passed away on the 6 June 2022. Source: Timberbiz In a statement the company said that his passion, tenacity and leadership will be missed, and the 4th and 5th generation of Gibson management will con
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OFO hosts SA Premier at Jubilee Sawmill

10 June 2022
OneFortyOne CEO Andy Giles Knopp welcomed the opportunity to host the South Australian Premier on a tour of the Jubilee Sawmill and a plantation harvesting site, and the Minister for Forest Industries at the Glencoe Nursery. Source: Timberbiz Mr Knopp said that the newly elected Premi
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SA government’s investment of $19M into forestry

10 June 2022
South Australia’s Malinauskas Labor Government will invest $19million to help grow and develop the state’s forest and timber industries, one of the most significant contributors to the economy in the south-east. Source: Timberbiz As part of the State Government’s investment of more th
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Friday analysis: Labor SA Premier visits forestry but will Albanese do the same

10 June 2022
South Australia’s Labor Government is spending a good and fitting amount of time in Mount Gambier visiting local forestry companies like OneFortyOne, and Victorian MP Darren Chester is calling on the Federal Government to do the same. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has wr
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Stora Enso may convert Belgium paper lines to recycled containerboard

08 June 2022
Stora Enso has started a feasibility study at its paper production site in Langerbrugge, Belgium, for the conversion of one of the two paper lines into a high-volume recycled containerboard line. Source: Timberbiz Aligned with Stora Enso’s strategic focus on renewable materials, the i
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