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Morbark’s Rayco forestry mulcher and hydra-stumper

22 February 2023
US company Morbark has released its Rayco T415 Forestry Machine for land-clearing companies, construction companies, pipeline contractors, electric utility contractors, and real estate developers. The T415 allows customers to change between a Predator forestry mower/mulcher head and a
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Test driving a Centipede in the snow

22 February 2023
SCA has been test-driving the Centipede concept machine, which Komatsu and eight Swedish forestry companies are jointly developing. The machine is seen as the sustainable forest machine of the future and combines lower soil compaction, increased productivity and a better work environm
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Wooden seed carrier plants in difficult terrain

22 February 2023
Lining Yao, the Cooper-Siegel Assistant Professor of Human-Computer Interaction at Carnegie Mellon University in the US, worked with a team of collaborators to engineer a biodegradable seed carrier referred to as E-seed. Source: Timberbiz This seed carrier, fashioned from wood veneer,
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Heyfield Timber Festival a community success story

22 February 2023
The Heyfield Timber Festival committee is delighted with the success of the event last weekend and has thanked everyone who attended the weekend and showed support for the event. Source: Timberbiz “We would also like to say a huge thank you to our sponsors, local community group
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A March vote on TABMA and Hardware Australia merger

22 February 2023
TABMA Australia and Hardware Australia members are set to vote in an Extraordinary General Meeting on 9 March to determine if the associations will merge into one entity. Source: Timberbiz This exciting prospect, for both TABMA and Hardware Australia, will provide a stronger voice tha
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NZ forestry contractors hit by a storm of troubles

22 February 2023
New Zealand’s forestry contractors in the Tairawhiti, Hawkes Bay, Coromandel and Northland regions are facing immense pressure and compounding challenges post-cyclone Gabrielle. Planted forest in these combined regions makes up almost 30% of the national forestry plantation. Source: T
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Tassie govt backs on-island processing program

22 February 2023
The $63 million upgrade of Timberlink’s Bell Bay manufacturing facility is in the final stages of planning and will be underway and expected to be commissioned by the end of 2026. Source: Timberbiz This will result in an increase of more than 50% in on-island sovereign timber manufact
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No guarantees of ongoing Vic government support for Opal redundancies

22 February 2023
The new Nationals Member for Morwell, Martin Cameron, challenging the state government in Parliament last week over the future of Opal Australia’s white paper mill, said he was met with a wall of silence. Source: Latrobe Valley Express Mr Cameron said the Minister for Manufacturing So
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More businesses and jobs suffer due to Victoria’s native forest lock-up

22 February 2023
The Andrews Government’s failure to end the legal lockup of Victoria’s native forests looks set to drive another wave of job losses through regional communities, from harvest and haulage contractors to timber mill workers. Sources: Weekly Times, Timberbiz Maryvale paper mill has alrea
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WA forestry minister’s ‘deplorable’ attitude to Whiteland Milling

22 February 2023
Comments by WA Forestry Minister Jackie Jarvis critical of timber businesses Whiteland Milling for sending timber out of Western Australia for value-adding have been described as ‘deplorable’. Source: Timberbiz Speaking in State Parliament during a parliamentary debate in the Legislat
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