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A Cat’s vision for the future

05 April 2023
Caterpillar’s new VisionLink provides an integrated full-fleet management solution for asset tracking to maximize machine uptime and optimize utilization. The platform’s refreshed intuitive interface helps customers efficiently manage their entire fleet, regardless of manufacturer. Im
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UPM sells all business operations in Russia

05 April 2023
UPM has sold all its business operations in Russia to Gungnir Wooden Products Trading and has completed withdrawal of its businesses from Russia by selling all its Russian operations. Source: Timberbiz The sale included the Chudovo plywood mill to Gungnir Wooden Products Trading. The
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New partnership guarantees wooden towers for onshore wind farms

05 April 2023
Modvion and RWE Renewables Sweden AB are entering a partnership to supply wooden towers to RWE’s future onshore wind farms. The goal with the partnership is to verify the wooden tower technology and prepare for RWE to equip future wind farms with wooden towers, once the towers are ava
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Farm foresters must have a say in inquiry into forestry and land use

05 April 2023
The outgoing President of the Farm Forestry Association says it has been vital for farm foresters to directly address the ministerial inquiry into forestry and other land use in Tairāwhiti. Source: Timberbiz Graham West has told the New Zealand Farm Forestry Association annual confere
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Eastland Wood Council engages with NZ inquiry into land use

05 April 2023
Eastland Wood Council (EWC) met with the panel charged with reviewing land-use practises, inviting panel members to travel through forests in Tairāwhiti to see some of the impacts of recent cyclones, and to see changes that have been made to forestry practises and catchment management
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Albanese government can safeguard the role of timber for the future

05 April 2023
The passage of changes to the Safeguard Mechanism in the Parliament this week presents an opportunity for the Albanese Government to boost the role of new timber trees in the carbon offset market to help Australia achieve Net Zero by 2050, according to Chief Executive Officer of the A
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Million-dollar log line in Gippsland has no wood

05 April 2023
The million-dollar small log line at Radial Timber at Yarram in South Gippsland, which can create engineered timber and promises to usher in a new era for timber processing, is not operating. It has no wood. Source: Philip Hopkins, Gippsland Times Radial, which has been planting its o
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RBA hits the pause button for interest rates

05 April 2023
Amid a difficult economic climate, the building and construction industry welcomes the Reserve Bank of Australia’s decision to pause interest rates yesterday, says Master Builders Australia CEO Denita Wawn. Source: Timberbiz “Interest rate rises coupled with rising inflation have forc
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OneFortyOne licences end for two Green Triangle sawmills

05 April 2023
Two family-owned sawmills remain in the dark as they wait for official tenders to be opened. It comes following the licences between the sawmills and OneFortyOne coming to an end on 30 June this year with the forest plantation owners reiterating it will not automatically renew the con
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Forest Canopy for Queensland training and careers

05 April 2023
Timber Queensland has been successful in obtaining $980,000 funding for one year from the State Government to establish “Canopy”, a forest and timber industry training and career hub. Source: Timberbiz Timber Queensland’s Strategic Relations & Communications Manager Cl
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