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Metcash’s in on Alpine Frame & Truss

07 February 2024
Metcash’s move to buy three businesses for a combined $560 million is a long-term play aimed at bolstering the ASX-listed company’s operations across food distribution and hardware, chief executive Doug Jones said. Sources: Brisbane Times, Timberbiz The operator of retailers including
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American Hardwood’s largest show in India

05 February 2024
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) will host the largest ever American Hardwood Pavilion at INDIAWOOD, which is due to run from February 22 – 26, 2024 at the Bangalore International Exhibition Centre (BIEC), in Bengaluru, India. Source: Timberbiz A record year of export
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Nokian Noktop’s new features

05 February 2024
For decades, Nokian Tyres Noktop 21’s traction, self-cleaning properties and versatility on challenging surfaces has made it a trusted go-to tread for commercial use. From the beginning of 2024, the classic tread gets new features while keeping its first-class properties. Source
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New maths makes wood structures more remarkable

05 February 2024
The Building Simplexity Laboratory (BSL), at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), has showcased the innovative use of evolutionary algorithms in simplifying non-standard, lightweight catenary wood structures through their design-build project, the KATENARA
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Pan Pac kilns firing up again after Cyclone Gabrielle

05 February 2024
For nearly 50 years, Hawke’s Bay residents in New Zealand have been able to locate Pan Pac’s mill site by the billowing steam issuing from its boilers, pulpmill and kilns at Whirinaki. Source: Timberbiz The boiler steam comes from bark and sawdust byproducts of the pulp and lumber ope
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Kilsyth timber processor fined by EPA

05 February 2024
A Kilsyth-based timber processor in Victoria has been fined $20,000 without conviction after an inspection by EPA Victoria found thousands of cubic metres of illegally stored industrial waste on the site. Source: Star Mail Lilydale Planet Safe Timber Pty Ltd, trading as CCA Pine, ente
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Home loans sink under the weight of high rates

05 February 2024
There were just 51,570 loans issued in 2023 for the construction or purchase of a new home, less than half the number of loans issued just two years earlier in 2021. Source: Timberbiz The ABS released the Lending to Households and Businesses data for December 2023 on Friday, which pro
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Uptick for UPWEARS

05 February 2024
Scion’s leading biomaterials, 3D printing, packaging, and machine-learning knowledge is being called on as part of a NZ$13.25m research project funded in partnership with the European Union. Source: Timberbiz The EU’s key research and innovation funding program, Horizon Europe, awarde
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Apprentice and trainee safety committee in SA for 2024

05 February 2024
An Apprentice and Trainee Safety Committee has been set up by the South Australian Government with apprenticeship safety a key area of focus for 2024. Source: Timberbiz The Department for Education, in partnership with the Skills Commissioner spoke to more than 1700 employers to educa
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ASH turns to American hardwood to stay open

05 February 2024
ASH at Heyfield is still open for business. With the closure of the native forest industry, the manufacturer has lost its cherished Victorian Ash timber, but the company is not panicking – it is in expansion mode. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz Each month, 30 40-foot containers
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