The Commerce Commission has received an application from Oji Oceania Management (NZ) Limited seeking clearance to acquire up to 100% of the shares in Carter Holt Harvey Pulp & Paper Limited (CHHPP) from Carter Holt Harvey Limited. Source: Commerce Commission New Zealand
Fire protection specialist Wormald has announced the launch of ‘Wormald Connect’, a web-based portal that gives customers 24-hour access to fire service calls and inspections data. Source: Timberbiz
FLIR Systems is extending its trade-in program that allows fire departments to receive better deals on the purchase of a new FLIR K-Series thermal imaging camera. Source: Timberbiz
In a remarkable display of national unity all six state Governments have thrown their weight behind the Australian Forest Products Association’s (AFPA) push for a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation Source: Timberbiz
The 2014 Federal Budget boosts regional road funding, maintains tax concessions for off-road diesel and rejects the Commission of Audit recommendations to cut rural financial counselling and some research programs. Source: ABC Rural
Fitzpatrick + Partners are designing what could be Australia’s tallest timber commercial building for Sydney’s central business district. Source: Architecture Australia
Carter Holt Harvey more than tripled gross margins at its Australian building supplies in 2013 and reversed write-downs it took on its timber business a year earlier, narrowing the company's annual loss. Source: The New Zealand Herald
Eden woodchip mill will not be renewing its contract to purchase timber from state forests in East Gippsland, Victoria, when the current agreement expires at the end of 2014. Source: The Eden Magnet