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Combilift wins at IFOY and in warehouses

Combilift was a winner at this year’s IFOY (International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year) Awards 2020– one of the most prestigious and hotly contested international awards in the materials handling industry which honours the best products and solutions of the year. Sour
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Richard Stanton award nominations open

Responsible Wood is calling for nominations in this year’s coveted Richard Stanton Memorial Award for Excellence in Forest Management or Chain of Custody. This is the sixth year of the award which pays tribute to a man who devoted his life to sustainable forest management in Australia
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ForestTECH goes ahead bigger and better in November

Every year, since 2007, forestry resource managers, remote sensing, GIS and mapping specialists, inventory foresters, researchers and key technology suppliers from across Australasia attend the forestry technology series, ForestTECH. Source: Timberbiz It has now well and truly establi
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Timber Construction Forum offers a new virtual perspective

COVID-19 has meant conferences, exhibitions, seminars and symposiums have been cancelled, postponed or rescheduled. But conferences and exhibitions have an important role to play in any industry. To fill that void, Australasian Timber Magazine with Frame Australia will publish a Timbe
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Tasmanian stakeholder consultation

The Northern Tasmania Forest Industry Pilot HUB, which was established in 2019, is currently undertaking assessments in priority areas following extensive consultation with stakeholders. Source: Timberbiz HUB related work is now being extended to consider forest industry issues in Sou
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Indonesia’s trade exhibition for woodworking & machinery rescheduled for 2021

Indonesia’s largest trade exhibition for the furniture production industry, The International Furniture Manufacturing Components Exhibition and Woodworking Machinery Exhibition (IFMAC & WOODMAC) is being rescheduled to October 12 – 15 next year. Source: Timberbiz PT Wahana K
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DesignBUILD event postponed to 2021

The decision has been made to postpone DesignBUILD until 2021 with the next edition of the event now due to take place from 11 to 13 May 2021, in Sydney at the ICC Sydney. The organisers believe that in postponing the 2020 exhibition, they can deliver a much more collaborative and ded
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Eden-Monaro could hinge on preferences for Labor

Labor candidate Kristy McBain has claimed victory in the Eden-Monaro by-election however, Liberal candidate Fiona Kotvojs still not conceding defeat. By 5pm Sunday the gap had narrowed to around 900 votes and by 5.40pm it was down to around 740. Source: Timberbiz Labor sources indicat
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International Softwood Conference goes digital in 2020

The European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) and the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) have announced that the 68th International Softwood Conference (ISC), which was originally planned in Helsinki from 6-9 October 2020, will now take place digitally in a compact form
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Questionnaire on challenges for Tasmanian forestry

A consultation process is underway to identify challenges experienced by the Tasmanian forestry industry with regards to its supply chains and supporting infrastructure, the impact of recent national and global events, as well as the potential avenues for improvement. Source: Timberbi
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