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Buy Aussie Timber First brings timber industry together

24 June 2020
The “Buy Aussie Timber First” campaign has seen the Australian timber industry come together to give voice to this message which, along with OneFortyOne, also includes AKD Softwoods, Boral, Hyne Timber, Timberlink Australia and Wespine Industries. Source: Timberbiz Like many other Aus
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10 years of WoodSolutions provided

24 June 2020
Forest and Wood Products Australia WoodSolutions program has reached a milestone as it celebrates 10 years of providing high-quality, easy-to-understand information about the benefits of timber to the development, design and build sectors. Source: Timberbiz Initially designed to suppo
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NZ Minister for Agriculture promotes planting less trees

24 June 2020
The Forest Owners Association says New Zealand’s carbon zero goal is seriously in doubt after a statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, that the government would ‘need to step in’ if new forest planting increased to more than 40,000 hectares a year. Source: Timberbi
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Victorian Minister Symes’ claims about native timber drop off – off target

24 June 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has called on the Victorian Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes to withdraw her comment in State Parliament that “COVID-19 has led to a drop in demand for native timber products”. Source: Timberbiz The Chief Executive Officer of AFPA
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Forestry welcomes $50m bushfire recovery package

24 June 2020
Bushfire-impacted industries will welcome the $50 million bushfire recovery package announced this week by the Federal Government. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the targeted grants would support primary producers hardest hit by the summer bushfires. Source: Timberbiz “This is abo
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New association formed to fight Victorian Government native forest decision

24 June 2020
All Victoria’s processors of hardwood timber have formed a new association to fight the Victorian State Government’s decision to shut the native forest industry. The Victorian Hardwood Sawmillers Association maintains the decision will lead to huge job losses and damage or decimate th
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Metsa and Fortum lead R&D program for fibre technologies

22 June 2020
Fortum and Metsä Group joined forces with Business Finland to create a world-class R&D program with pulp fibre from renewable and sustainable sources as its node. The 4-year joint R&D program, called ExpandFibre, aims to develop ground-breaking technologies and smart business
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Tigercat new 220E loader

22 June 2020
Tigercat has released the 220E loader with notable improvements including an upgraded operator’s station and the addition of the Tigercat FPT power plant. Source: Timberbiz Conforming to Tier 2 and Tier 4 emission requirements, the quick and lightweight 220E is powered by the Tigercat
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Norske Skog to convert newsprint facilities to containerboard

22 June 2020
Norske Skog will take a major step in its transformation towards a growing and high-margin business by converting two newsprint paper machines into renewable containerboard production. The conversions at Golbey and Bruck will introduce 765,000 tonnes of competitive containerboard capa
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Ecological thinning of regrowth forests in WA

22 June 2020
The organisation representing forest managers and private forest owners has welcomed calls for action on ecological thinning of regrowth forests in the south-west of Western Australia. Source: Timberbiz Institute of Foresters and Australian Forest Growers spokesman John Clarke said th
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