NZ delivers mobile treatment plant to Fiji
10 November 2016
A new mobile preservative treatment plant will soon be traveling from New Zealand to the rural and maritime islands for treatment of sawn timber. Source: Fiji News In handing over the treatment plant, a representative from Crusader Engineering in New Zealand, Brian Hussey said that th
Continue Reading →NZ forest protected by the Queen
10 November 2016
Nearly 400 hectares of dense, mountainous forest near the Kaikoura Ranges in New Zealand, a stronghold for indigenous plants and native birds, will be protected in perpetuity. Source: Stuff NZ One of Canterbury’s last untouched native forests will be protected for future generat
Continue Reading →Forest Owner Marketing Services fined
10 November 2016
A recent NZ$33,520 penalty imposed on Forest Owner Marketing Services was a result of its forest harvesting operation on land south-east of Ōpōtiki, New Zealand. Source: Radio New Zealand Two contractors employed by the company were also fined. Gaddum Construction Ltd received a NZ$15
Continue Reading →NZ MoU with India on forestry park
02 November 2016
Zindia Limited, the largest exporter of timber products to India signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adani Port and SEZ Limited to promote a Timber Industrial Park at Mudra Port in Gujarat. Source: Indian News Link Zindia Managing Director Jacob Mannothra signed the MoU wi
Continue Reading →All timber and CLT building for Dunedin
02 November 2016
A drill rig began working in Dunedin in a more than NZ$20 million project to build a wooden accommodation complex to house Otago Polytechnic students. Source: Otago Daily Times Logic Group project manager Sam Cadden said the ground had been stabilised on a section of Union St to build
Continue Reading →Improve safety in Australia and New Zealand
02 November 2016
Industry safety champions in both New Zealand and Australia have come forward to show their safety leadership by becoming Principal Partners to the 3rd FIEA Forest Industry Safety Summit. Source: Timberbiz This conference series sold out in 2013 and 2015, and is running again in March
Continue Reading →Landowner to build roads for Marlborough forestry
27 October 2016
A landowner intending to harvest more than 100-hectares of Marlborough Sounds pine forest in New Zealand has agreed to build his own roads to transport logs following safety concerns. Source: The Marlborough Express Forestry company PF Olsen Ltd has applied for resource consent to all
Continue Reading →Award for new ‘green’ glue for wood products
20 October 2016
Scion’s environmentally-friendly bioadhesives technology has been awarded Biotechnology of the Year at NZBIO’s annual conference. Source: Timberbiz Dr Will Barker, Chief Executive of NZBIO, said the technology was a game changer for wood panel manufacturers. The Scion bioadhesives tea
Continue Reading →Award winning NZ forest scientists
13 October 2016
Scientists are scanning our pine forests from the sky to learn more about tree growth and are peering under the roots to find beneficial microbes. They have been rewarded for their efforts by appreciative forest owners. Source: Guide2 At the 2016 Forest Science Awards dinner held in N
Continue Reading →NZ positive on timber future
13 October 2016
“Challenges facing the NZ timber industry are real and significant but the industry is generally in a good demand cycle and sentiment is positive,” New Zealand Timber Industry Federation (NZTIF) president, John McVicar said. “Domestic demand for timber is very strong at the moment. “H
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