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Time for Timber is the call from global forestry and timber industries

29 October 2021
Global forest and timber industries are calling on politicians and policy makers in a new manifesto to urgently support the scaling up of wood use. The manifesto, ‘Growing our low-carbon future: Time for Timber’, sets out the case for how the world can make greater use of sustainable
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Shake table test of 10 storey wooden building

27 October 2021
Sumitomo announced that it will participate in the NHERI Tall Wood Project, which includes a shake table test of a full-scale 10-storey wood building expected to happen in June 2022 on the NHERI (Natural Hazard Engineering Research Infrastructure) outdoor shake table facility at Unive
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Tigercat simulators for staff training, testing and screening

27 October 2021
As the Tigercat cut-to-length division continues to introduce new products and innovations, the need for more advanced training solutions has grown. In March 2021, Tigercat partnered with CM Labs Simulations to develop a series of simulators that will replicate the functionality and b
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Research confirms consumers moved to buy sustainable wood products

27 October 2021
New research has confirmed that consumers want to make sustainability-focused purchasing decisions and trusted third party certification labels play an increasingly important role. Source: Timberbiz According to research conducted by Globe Scan for the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
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International Wood Manifesto – a roadmap for timber and wood use

27 October 2021
An international Wood Manifesto setting the future roadmap for timber and wood use in construction and other products will be launched in the UK this week ahead of the COP26 talks. Source: Timberbiz The manifesto – Growing Our Low-Carbon Future: Time for Timber – is a coll
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Tigercat’s new feller bunchers and harvesters

25 October 2021
Tigercat has released the 822E series feller bunchers and harvesters with the latest features and upgrades. Source: Timberbiz The 822E is the most compact track feller buncher and harvester platform in the Tigercat track carrier line-up. The powerful machine is versatile for challengi
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International conference: reviews and forecasts for the softwood market

25 October 2021
Earlier in October the 69th edition of the International Softwood Conference was held for the first time in a hybrid form, at the Clarion hotel in Helsinki and online. The Conference was hosted by Finnish Sawmills Association, which co-organized the event with the two usual partners:
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Timber trailer demand driven by international building activity

25 October 2021
Continuous building activities as a result of fast urbanisation and population growth are leading countries to invest in private and public infrastructure, such as housing, which is driving up demand for timber and, as a result, driving up sales of timber trailers. Source: TechBullion
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Forests in a flash with drone planting

22 October 2021
Bryce Jones has seen it all trying to fly his drones: equipment hiccups, execution mishaps, the time he miscalculated the takeoff angle and flew a vehicle right into a tree. Jones isn’t a hobbyist messing with backflips at the local park he’s head of Flash Forest, a start-up with the
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University develops wooden knives sharper than steel

22 October 2021
The sharpest knives available are made of either steel or ceramic, both of which are human-made materials that must be forged in furnaces under extreme temperatures. Now, researchers at University of Maryland in the US have developed a potentially more sustainable way to make sharp kn
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