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The US lumber crisis continues

26 October 2020
The recent increasing price of lumber may be the single biggest threat to affordable housing in the United States, not to mention the threat it poses to the economy. Covid-19, which spurred an upsurge in home renovation projects and a drop in financing rates for new home builds, has c
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Fortress accessed by a floating wooden bridge

23 October 2020
A unique “floating” bridge spans Pielekenswater in Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands, with a design inspired by the work of Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn, who built the 18th century Revelijn op den Zoom fortress in the same location. Source: Timberbiz Ro Koster and
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Seppi sees red

23 October 2020
Seppi the Italian company that specializes in the manufacture of mulching mowers has changed its colour scheme, opting to use red in the range rather than it’s tradition yellow. The Seppi logo is red and yellow. Source: Timberbiz The first range of machines has now been manufactured w
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New Indonesian job creation laws could threaten forestry

23 October 2020
On 5 October 2020, the Indonesian Parliament passed the Omnibus Law on Job Creation. Seven out of nine parties supported the bill, which is over 1000 pages long and amends 79 existing laws. Meant to facilitate investment by adding more flexibility to the labour market and cutting bure
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Freestanding free form shells make a new roof for sliding track

21 October 2020
A 1350m long bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track at the Thuringian Winter Sports Centre in Oberhof will have a freestanding complex wooden roof of curved plywood free form shells glued directly on milled arches. Source: Timberbiz The sports centre is currently undergoing extensive mode
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Stora Enso to re-evaluate forestry assets

21 October 2020
Stora Enso has decided to start using a valuation method for its forest assets in the Nordics based on market transaction data and change the accounting policy from the fourth quarter of 2020 onwards. Preliminary estimations, based on transactions in those areas in which Stora Enso ha
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Better job site visibility and visualization with John Deere TimberMatic

21 October 2020
John Deere has expanded its TimberMatic Maps and TimberManager software to incorporate data from the Waratah H-16 Measuring System. With the new capability, the TimberMatic Maps system collects production data from harvesting heads equipped with the Waratah H-16 system, providing real
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Researchers exploring ways to harvest and use downed timber

19 October 2020
A team of researchers from Auburn University’s School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences is exploring ways to give new life to downed timber that has been decimated by hurricanes. The body of research, coined “The Downed Timber Initiative,” aims to develop new methods of retrieving the
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Ground breaking mapping finds billions of new trees

19 October 2020
Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and international collaborators demonstrated a new method for mapping the location and size of trees growing outside of forests, discovering billions of trees in arid and semi-arid regions and laying the
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On the road with lignin binders

19 October 2020
Swedish road and infrastructure operator Svevia aims to replace part of the oil-based binder with nature’s own binder – lignin. The lignin containing asphalt is currently being tested out on Swedish roads. Source: Timberbiz Svevia is carrying out road paving work on road 224 between t
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