Feel the pulse of the Australian timber industry with the help of FWPA statistics. Source: Timberbiz FWPA’s Statistics and Economics program offers information, which is potentially useful to everyone in the timber industry. On the international front an interactive chart allows you t

The Federal Court has refused to approve a piecemeal class-action settlement for victims in the Willmott Forests managed investment schemes after finding it was not fair and that returns to investors did not match the millions they had paid to fund the law firm running the case. Sourc

It is time for Australia and New Zealand to jointly develop a longer term solution for timber design life and durability with a call for $12.5 million over five years from industry and governments. Source: Timberbiz At the ForestWood conference in Auckland, Ric Sinclair, Managing Dire

Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill is looking to deepen its community ties through the expansion of its community consultative committee. Source: Timberbiz Maryvale Environment Manager Rohan Wilks said the committee was currently seeking new members from all walks of life in the h

Planning, manufacturing and constructing with timber offers exciting new design opportunities while also providing enormous economic benefits, this will be explained at the Wood – the Intelligent Alternative event next week. Source: Timberbiz This seminar on 15 April at Traralgo

DesignBUILD has announced its 2016 speakers featuring leaders from across Australia’s architecture, building, construction and design industries who will address topical and emerging issues in compliance, innovation and sustainability. Source: Timberbiz Leaders from industry associati

AUSTimber is an industry event that has been running in Australia in one form or another since the 1970s. The point of difference is the concentration on demonstration of advanced machinery rather than a simple exhibition. Source: Timberbiz AUSTimber has also had a strong focus on for

It has created a modest 200 jobs in a Finnish forestry industry that has lost around 20,000 in the past decade, but UPM-Kymmene’s new biofuels plant offers long-awaited growth and hope. Sources: 7 News, Reuters The 180 million euro ($200 million) investment in wood-based renewab

Poland has approved large-scale logging in Europe’s last primeval woodland in a bid to combat a beetle infestation despite protests from scientists, ecologists and the European Union. The action in the Białowieża forest is intended to fight the spread of the spruce bark beetle. “We’re