An innovative corrugated bin for face masks by Metsä Board, part of Metsä Group, has been awarded a ScanStar in a Nordic packaging design competition organised by the Scandinavian Packaging Association. Source: Timberbiz The bin, made of lightweight and durable corrugated board, helps

Donald Trump was so impressed by Finland’s forestry management that the former US president famously claimed that the Nordic nation had all but eliminated forest fires due to “raking and cleaning”. The comments may have been met by widespread bemusement in a country that is more cover

Failure to act by the Andrews Labor Government is costing Gippsland timber workers and their families according to local Nationals MPs. The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien and Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Melina Bath have spoken out in support of local timbe

Contractors are losing out on work as forest owners cancel pending contracts to hold out for log prices to rise. After hitting a peak four months ago, New Zealand log prices fell due to worldwide containership congestion at ports, high fuel and shipping prices and a downturn in demand

The 2021 National Forest Industry Awards were presented in Canberra at the start of the month, with awards going to Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Western Australia. Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s Suzette Weeding won the Midway Woman in Forest Industries Award of Excellence. S

The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards night scheduled for October has been transferred to early next year. GTTIA chairman Adrian Flowers said the past 18 months had seen significant challenges due to the covid-19 health crisis. Source: Timberbiz He said with circumstances continui

Australia’s forest industries have paid tribute to outgoing Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) Managing Director Ric Sinclair. Mr Sinclair announced his resignation this week after his 13 years in the role. Source: Timberbiz Prior to joining FWPA, Mr Sinclair spent seven years

I was extremely concerned by Anthony Britneff’s commentary “Move BC’s (Canada) forestry jobs into other sectors,” which suggested the transition of 40,000 forest workers into “non-destructive forest and value-added enterprises” (ie tourism). Not only was his statement extremely offens

From time to time, people enter the timber industry, sometimes from left field, and makes a huge difference to the industry as a whole. Forest and Wood Products Australia Managing Director Ric Sinclair and Australian Forest Contractors Association general manager Stacey Gardiner were