This year the Tasmanian Timber Awards will again recognise excellence in the forest and forest products industries at its gala dinner event in September at Launceston’s Albert Hall. As well as the 13 award categories featured in 2019, it will this year include a new award category, wh

The Forest Owners Association says the just announced creation of Te Uru Rākau – New Zealand Forest Service heralds the potential to fix vital bottlenecks in the initial stages of the forest industry supply chain and drive further timber processing downstream as well. Source: Timberbi

An ingenious new approach to preparing spacecraft for travel could result in wood grained panels being incorporated into rocket design to help improve the mood and wellbeing of crew. Source: FWPA Dr Sasha Alexander, Director of Academic Program Industrial Design at the Western Sydney

Biesse Group has announced the expansion of its international network with new branches opening in Israel, Japan and Brazil to strengthen its presence in markets identified as strategic. Source: Timberbiz The Group believes that international development, together with technological a

Tigercat has introduced new features on its powerful RemoteLog and LogOn telematics system. Using the same satellite connection as RemoteLog, machine operators or technicians may now send and receive simple text messages when no cellular mobile network is available.  Source: Timberbiz

A greater role for a public forestry service has been outlined by New Zealand’s Forestry Minister, to drive the focus on regional economic development, skills training, and a low-emissions future. Source: Timberbiz Stuart Nash announced Te Uru Rākau (Forestry New Zealand) will be rena

The National Heavy Vehicle Regulator (NHVR) has begun the final stages of its review before registration of the Forestry Log Haulage Code of Practice (LHC) and on Wednesday began a 28-day public consultation period. Source: Timberbiz Across a three-year process, the Australian Forest

Women in Australia’s forest industries will be a celebrated at the Australian Forest Products Association’s Gala Dinner and National Forest Industries Awards, at Parliament House in Canberra in September. Source: Timberbiz “In the past, forest industries haven’t always recognised the

Victorians have been reassured that the difficulties in gaining supplies of timber and other necessary building materials are not due to either sawmills producing less, or Australia exporting sawn timber.  Source: Timberbiz “Victoria’s sawmills are running at capacity, processing arou