An Australian first national DNA testing program used to verify the species and origin of imported timber sold at retail outlets has released its first round of results, confirming more than 60% of the species’ labels were accurate. Source: Timberbiz Assistant Minister for Forestry an

  Timberlink’s new $59m CLT and GLT plant will be built in Tarpeena, South Australia. The Tarpeena sawmill site will be Australia’s first softwood, state-of-the-art Cross Laminated Timber and GLT manufacturing facility. A site in Victoria was also considered for the project

Legislation will be introduced in Federal Parliament today by Victorian Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie that will aim to provide certainty for Australia’s native hardwood timber industries. Source: Timberbiz Australian Forest Products Association CEO Mr Ross Hampton said Senator Mc

Stora Enso is investing Euro 14 million to build a granulation and packing plant for lignin, allowing easier packing and handling of lignin compared to powder and wet form. The granulation plant will be located at Stora Enso’s Sunila Mill in Finland. Source: Timberbiz The construction

Waratah Forestry Equipment recently unveiled its new online parts catalogue. The system enables Waratah customers with online access to quickly find the genuine parts they need to keep their machines up and running. Source: Timberbiz “Our new online catalogue is a great way to ensure

FSC’s MIX label text is changing from ‘[Product type] from responsible sources’ to ‘[Product type] Supporting responsible forestry’. The other elements of the label stay the same. Source: Timberbiz Based on a comprehensive, multi-stakeholder process involving FSC International´s Board

This week’s positive GDP data has highlighted why it was necessary for the Federal Government to introduce the HomeBuilder program in June, according to the HIA. Residential building activity during the September quarter was 13.0% lower than the same period in 2019 and HIA economist A

Planning for HarvestTECH 2021 is underway with a two-day event running in Rotorua, New Zealand on 13-14 April. The conference program is already full and registrations are now live and exhibition spaces, as expected, sold out six months before the event runs. Source: Timberbiz All maj

The team at OneFortyOne is spreading some festive cheer at their annual Christmas Tree Giveaway this December. Source: Timberbiz For the fifth year, OneFortyOne will have fresh pine trees available for the community to collect at its nursery in Glencoe, and depots at Mount Gambier, Na