In Austria a timber construction is currently being built with a massive 650m2 cross laminated timber panel, which is a world record. TS3 technology makes it possible, this is a development by Timbatec together with the ETH Zurich and the Bern University of Applied Sciences. Source: T

Now in its 23rd year Timber Offsite Construction 2021 organised by Frame Australia will be a global hybrid format combining ‘in person’ and ‘live streaming’ for speakers and delegates to provide a new and unrivalled experience for all event attendees. Source: Timberbiz Sessions will c

With long-term demand for renewable timber products predicted to rise, Queensland’s softwood plantation timber growers and manufacturers are ramping up planting and production capability for the future. Source: Timberbiz Peak industry body Timber Queensland’s CEO Mick Stephens said in

Australia’s largest wood fibre processor and exporter has listed one of its forestry properties for sale. Source: Weekly Times Midway Ltd has put its Kerrisdale property at Strath Creek north of Melbourne on the market with an asking price of more than $3 million. The 785ha property w

OneFortyOne has filled its vacant CEO position appointing Andy Giles Knopp to the role. Mr Knopp has been a member of OneFortyOne’s executive team since 2016 and will step into the CEO role previously held by Linda Sewell, who resigned in August after nearly eight years. Source: Timbe

Leading forestry experts have called for the certification of all Australian forests to find out how well our forests, including national parks and reserves, are managed. Consultant Rob de Fegeley AM and Ric Sinclair, managing director of Forest & Wood Products Australia, said all

The Virginia Department of Forestry in the US is after 12 species of acorns and nuts that can be planted at its Augusta Forestry Centre to grow into tree seedlings that will become the forests of tomorrow. Source: Timberbiz Each year, VDOF asks the public from across the state to coll

Global maps of places where people and forests coexist show that an estimated 1.6 billion people live within five kilometres of a forest. The assessment, based on data from 2000 and 2012 and published September 18 in the journal One Earth, showed that of these 1.6 billion “fores

The Chairman of the Indonesian Furniture and Craft Industry Association (HIMKI), Supriyadi, said the value of Indonesia’s exports of furniture and crafts will likely fall below US$1.2 billion by the end of this year and the downturn in exports is already having a major impact on compa