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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

$14m hi-tech timber hub for Bega Valley

Allied Natural Wood Exports has lodged an application for a $14.5 million hi-tech timber optimisation hub with Bega Valley Shire Council. The Border Fire, which razed homes and community infrastructure on the state’s Far South Coast, also destroyed millions of dollars’ worth of infras
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Opinion: William Strauss FutureMetrics – COVID-19 impact on wood pellets

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to cause a global economic depression. Many sectors are being and will continue to be strongly negatively affected. Many people will suffer both from the disease and from the economic fallout. The magnitude and reach of this crisis is huge and far reach
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Euro survey results on the effects of COVID-19 on the timber sector

CEI-Bois, the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries that represents 21 European and national organisations from 15 countries is the body backing the interests of the industrial European wood sector. The organisation recently opened a questionnaire on the impacts to the indu
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Eco Log and Gremo to merge

Eco Log and Gremo are planning for a common future in the forest machine business. A first step has been taken as an Intent of Merger has been signed to move the production of Gremo machines to the Eco Log Factory in Söderhamn – a move that is planned for later in 2020. Source:
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Koppers partners to help local community during COVID-19

Koppers Holdings, a Pittsburgh-based global provider of treated wood products, wood treatment chemicals and carbon compounds, has partnered with the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh (ULGP) to launch a community-wide fund to obtain and distribute essential household products to under
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Remote aid in bushfire recovery through CSIRO

People-powered science will play a role in Australia’s bushfire recovery with more than 20 projects underway involving citizen scientists of all ages. CSIRO is working with key agencies and community groups to support research underway throughout bushfire impacted areas. Source: Timbe
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WoodSolutions free seminars Zoom to weekly

With the popular WoodSolutions face-to-face seminars no longer a practical option, Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) has turned to the growing medium of webinars to promote the benefits of using wood and wood products to the design and build sector. Source: Timberbiz Run on th
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Review of SA bushfires must prioritise fire ready not suppression

The peak organisation representing more than 1000 professional and scientific forest land managers have stressed the need to prioritise broadscale fire preparedness in place of fire suppression as they put forward their submission to the Independent Review into South Australia’s 2019/
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New Zealand goes back to work

New Zealand’s timber industry says it is ready to resume operations following the move to level 3 of lockdown from Monday next week. Alert level 3 will be held for two weeks and then Cabinet will assess whether to move down another level. Source: Timberbiz The Forest Owners Associatio
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