One of Finland’s biggest summer job recruitments is getting under way again. In the coming year, Metsä Group will provide a summer job for nearly 900 future professionals. The company is also offering almost 300 summer jobs outside Finland. Source: Timberbiz Metsä Group invests in pro

WWF Australia has released a document which undercuts years of sensible, science based advocacy by one of the world’s most respected environmental organisations and which will have international ramifications. Source: Timberbiz The WWF Australia report, Towards Two Billion Trees, cont

New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office (OIO) has issued a formal warning to forestry investor Roger Dickie for breaking the overseas investment rules. OIO Group Manager, Vanessa Horne, says Mr Dickie and his companies specialise in finding land for forestry investors to buy. Source:

Komatsu has greatly expanded the range of parts that can be ordered through myKomatsu (my.komatsu.com.au), its online customer portal, to now include parts that are readily available but may not be in stock in its local distribution centre facilities. Source: Timberbiz Previously, par

At Hyne they believe that every centimetre of every log has potential and so they respect every tree since each has spent 30-40 years in the plantation growing straight, strong and tall. They call this a “whole of log‑philosophy”. Source: Timberbiz A tour of Laminex’s Toolara Queensla

The increasing use of timber building systems in mid-rise construction is creating a demand for engineering and design professionals familiar with their requirements. The new WoodSolutions Technical Design Guide, Mid-rise Timber Building Structural Engineering has been written to addr

Forest products are much more efficient users of energy than other materials and there is now a decreasing availability of products from some regions and changes in quality from others. A greater understanding of the user’s final requirements is needed to adjust to this situation. Sou

Tens of thousands of voters in regional Victoria have received robocalls over the past 48 hours, highlighting Labor’s betrayal of timber workers, their families and timber communities. Source: Timberbiz The calls feature a timber worker and Construction Forestry Maritime Mining and En

Monthly statistics from the Swedish Forest Agency show a continuous decrease in the notified area for final felling. The total area notified for final felling decreased by 24% in November compared with the same month last year and it decreased the most in the south of Sweden. Source: