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

Big River Group picks up Plytech and Decortech in Auckland

Big River has started on its global expansion strategy to better serve its customers across the Tasman and grow its business in the plywood and specialty segments in New Zealand with the acquisition of Plytech, Auckland and Decortech in Penrose, Auckland. Source: Timberbiz “Plytech an
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Feasibility study of Eden to Canberra rail

A $1 million feasibility study is underway in New South Wales into the viability of a Canberra to Eden rail line – a project that could boost the state’s forestry industry. The study was announced late last year in Parliament by the Deputy Premier and Nationals leader, John Barilaro,
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Industry groups call for urgent Australia-wide action on building regulation

Building industry groups have signed a joint call for urgent Australia-wide action on building regulations. The letter, signed by the Property Council of Australia, the Insurance Council of Australia, Ai Group and the Australian Construction Industry Forum, says Australia’s fragmented
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Global forestry equipment market projection to 2026

The Global Forestry Equipment Market, valued at US$9,559.4m in 2018, is projected to reach US$13,109.9m by the end of 2026, exhibiting a CAGR of 4.09%. The global market is estimated to grow, with an increasing focus on forest management activities according to a report by Fortune Bus
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John Deere completes new US training facility

John Deere has completed the construction of its new facility in Coal Valley, Illinois. The 696m2 facility is part of the Construction & Forestry Training Campus and includes three classrooms that can be used separately for training purposes, or combined to hold over 250 people fo
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NZ could set fire to China’s log jam

It is reported that New Zealand logs are piling up on Chinese wharves as cheap, sawn timber makes its way by train into the People’s Republic from Russia and Scandinavia. Five million tonnes of logs, mostly from New Zealand are sitting on wharves in China unsold. Source: Timberb
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WA thinning program may increase water and resilience

An experimental thinning program at Yarragil forest block in Western Australia is investigating the potential of silviculture to increase water availability and the resilience of forests to a drying climate. Source: Timberbiz Forest Products Commission Director Operations Gavin Butche
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Private Forests Tas hosts event to show market opportunities

Private Forests Tasmania (PFT) recently held an event to discuss market opportunities for the northern Tasmania private forests sector with attendees from timber processors, forestry companies, general foresters, farmers and politicians. Source: Timberbiz Penny Wells, PFT’s CEO, opene
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Almost 500,000 pine seedlings for Mount Lofty plantation estate

ForestrySA is planting 480,000 pine seedlings across its Mount Lofty Ranges plantation estate this winter as part of its 2019 plantation reestablishment program. More than 320 hectares of recently harvested pine plantation will be planted by mid-August across nine sites within the Kui
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