Australia’s per capita consumption of paper and paperboard fell 1.6% over 2017-18, with average consumption declining to a total of 129.3 kg, according to the latest analysis by IndustryEdge. Source: IndustryEdge for Timberbiz The decline in Australia’s total per capita consumption wa

   On 13 October, TABMA hosted the 2018 Queensland Timber Industry Awards in Brisbane held in the Podium Room of the Rydges Hotel. More than 260 people attended the event. Source: Timberbiz Guests were welcomed by TABMA Queensland chairman Michael Gaske and general manager Alicia Oelk

  A multi-generational logging company was announced as the supreme winner of the inaugural Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards at The Barn in Mount Gambier. Source: Timberbiz More than 450 people were on hand on 26 October to celebrate as Reid Logging picked up the top prize,

A young female forester, Emma Gall from HVP Plantations, was one of four winners at this year’s Victorian forestry industry awards, which covered individual excellence, sustainability and contributions to the economy and community. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz The awards were

MultiPly, a carbon-neutral, modular wooden pavilion made entirely of American tulipwood was a star at the London Design Festival, and will have a new incarnation and a temporary home in South Crescent on London’s Store Street as part of a collaboration with New London Architecture. So

The European Commission has published a new Bioeconomy Strategy including 14 concrete actions to be launched by 2019. It represents an update on the 2012 strategy, following a review that took place last year. Source: Timberbiz New actions defined in the strategy are divided across th

When Australian Paper last year floated the idea of creating a bio-manufacturing operation at its plant, its model was Metsa Group’s new $2 billion Aanekoski mill in Finland. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz AP’s probe into building a waste-to-energy plant is an integral part of t

XLam projects were on the dais at the 2018 NZ Wood- Resene Timber Design Awards announced recently with the Plant and Food Research’s Seafood Research Centre in Nelson winning the Excellence in Engineered Wood Products category. Source: Timberbiz Judges commented on the entire structu

The Australian Timber Industry celebrated the 19th instalment of the Australian Timber Design Awards at ‘The Star Prymont’ in Sydney with 23 awarded categories showcasing timber applications across Australia. Source: Timberbiz All Hands Brewing House was awarded the Responsible Wood s