A team of researchers from Swiss university ETH Zurich is to use robots to help assemble prefabricated timber modules into a 100 sq m, three-storey house. Source: Global Construction Review The robots will install 487 load-bearing structures on the first two floors of the DFAB House,

South West residents converged on Parliament House to hand over a petition asking the WA government to protect high conservation value forests. Source: Bunbury Mail High conservation value forests contain or provide habitat for threatened plants and animals, and provide protection of

A merger in the South Island fibreboard business has been approved by the Commerce Commission in New Zealand. Source: Radio New Zealand It will allow the Japanese company Daiken New Zealand to acquire 100% of the shares in Dongwha New Zealand Limited, which is 80% owned by a Hong Kong

OneFortyOne has confirmed that it will not be undertaking any further investigation into a proposed greenfields particleboard mill at Tarpeena. Source: Timberbiz The decision not to proceed to the next stage follows two years of extensive work into the feasibility of such an investmen

Canadian forestry expert Ken Wu is in New Zealand on a nationwide tour explaining that imported cedar must come from certified sources to protect ancient British Columbia specimens. Source: Stuff NZ Cedar is the Canadian equivalent of New Zealand’s kauri with some forests 2000 y

Federal Labor is promising to revisit and fix any logging agreements with state governments that are not based on “proper, independent and full scientific assessments”. Source: The Guardian In a pledge that could have implications for the rollover of nine agreements due to expire in N

A portfolio of eight forests located in Northland, Waikato, Gisborne/East Coast and Canterbury has been put on the market with a substantial portion of the trees ready to harvest now. Source: The New Zealand Herald Project Tapuwae Forest Estate comprises a total crop area of 2503ha, p

The Anti-Dumping Commission is once again investigating claims that imported A4 copy paper has been dumped into Australia, damaging the sole domestic producer, Australian Paper. Source: IndustryEdge, Timberbiz Initial investigations estimate the dumping margin could be as much as 34%.

Austrian wood processing group Schweighofer has sold all its forest areas in Romania to Swedish GreenGold Group, the company announced. Source: Romania Insider Schweighofer sold its local subsidiary Cascade Empire, which owns 14,283 hectares of woodland in Hunedoara, Gorj, Valcea, Pra