New products to revolutionise engineered wood
28 September 2017
Materialize.X launched two new products that it thinks will revolutionize the US$300 billion-a-year engineered wood market. Source: Tech Crunch Part 1: a non-toxic adhesive A lot of engineered wood is created using an adhesive called urea-formaldehyde, which has recently been labeled
Continue Reading →New Forests ethical investors
28 September 2017
Every dry season from June through to October, the illegal slash-and-burn techniques used in palm oil and pulp plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia envelope the region in toxic smog. Source: Euromoney The haze has been a life-threatening constant of the region for years. In 1997, Sin
Continue Reading →Macquare Uni innovation hub with innovative design
28 September 2017
In a fitting testimony to its purpose, Macquarie University’s new innovation hub was mostly pre-fabricated offsite, and the entire onsite build and fitout completed in five months. Source: The Fifth Estate The hub was designed by Architectus and constructed primarily of timber, includ
Continue Reading →Rio Tinto reaches out to employ Nannup workers
28 September 2017
Rio Tinto has reached out to the 21 workers from Nannup Timber Processing – who recently lost their jobs – in a bid to offer them fly-in-fly-out positions at one of their Pilbara sites. Source: The Collie Mail An information session for the workers was held by Rio Tinto at the N
Continue Reading →Canadian expert urges NZ to build more high rise wood
28 September 2017
A visiting Canadian building expert is urging New Zealand to make better use of its natural timber to construct more high-rise buildings using wood. Source: Radio NZ Karla Fraser, a senior project manager at Urban One Builders in Vancouver, is in New Zealand for a conference in Rotoru
Continue Reading →Pango Forestry on forest management
28 September 2017
Pango Forestry’s founder, Zane Cleaver says that forest management is an investment in the future. Source: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ Of late, there has been an increasing need for services related to Pango forestry management as more and more owners want to maximize wealth through a forest
Continue Reading →Great Forest National Park a great concern
28 September 2017
Pressure is mounting on the Victorian Government to declare where it stands on a proposal to develop the Great Forest National Park, east of Melbourne. Source: The Weekly Times The proposal for 355,000 hectares of protected forests across the Eastern Victorian Central Highlands — incl
Continue Reading →Timber alight on container ship
28 September 2017
Firefighters have gone into the hatch of a container ship the Kokopo Chief, moored at the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand where a fire broke out in the early hours of Sunday morning. Source: Stuff NZ The Kokopo Chief, moored at the Port of Tauranga in New Zealand was loaded with timbe
Continue Reading →Gympie’s historic sawmill gets $49k for revival
28 September 2017
Believed to be the last steam powered sawmill operating in Queensland, the Elgin Vale mill has sat dormant and unused for the past 30 years. Source: Gympie Times Now, the Gympie Woodworks Museum will be bringing the heritage building near Manumbar back to glory with the help of $49,00
Continue Reading →App to wage war on kauri dieback
28 September 2017
There is a game-changing tool on the way in the war against kauri dieback, the disease which is having a devastating effect on New Zealand’s native forests. Sources: Timberbiz, Scoop NZ Thanks to the 2016 WWF-New Zealand Conservation Innovation Awards, sustainable land management grou
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