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Nokian Tyres acquires wheel company

08 August 2019
Nokian Heavy Tyres has acquired Finnish heavy equipment wheel company Levypyora Oy. This company has two business lines, wheels and steel structures, and serves several original equipment (OE) manufacturers and aftermarket customers (AM) in forestry, agriculture and earthmoving applic
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Tropical forestry poses a risk for all forestry

08 August 2019
Only 6% of the world’s most significant timber and pulp producers and traders with operations in the tropics are taking steps to assess the impacts of climate change – posing a risk to the forestry industry and all its investors according to SPOTT. SPOTT assesses commodity producers a
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Metsa Board target is fossil free mills by 2030

08 August 2019
Metsä Board has published its sustainability targets for 2030 with one of the company’s targets to achieve fossil free mills by 2030 with zero fossil CO2 emissions. This ambitious target includes both emissions from the company’s own energy production as well as purchased energy. Curr
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Proof of certification simplified for construction

08 August 2019
Acknowledging and rewarding environmentally sustainable choices made in the construction industry is becoming increasingly important as the demand for greater sustainability grows among end consumers, government, developers and specifiers. Source: Timberbiz The most effective way for
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Holding up the Murtoa Stick Shed

08 August 2019
Australia is home to some outlandish and iconic ‘Big Things’ like the Big Banana, the Giant Koala and the Big Prawn but there’s one that really needs to go on the Lonely Planet’s list of Australia’s Big Things…The Mighty Murtoa Stick Shed in the Wimmera, Victoria. Sources: VAFI, Timbe
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Restructuring NZ training is a blow for Competenz

08 August 2019
New Zealand industry training organisation (ITO) Competenz has three years to hand over its 20,000 apprentices and trainees and the 3500 New Zealand employers it works alongside to training providers such as the NZ Institute of Skills and Technology (NZIST), the centralised polytechni
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Indian sandalwood study comes to a close

08 August 2019
An Indian sandalwood study plot in Kununurra, Western Australia has been brought to a close with the final trees being harvested. Technical Support Office Mike Cully said that Senior Timber Assessor Steve Davis had been harvesting the plots for the last several years. Source: Timberbi
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Science and innovation grants open to young foresters

08 August 2019
Australia’s young agricultural innovators, scientists and researchers wanting to make a difference in agriculture are invited to submit their innovative agricultural research project ideas for a chance to receive a share in up to $242,000 in grants. Source: Timberbiz Minister for Agri
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ForestFit project manager at AFCA

08 August 2019
AFCA has appointed Sue Kennedy as ForestFit Project Manager. Ms Kennedy will be working out of New South Wales and will play a vital role in the delivery this important project. The role is supported and funded by the NSW Government. Source: Timberbiz The ForestFit Contractor Training
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Australian Paper on track with $200m spend

08 August 2019
Australian Paper is moving ahead with its five-year, $200 million capital investment program at its Maryvale paper mill in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. The company committed $51 million in the second year of the program to upgrade key strategic infrastructure, according to AP’s 2018 Sus
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