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Video conferencing to commission equipment during COVID restrictions

24 June 2020
Segezha Group and Ledinek Engineering for the first time have used video conferencing to conduct programing and commissioning of equipment at Sokol WPP online. The plant is being upgraded to produce wall and structural beams. Source: Timberbiz Once the plant starts operating at full c
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Deere restructures to create technology focussed approach

24 June 2020
Deere & Company (DE) announced a new vision and operating model in order to accelerate its success in the integration of smart technology innovation. The Deere Smart Industrial strategy is designed to unlock new value for customers and to help them become more profitable and susta
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Will pests poke Chinese government into trade war with Canada?

24 June 2020
The Chinese government announced that it has found pests in logs imported from Canada and will be treating Canadian lumber with relevant precautions. Though China has not announced any lumber-related export restrictions thus far, Canadian forestry companies are concerned that this ann
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Plans to add to Cumberland State Forest

24 June 2020
Discussions are underway between the Forestry Corporation of NSW and a landholder to add nine hectares of privately managed forest to Cumberland State Forest in West Pennant Hills. Source: Timberbiz Acting CEO Anshul Chaudhary said that while the proposal to rezone and develop the nei
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Buy Aussie Timber First brings timber industry together

24 June 2020
The “Buy Aussie Timber First” campaign has seen the Australian timber industry come together to give voice to this message which, along with OneFortyOne, also includes AKD Softwoods, Boral, Hyne Timber, Timberlink Australia and Wespine Industries. Source: Timberbiz Like many other Aus
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10 years of WoodSolutions provided

24 June 2020
Forest and Wood Products Australia WoodSolutions program has reached a milestone as it celebrates 10 years of providing high-quality, easy-to-understand information about the benefits of timber to the development, design and build sectors. Source: Timberbiz Initially designed to suppo
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NZ Minister for Agriculture promotes planting less trees

24 June 2020
The Forest Owners Association says New Zealand’s carbon zero goal is seriously in doubt after a statement by the Minister of Agriculture, Damien O’Connor, that the government would ‘need to step in’ if new forest planting increased to more than 40,000 hectares a year. Source: Timberbi
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Victorian Minister Symes’ claims about native timber drop off – off target

24 June 2020
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has called on the Victorian Minister for Agriculture Jaclyn Symes to withdraw her comment in State Parliament that “COVID-19 has led to a drop in demand for native timber products”. Source: Timberbiz The Chief Executive Officer of AFPA
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Forestry welcomes $50m bushfire recovery package

24 June 2020
Bushfire-impacted industries will welcome the $50 million bushfire recovery package announced this week by the Federal Government. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the targeted grants would support primary producers hardest hit by the summer bushfires. Source: Timberbiz “This is abo
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New association formed to fight Victorian Government native forest decision

24 June 2020
All Victoria’s processors of hardwood timber have formed a new association to fight the Victorian State Government’s decision to shut the native forest industry. The Victorian Hardwood Sawmillers Association maintains the decision will lead to huge job losses and damage or decimate th
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