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Komatsu forwarder maximises productivity

29 April 2022
Komatsu’s 845-1 forwarder offers an excellent combination of high crane capacity, manoeuvrability and rough terrain capability to maximize productivity. Source: Timberbiz With high productivity for thinning and light clear-cutting, the 12-metric-ton class forwarder offers several fram
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Ponsse’s bottom line affected by Ukrainian conflict

29 April 2022
According to Ponsse at the beginning of the first quarter, the forest machine market outlook was at a good level. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to a deterioration of the situation and subsequent closure of the large forest machine market. In other market areas, the company’s demand
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UPM reaches agreement with workers after four months

29 April 2022
The 112-day strike at papermaking giant UPM Kymmene, which crippled production since new year’s day, and raised the anxiety levels of printers everywhere, is over. Source: Print21 UPM and the Paperworkers’ Union have just agreed on a first-ever business-specific collective labour agre
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Sydney Innovation Hub’s hybrid design celebrates timber in all forms

29 April 2022
The Sydney Oakhill College Innovation Hub currently under construction will provide state of the art technical workshops as well as science and laboratory spaces to prepare college students for a rapidly changing world, empowering them to explore new ideas and become knowledge-creator
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Grant recipients planting the future of Tasmanian forests

29 April 2022
Planting more trees helps to protect the land for future generations and the Tasmanian Government congratulates eight landowners who will receive grants to integrate 329 hectares of trees on their land. Source: Timberbiz The Tasmanian Government, with assistance from the Australian Go
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Newsprint hikes follow market changes and local restructuring

29 April 2022
Australian newspaper publishers have not been spared from local and international newsprint price rises as Australian producer Norske Skog continues to increase prices. This follows a stable period for newsprint pricing during the last decade as newspaper circulation and paginations d
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Nowa Nowa now on the never never

29 April 2022
Plans for a $2million Victoria’s State Government-owned native seedling nursery at Nowa Nowa, East Gippsland, have been officially scrapped. Source: Timberbiz The nursery, announced in 2020, was to be built on the site of a former sawmill on the outskirts of the town as part of the Go
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Forest industries assured of more than $300M in new funding

29 April 2022
The Australian Forest Products Association has confirmed that Australia’s forest industries have been assured more than $300 million in new funding, including a new National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI), new measures to boost the billion timber trees program and su
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Opinion: VicForests – Active forest management may increase forest resilience and reduce bushfire risk

29 April 2022
Recent scientific studies into the 2019–20 black summer fires show timber harvesting had little impact on the extent and severity of the fires. [i] The studies conclude the extent and severity of the 2019–2020 bushfires were a result of years of below average rainfall, extreme fire we
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Friday Analysis: Nowa Nowa nursery was a media release not a reality

29 April 2022
Hindsight, it is said, is 20:20 vision. But it can also be extremely insightful. Take the Victorian State Government’s decision this week to scrap the native seedling nursery at Nowa Nowa, East Gippsland. The $2m nursery, announced in 2020, was to be built on the PR Adams sawmill site
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