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Fire resistant plywood embedded with chemical tablets

11 October 2023
Sumitomo Forestry has announced that in collaboration with ShinEtsu Chemical the two companies have jointly developed Taika-Guynar, a fire-resistant plywood embedded with a tablet-shaped chemical agent consisting of a siloxane compound 1 and a flame retardant. Source: Timberbiz Sumito
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F1 to only use FSC certified tyres from 2024

11 October 2023
Global tyre manufacturer Pirelli announced that it will only use FSC-certified tyres in all Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) Formula One World Championship races starting from 2024. Source: Timberbiz Pirelli has been Formula One’s exclusive tyre partner since 2011; a pa
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Norske Skog announces sale of the Tasman mill industrial site

11 October 2023
Norske Skog has completed a transaction for the sale of the Tasman mill industrial site and remaining mill assets to the Australasian pulp, paper, and packaging group Oji Fibre Solutions for approximately NZ$10.9 million. Source: Timberbiz The sale of the mill site and realisation of
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Waging war against red needle cast

11 October 2023
New research and smart technologies are offering hope and solutions to foresters waging war against a silent enemy in New Zealand’s pine plantations. Source: Timberbiz Red needle cast (RNC), an unyielding fungal-like disease, has silently been wreaking havoc on pine trees in New Zeala
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Forestry seeking judicial review to halt ETS fees

11 October 2023
New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries’ new fees regime, which will increase costs for foresters participating in New Zealand’s Emissions Trading Scheme by several thousand percent, will undermine climate action, put Iwi, landowners and farm foresters under significant fi
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CLT Toolbox secures $1.5M seed funding

11 October 2023
CLT Toolbox, a design software platform that aims to remove the hurdles for structural engineers to become timber specialists and accelerate the transition to more sustainable building materials to decarbonise the construction industry, has secured its first $1.5M in seed funding. Sou
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Grow Your Own to identify workforce needs

11 October 2023
Timber Queensland is partnering with Jobs Queensland to develop a workforce plan and action-based initiatives for the forest and timber industry through a new state government funded ‘Grow Your Own’ program. Source: Timberbiz In a bid to address the need to attract and retain workers
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Hancock Victoria audit for FSC recertification

11 October 2023
Hancock Victorian Plantations will be undergoing an audit next month for Forest Stewardship Council recertification. Source: Alpine Observer The audit will be undertaken by California-based certification body SCS Global Services, and they are seeking stakeholder input on HVP’s f
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Gippsland leaders challenge new Vic Premier on native forestry

11 October 2023
Two Gippsland leaders, MP Darren Chester and senior agribusiness executive Alex Arbuthnot, have challenged the new Premier, Jacinta Allan, to reverse the decision by the state government to close the native hardwood forest industry. Source: Philip Hopkins, LaTrobe Valley Express Mr Ch
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Australia’s plantation estate still in decline

11 October 2023
Australia’s plantation estate is still on a worrying downward trajectory, according to the latest Australian Bureau of Agricultural Economics figures. Australia’s total plantation area contracted to 1.716 million hectares in 2021-22 – a reduction of more than 28,000 hectares.  Source:
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