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FAE’s new tooth

04 March 2024
With the new C/3/MAX tooth, FAE boosts the productivity, efficiency, and strength of its top-tier forestry mulchers with Bite Limiter technology. Source: Timberbiz The new C/3/MAX tooth is the ultra-strong alternative to the BL/MAX blade for high-end FAE forestry mulchers featuring Bi
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Growing trees in a test tube

04 March 2024
The Engine is a coworking and shared lab space located in Building 750 on MIT’s campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where start-ups and technology entrepreneurs try to develop inventions that can tackle the world’s most challenging problems. Foray Bioscience, a company started by Ashl
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Positive results in electric truck operation in Sweden

04 March 2024
SCA’s electric timber truck continues to transport timber between Gimonäs timber terminal and Obbola paper mill outside Umeå, Sweden. It has now been in operation for more than 1.5 years. Source: Timberbiz Everything is working as intended, and we receive inquiries from haulage
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Ponsse to renew its operating model Australia and overseas

04 March 2024
The planned new global operating model aims to strengthen Ponsse’s long-term competitiveness, efficiency and enable even better customer service and aims to create an organisation that focuses on sales and service, including both its own operations and dealers in planned five market a
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World recognition for OjiFS plant guard

04 March 2024
OjiFS Packaging New Zealand has been awarded a prestigious World Packaging Organisation (WPO) WorldStar 2024 Award for EmGuard, its innovative plant guard design for customer, FuturEcology. Source: Timberbiz This premier global packaging award is a testament to the company’s in-house
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WoodSolutions 2024 Mass Timber Study Tour 2024

04 March 2024
Timber expert Andrew Dunn will be leading a mass timber manufacturing and construction tour to Europe travelling from Austria to Germany, to visit pioneering factories, facilities and projects spotlighting CLT, glulam and other leading edge timber technologies. Source: Timberbiz As an
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WorkSafe funding cuts hit forestry industry in NZ

04 March 2024
WorkSafe is pulling out of funding safety programs to the tune of up to NZ$15 million a year, skittling a “really valuable” one in the high-risk forestry industry. ACC, which gives WorkSafe the money, says it stopping the funding will make no difference to the overall spen
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AFPA welcomes additional research centres

04 March 2024
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the announcement that the University of Sunshine Coast and University of Melbourne will be invited to form Australian Forest and Wood Innovations research centres, joining the third research centre being established at the
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Women in forestry on International Women’s Day

04 March 2024
Forestry Corporation is honouring the significant contribution that women make in the forestry industry. Friday marks International Women’s Day, this year carrying the theme of Count Her In: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress. Source: Timberbiz As a major player in Australian forest
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Tasmanian sawmillers in the Liberals’ sights for upcoming election

04 March 2024
A re-elected Liberal Government in Tasmania would extend all existing native wood supply contracts for 14 Tasmanian sawmillers beyond the current 2027 expiry date, to 2040. Source: Timberbiz Premier Jeremy Rockliff said that with State Labor Governments across the country ending nativ
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