The Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards finalists have been announced. Source: Timberbiz
The awards, with TV personality Dave Thornton as MC, will be presented on October 27.
The judging panel of VFPA CEO Deb Kerr, SAFPA CEO Nathan Paine and retired leading timber industry expert Phil Howe have worked independently of the award sponsors, committee, and event manager to ensure a fair and unbiased evaluation of all awards submissions.
These finalists have been chosen solely based on their outstanding achievements and contributions detailed in the nominations submitted and show a diverse range of people and organisations who are achieving great things in the industry.
2023 Green Triangle Timber Industry Awards Finalists
Individual Awards
Sawmilling and Processing Excellence Award
Sponsored by Qube & ForestWorks
Stephanie Beck – Borg Manufacturing
Ian Poole – South West Fibre
Andrew Burston – OneFortyOne
Logistics Excellence Award – Port Operations, Marshalling & Timber Haulage
Sponsored by Matthews Petroleum
Leo Santilli – Trimble Forestry
Adam Merrett – Merrett Logging
John Garrihy – Porthaul
Operations – Harvesting and Infield Chipping Excellence Award
Sponsored by Timberlands Pacific
Stuart Thornton – Komatsu Forest
Tony Bogie – Tabeel Trading Nominees
Adrian Ryan – C3
Robert Moretti – Moreland Holdings
Jamie Marlow – Merrett Logging
Travis McCourt – Reid Logging
Darren Moore – Qube Forestry
Operations – Silviculture and Timber Support Services Award
Sponsored by Timberlink Australia & New Zealand
Josh Praolini – Green Triable Forest Industries Hub
Katie Madex – Technical ForestSolutions
Jason Whyte – Berry & WhyteSurveyors
Safety Excellence Award – Individual
Sponsored by Telematics Solutions
Vicki Charlton – OneFortyOne
Deb Kuhl – Timberlink Australia andNew Zealand
Ryan Cassar – Tabeel Trading Nominees
Dean Jeansch – South West Fibre
Trainee / Apprentice of the Year Award
Sponsored by Function Chains & Australian Panels/Crossmuller
Connor Barry – OneFortyOne
Amelia Harris – Van Schaiks BioGro
Grace Tse – Timberlands Pacific
Ethan Telford – Qube Forestry
Matthew Dowson – Timberlink Australia and New Zealand
Environment & Sustainability Award
Sponsored by HVP Plantations
Justin Cook – OneFortyOne
Levi Bateman – HVP Plantations
Wendy Fennell – Fennell Forestry
Ern Harrison – The Flying Angel Portland Inc (Mission to Seafarers Portland)
Company Awards
Safety Excellence Award – Less than 30 Staff
Sponsored by OneFortyOne
Glenara Transport
A & M Contracting
Portland Precision Engineering
Safety Excellence Award – More than 30 Staff
Sponsored by South West Fibre
Moreland Holdings
LV Dohnt
Whitty Engineering
Merrett Logging
Timber Legend Award Nominees
Proudly Sponsored by PF Olsen
The nominees for this award are all outstanding in their own right and so the GTTIA Committee feel that it is important to celebrate and recognise each individual listed below. Covering a wide and varied breadth of the timber industry, each of the below individuals have carved out an extraordinary career that has benefitted our region, community and industry in it’s entirety.
Mr. Peter Stephens of Moreland Holdings
Mr. Wayne Mutch of South East Pine Sales
Mr. Shane Neal of Fennell Forestry
Dr. Jim O’Hehir of UniSA STEM
Mr. Brenton Yon of Komatsu Forest
Mr. Jeff Cownie of TimberlandsPacific
Mr. Colin & Mr. John Reid of ReidLogging
Mr. Neil Hunter of AKD Softwoods
Mr. Noel Bull of SFM
For tickets to the event go to https://gttia.com/2023-awards-night-tickets/
