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Prefab opportunity with Singapore

19 November 2015
PrefabAUS has been approached by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) to assist in identifying members who are interested in exploring Singapore as a place of business. Source: Timberbiz This could be via licencing proprietary IP or establishing operations or a joint venture
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National Institute for Forest Products Innovation

19 November 2015
The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has called on the Coalition Government to revitalise the Australian forest products industry and back regional jobs with $40 million over four years to establish a National Institute for Forest Products Innovation. Source: Timberbiz As
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Weyerhaeuser to buy Plum Creek Timber

12 November 2015
Weyerhaeuser will purchase Plum Creek Timber in a deal that the two companies said would create a US$23 billion timber, land and forest products company, the largest in the United States. Source: CNBC The new company, which will keep the Weyerhaeuser name, will manage more than 13 mil
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Global forestry machinery market growth

12 November 2015
The Global forestry machinery market is valued at US$8.5 billion in 2014 and is expected to reach US$9.81 billion by 2022 growing at a CAGR of 4.6% between 2014 and 2022. Source: Patriarc The factors such as rising demand for advanced machinery, increasing mechanization of farming ope
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Does sustainable forestry pay

12 November 2015
It is a no-brainer that indiscriminately chopping down trees on a large scale is terrible for the environment. But just how much better is sustainable forestry management? Source: The Financial Times At least a billion cars’ worth of emissions, reckons the World Resources Institute, a
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Wood first policy works in Rotorua

12 November 2015
Rotorua developer Ray Cook of R&B Consultants has used wood as the key structural component for new premises he has been constructing for the Accident Compensation Corporation in New Zealand. Source: New Zealand Herald Mr Cook said utilising wood as the primary construction materi
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World Interior of the Year in wood

12 November 2015
March Studio’s design for Hotel Hotel, a contemporary hotel in Canberra, Australia, has been named as the World Interior of the Year for 2015 at the INSIDE – World Festival of Interiors in Singapore. Source: Archtecture AU The project has beaten over 100 nominees across nine cat
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Planet Ark and National Recycling Week

12 November 2015
National Recycling Week kicked off this week, and Planet Ark is calling on builders and renovators to mark the occasion by choosing recycled materials including timber. Source: The Fifth Estate Planet Ark head of campaigns Brad Gray said that while recycled timber was still not widely
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Hyne Timber and Richers Transport together 30 years

12 November 2015
Hyne Timber and Richers Transport recently completed 30 years of partnership with the two companies coming together to celebrate the milestone. Source: Architecture & Design Richers Transport has been providing transport services for Hyne Timber, delivering timber throughout the e
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Forest and Forest Products Innovation Tour of Oregon

12 November 2015
Lynea Advisory, in association with Oregon Wood Innovation Center, Oregon State University and the Institute of Foresters of Australia is planning a forest and forest products tour of the Oregon forest sector in July 2016. Source: Timberbiz This 7-day tour will focus on innovative tec
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