ABARES figures show growth in demand for wood
08 November 2017
Australia’s sustainable forest product industries had a record log harvest in 2016-17, increasing in both value and volume, according to statistics and forecasts published by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES). Source: Timberbiz The ABAR
Continue Reading →A new world’s largest CLT building
02 November 2017
Work has been completed on a 10- storey carbon-neutral apartment complex in London’s Dalston, which architecture firm Waugh Thistleton claims is the “world’s largest cross-laminated timber building”. Source: Dezeen Not only is Dalston Works believed to use more
Continue Reading →Germany’s wood detectives spying on you
02 November 2017
The words “endangered species” might make you think of tigers and panda bears. But in 183 countries, an international law also protects the wood from endangered trees — which can affect everything from kitchen tables to paper plates. Source: PRI The Convention on International Trade i
Continue Reading →APEC sows’ seeds for sustainable forestry
02 November 2017
Ministers from APEC member economies are stepping up their push to salvage the majority of the world’s dwindling forests and the livelihoods of millions of people that depend on these resources as consumer demand in the region surges. Source: Timberbiz Ministers meeting in Seoul launc
Continue Reading →Study finds foreign flat packs flood the market
02 November 2017
Foreign flat-pack imports make up approximately 15% of the total household joinery fitted in Australia each year, according to a new study commissioned by FWPA to illuminate what was previously a statistical black hole. Source: Timberbiz The study to develop reliable data around flat-
Continue Reading →NZ Oregon Group has record year
02 November 2017
Oregon Group, which manages a New Zealand portfolio of business for Malaysia’s Tiong family, expects to record earnings in 2018 on rising prices for forest products and the completion of apartments in its land development unit. Source: NBR Mr Thomas Song, managing director of Oregon G
Continue Reading →Transition plan out of native logging
02 November 2017
Victoria must develop a transition plan to help its timber industry move from native logging to plantation timber, a group of state MPs has recommended. Source: The Weekly Times The Inquiry into VicForests by a group of cross party MPs made seven recommendations to the State Governmen
Continue Reading →Barangaroo wins Grand Prix Timber Design Award
02 November 2017
Australia’s first engineered timber multi-storey office building, International House at Sydney’s Barangaroo, was announced as the winner of the Grand Prix Award at the Australian Timber Design Awards (ATDA) dinner, held in Melbourne. Source: Timberbiz Among the other winners were Geo
Continue Reading →NZ logs are growing with no signs of decline
02 November 2017
Long truck and trailer units loaded with perfectly straight radiata pine logs are rumbling along the highway between Hawera and New Plymouth. Logs are a growing business for the rate payer owned port and they’re rolling in and out in record numbers. Source: Stuff NZ That’s
Continue Reading →$900m investment by sawmillers and wood manufacturers
02 November 2017
Australian saw millers and wood manufacturers have invested an estimated $900 million over the last five years in efficiency and productivity initiatives, on the back of strong demand for timber fuelled by the booming housing market. Source: Timberbiz The investment comes despite unce
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