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New TR Forest 2 tyres for forestry tractors

18 October 2021
Nokian’s new TR Forest 2 tyre offers forest-proven strength and stability for light and medium weight forestry tractors. For many years, the Nokian TR Forest tyre has been a proven, reliable choice for light and medium weight forestry tractors. Now the tyre has added features without
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FSC General Assembly registrations open for virtual event

15 October 2021
Held every three years, FSC’s General Assembly brings together hundreds of leaders and decision-makers from Indigenous Peoples, environmentalists, businesses, and many others that are the core of FSC’s membership to discuss a responsible future of the world’s forests and the people an
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New lightweight hybrid sandwich LVL and concrete wall

15 October 2021
Hybrid construction offers construction companies a more sustainable way of building without changing their current building methods. Metsä Wood and its partners have designed a hybrid sandwich wall element, which will renew offsite construction. Source: Timberbiz The innovation combi
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USNR and Wood Fiber Group merge to create broad equipment offering

15 October 2021
USNR and Wood Fiber Group will merge in a transaction that will create the world’s most comprehensive supplier of the equipment, technology, and essential tooling used in modern wood processing facilities. Source: Timberbiz USNR is an industry-leading global supplier of sawmill and pl
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Wooden satellite to launch from NZ with 100 messages

13 October 2021
WISA Woodsat, the first wooden satellite, celebrated the UN’s World Space Week by launching an initiative to collect 100 Messages to Planet Earth and by taking selected messages onboard WISA Woodsat for a space ride. Source: Timberbiz World Space Week from 4-10 October is an official
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Global shipping costs are skyrocketing

13 October 2021
Bulk and commodity trade and vessel movements were embroiled in further turmoil in early October, with day rates for vessel leases spiking so dramatically, a commodity trader said that it was ‘stupid o’clock out there. You can get a vessel, but you’ll pay through the nose, and rates a
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Lendlease and Stora Enso launch global sustainable timber partnership

13 October 2021
A major new partnership between Australian and international real estate group, Lendlease, and one of the world’s leading suppliers of sustainable timber, Stora Enso, is set to supercharge the use of environmentally friendly construction products in some of the world’s most recognised
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Fashion Forever Green

11 October 2021
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) launched its Fashion Forever Green Pact; a call to immediate action for the fashion industry, brands, retailers and manufacturers alike, to adopt responsible sourcing in support of the world’s forests. Source: Timberbiz With the rising need for ren
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Canadian trucker design hybrid forestry truck

11 October 2021
Larry Bolduc has been a truck driver for more than 25 years and is now the head of the family business Transport Raoul Bolduc in Girardville, Quebec, Canada. He also launched another business in parallel, called Électrocamion. The business plan is to convert forestry or mining trucks
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World’s longest timber towered suspension bridge

11 October 2021
SkyBridge Michigan is set to be the world’s longest timber-towered suspension bridge spanning 367m and will debut at Boyne Mountain in 2022, in Northern Michigan. Source: Timberbiz The SkyBridge Michigan construction project, which will be built between the peaks of two popular ski ru
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