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MiTek Vendor of the Year

12 April 2016
MiTek announced that it was named 2015 Vendor of the Year by Carter Lumber. Source: Business Week Carter Lumber is among the most admired companies in the lumber and building materials sector. The company ranks #13 on the ProSales 100 list of the largest lumber and building material r
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Sweden’s invisible wood

07 April 2016
You don’t have to shop at Ikea to see that Sweden is obsessed with wood. Over 57% of the country is covered in upwards of 51 billion trees, and lumber and paper products , and lumber and paper products are one of the country’s biggest exports. Source: Fast Co Design So leave it
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New animated forestry film

07 April 2016
A short animated film has been released by Confor to demonstrate the link between tree planting and the wood products we take for granted in our lives. Source: Timberbiz Animating Forestry was shown publicly for the first time to Confor’s packed Scottish conference in Edinburgh.
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AUSTimber2016 for industry and public benefit

07 April 2016
AUSTimber is an industry event that has been running in Australia in one form or another since the 1970s. The point of difference is the concentration on demonstration of advanced machinery rather than a simple exhibition. Source: Timberbiz AUSTimber has also had a strong focus on for
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Finland pins hope on biofuel

31 March 2016
It has created a modest 200 jobs in a Finnish forestry industry that has lost around 20,000 in the past decade, but UPM-Kymmene’s new biofuels plant offers long-awaited growth and hope. Sources: 7 News, Reuters The 180 million euro ($200 million) investment in wood-based renewab
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Poland approves logging last primeval forest

31 March 2016
Poland has approved large-scale logging in Europe’s last primeval woodland in a bid to combat a beetle infestation despite protests from scientists, ecologists and the European Union. The action in the Białowieża forest is intended to fight the spread of the spruce bark beetle. “We’re
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Is there paranoia over pellets

31 March 2016
Respected German newspaper, Die Welt, published an article under the title “The naive carelessness of the wood burner.” Source: Treehugger In fairness to the complexities of translation, the German word “Sorglosigkeit” might also be translated as “carefre
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Canada has top international reputation

24 March 2016
On International Days of Forests, the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) said that as a supplier of forest products, Canada was number one in the world in terms of environmental practices and reputation among international customers. Source: Sys-Con Media A study undertaken
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China’s forests on the come back trail

24 March 2016
A new report from Michigan State University (MSU) is praising China’s efforts to roll back decades of deforestation and habitat destruction, noting that there are major implications for global climate change and local biodiversity. Source: Gizmodo During China’s Great Leap Forward of
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Morbark acquired by Stellex Capital Management

24 March 2016
Private equity manager Stellex Capital Management has acquired Morbark. The acquisition is focused on providing growth capital and resources to significantly expand the company in the future. Source: Timberbiz Morbark builds equipment for the forestry, recycling, sawmill, biomass and
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