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AAA Advanced Trusses Wins Jackson Kidd Wellbeing Award

25 April 2024
  The inception of the Jackson Kidd Wellbeing Award was born out of a profound personal tragedy, yet it transformed into a compelling force for positive change within the timber frame and truss industry. Source: Timberbiz Moved by the loss of Jackson Kidd, a vibrant individual wh
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Opinion: Russ Taylor – why sawmill capacity has dropped in North America

25 April 2024
Net sawmill capacity in North America declined by 2% in 2023 as slowing lumber demand and over-production made their mark. A flood of sawmill expansions and new greenfield mills over the last six to seven years has added large amounts of lumber capacity, mainly in the US South. These
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Johanna Pirinen, Stora Enso – On Earth Day reflect on wood

25 April 2024
Monday’s Earth Day provided a chance to reflect on why one of our most climate-smart materials is wood – specifically, engineered mass timber. While other bio-sourced materials also exist, timber is growing in forests as we speak with volumes making it feasible for commercial use in c
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Combilift’s first three-high straddle carrier is for Australia

24 April 2024
Combilift has delivered a first-of-its-kind solution to a shipping container storage company on Australia’s east coast, aiding in ergonomics, efficiency, and operator safety. Source: Timberbiz The three-high straddle carrier was delivered to FBT Transwest following a comprehensive con
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Labor in Tas will stand with timber industry no matter what

24 April 2024
The Labor Opposition in Tasmania says that regardless of what the Greens, the Jacqui Lambie Network or the independents do in the new Parliament, it will continue to stand with the timber industry and the jobs it sustains. Source: Timberbiz And the Opposition leader Dean Winter has of
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Work commences at Hyne Tumbarumba site

24 April 2024
The Hyne Timber Tumbarumba Mill has begun construction on the largest new site asset since the mill was purchased and re-developed in 2001. Source: Timberbiz The new storage facility will be 4700m2 with the capacity to store 4000m3 timber known in the process as ‘Rough Sawn, Kiln Drie
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HC rejects Blue Derby Wild appeal to halt logging in Tasmania

24 April 2024
The High Court of Australia has rejected an appeal by environmental activist group Blue Derby Wild to halt logging in a forest near Derby in the Tasmania’s north-east. Source: Timberbiz Chief Justice Stephen Gageler ruled that the group had no special interest in the case beyond
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Snapshot of Millicent Mill’s economic contribution

22 April 2024
A report recently prepared by Synergies Economic Consulting on behalf of Kimberly-Clark Australia (KCA) has been released and provides a snapshot of the socio-economic contribution of Millicent mill to the Australian economy. Source: The Border Watch The report states the company cont
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How Radial’s pilot plant uses pyrolysis for biochar

22 April 2024
Innovation is at the heart of any successful business. Radial Timber in Yarram, Victoria with a strategy already in place for its mainstream timber operation, has embarked on a new approach to using its wood waste that takes the company deeper into the heart of the sustainable, circul
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Former minister joins Tas Forest Products

22 April 2024
A former minister in the Hodgman and Gutwein governments, Sarah Courtney, has been named the independent chair of the Tasmanian Forest Products Association (TFPA). Source: Timberbiz After a successful three-year tenure from Inaugural Chair Bryan Hayes, Ms Courtney says she is eager to
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