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AKD finalizes purchase of Carter Holt Harvey NSW sawmill

05 November 2018
AKD Softwoods has finalised its acquisition of Carter Holt Harvey Timber’s (CHHT) sawmilling assets in NSW. Source: Timberbiz The now acquired CHHT sawmilling assets include a sawmill and timber treatment facility in Tumut, a 50% interest in the Highland Pine Products joint venture sa
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Waratah celebrates 45 years in business

05 November 2018
Waratah Forestry Equipment is proudly celebrating 45 years of innovation and serving customers in the forestry industry. Source: Timberbiz Established in Tokoroa, New Zealand in 1973, the company transitioned to meet local loggers’ heavy-duty delimbing needs creating a delimber-feller
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FWPA new board announced

05 November 2018
Forest and Wood Products Association (FWPA) has announced the election of two new directors to its board, as well as the re-election of two sitting directors. Source: Timberbiz At FWPA’s AGM on 31 October 2018, held at the Holmesglen Institute’s Chadstone campus, the election of two n
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New chief operations officer for Timberlink

05 November 2018
Timberlink has announced the appointment of Jason Wilson to the newly created position of Chief Operations Officer (COO) to support its growth and development strategy. Source: Timberbiz Duncan Mayes has also joined the Timberlink team taking up the position of EGM Innovation and Emer
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Log exports rose 26% in September – prices stable

05 November 2018
Australia’s total log exports rose 25.6% in September, falling just 19m3 short of the 500,000m3 mark for the month. Compared with the prior month prices were stable at an average $153.10/m3 measured on a free-on-board basis. Source: IndustryEdge for Timberbiz Despite the big lift in e
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Review of Sustainable Timber Tasmania annual report

05 November 2018
Revenue from the sale of Tasmanian forest products from public land rose by more than 19% last year to $144.86 million, according to Sustainable Timber Tasmania’s annual report. Source: Philip Hopkins for Timberbiz A $26.6 million increase in the value of the managed forest, plus othe
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Melbourne’s Hungry Fox satisfied with tulipwood

01 November 2018
The link between our physical environments and our emotional wellbeing has been substantiated by a number of studies. Australian designers seem to have a unique affinity with the natural environment and an innate understanding of how best to bring nature closer to life and leisure. So
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Building specifier research tracks perception of wood

01 November 2018
Conducted by a Sydney research firm, the latest WoodSolutions tracking survey involved nearly 700 development, design and construction professionals involved in the specification of building materials. Source: Timberbiz The key findings of the research were positive for wood and wood
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Package it with Responsible Wood

01 November 2018
Responsible Wood continues to grow with more scheme holders engaging with the Responsible Wood brand. Presenting at the Responsible Wood Annual General Meeting in Brisbane, Responsible Wood CEO Simon Dorries outlined the schemes take up amongst forest growers and chain of custody hold
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Top 5: Market Points from IndustryEdge

01 November 2018
Every month, IndustryEdge publishes Wood Market Edge, Australia’s only forestry and wood products market and trade analysis, and supplies its customers with hundreds of unique data products, advisory and consulting services. Find out more at www.industryedge.com.au 1.021 million m3 –
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