CLT in the USA
05 January 2017
John Redfield watches with pride as his son moves a laser-guided precision saw the size of a semi-truck wheel into place over a massive panel of wood. Sources: Japan Today, Associated Press Redfield’s fingers are scarred from a lifetime of cutting wood and now, after decades of declin
Continue Reading →Notaras’ Lyons celebrates 40 years
05 January 2017
When Peter Lyons first started working at Notaras Timbers’ sawmill in Grafton, New South Wales as a 21-year-old, he had no idea he would still be there 40 years later. Source: The Daily Examiner It’s a love of timber that has kept him interested in the work all these years
Continue Reading →Unlocking the mystery of wood’s strength
22 December 2016
A new discovery by a father-and-son team of researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Warwick has unlocked a nanoscale mystery of nature, and may lead to big changes in the fields of energy and construction. Source: Digital Trends The discovery reveals the glue-like binding r
Continue Reading →Abodo exterior CLT from pine
22 December 2016
New Zealand exterior wood specialist Abodo has achieved a first – an exterior CLT panel made exclusively from thermally modified radiata pine. Source: Timberbiz The CLT panel is made up of hundreds of 150°—50 sections of Abodo’s Vulcan Cladding – a thermally modified radiata pine prod
Continue Reading →Non-residential construction to bottom out in 2016/17
15 December 2016
This current financial year could be the last year in which the substantial falls in mining related construction work eclipse all other developments within the non-residential building and construction industry according to Australian Construction Insights. Source: Timberbiz Geordan M
Continue Reading →House price growth slows
15 December 2016
Housing price growth slowed in the September quarter as unit values in Melbourne and Brisbane hit the brakes, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics figures showed. Source: Australian Financial Review In a weaker-than-expected performance, quarter-on-quarter growth in dwelling val
Continue Reading →Timber the next disrupter
15 December 2016
When we hear the word “disruption,” we tend to think of Apple’s iPhone destroying Kodak’s business model, Uber taking on the taxi industry or AirBnB reinventing the hotel game. But disruption is not just about technological change. Source: by Tony Arnel via Sourceable In fact, as the
Continue Reading →$20m timber veneer plant
15 December 2016
A south-east South Australian mill will be transformed into a $20 million timber veneer plant by Sydney company Shield Formply, creating around 80 new jobs, Wattle Range Council has announced. Source: ABC News Pending council approval of the planning application, construction will beg
Continue Reading →Narangba Timbers supports FIAC
08 December 2016
Timber suppliers Narangba Timbers in Brisbane reveal how proposed changes in the forestry industry could affect all aspects of the timber industry. Source: Timberbiz In 2014, the Australian Government established a group of forestry and timber industry insiders called the Forest Indus
Continue Reading →Revenue up for Japanese owners
08 December 2016
Higher revenue from an improved woodchip market and a lower dollar has boosted profits at Albany Plantation Export Company, WA Plantation Resources and Bunbury Fibre Exports. Source: Business News Revenue at Bunbury-headquartered WA Plantation Resources was 23.2% higher at $81.3 milli
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