The load-carrying capacity of laminated veneer lumber hasn’t been its strongest sellingpoint in the past, but research from Deakin University has shown interesting results. There are environmental and potentially economic advantages to using laminated veneerlumber for building structu

Strongbuild went into administration because an external consultant fed confidential – and incomplete – information about its financial affairs to client Frasers Property Australia, Strongbuild managing director Adam Strong says. The company went into administration because Frasers

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Hyne Timber, manufacturer and distributor of high volume industrial, structural and engineered timber products, have announced a major expansion of their Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) plant in Maryborough, Queensland. The move has involved the purchase and installation of 14 new machine

Just recently FSC Australia was making the news with what it called its ‘groundbreaking’ Australian version of the world’s strongest forestry standard. In FSC’s media release it pointed to a certification standard “jointly agreed by industry, environment and community interests”. Whil

Papua New Guinea civil society groups have called on China to introduce regulation on illegal wood imports from the country. PNG is China’s single largest supplier of timber however, large quantities of these wood imports come from illegal operations. A letter signed by PNG grou

Rehap’s latest developments in creating novel materials from agoforestry waste for use in the construction industry were presented at the 8th Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference in October. The Nordic Wood Biorefinery Conference (NWBC) is a leading meeting forum for wood biorefinery pr

The French government has just published a new national strategy to combat the deforestation caused by its imports of soy, palm oil, beef, cocoa and wood. They have set themselves the target of ending so called “embodied deforestation” by 2030. The document also calls for the elaborat