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Latest timber industry news, updated on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

John Gay: from Gunns to specialty timber

John Gay has emerged from the ignominy of insider trading to again become a player in Tasmania’s forest industry and in a new stoush over logging. Source: The Australian Four years ago, the former Gunns Ltd timber boss became the most senior Australian executive convicted of insider t
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Risky business

Australia’s 10 most dangerous professions claimed 170 lives in 2015, and many of the nation’s riskiest professions have stayed in the top 10 list for years. Source: Smart Company Comparison website Finder.com.au has tracked the professional sectors that reported the most fatalities an
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OneFortyOne finalists in safety innovation

OneFortyOne with its contractor partners in the OneSafe Group, are finalists in the 2017 Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) national Forest Industry Innovation Awards in the Innovation in Safety Category. Source: Timberbiz The OneSafe Group is a collective Green Triangle sa
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Small scale timber growers get government assistance

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Australian Government’s decision to provide funding for two farm forestry cooperatives that will assist small-scale timber growers to collaboratively promote, process and sell their sustainably grown wood products. Sou
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Recognising high standards in forestry

A new national program to recognise professional businesses operating to high standards in the forest industry, was launched at an event in Launceston. Source: Timberbiz Speaking at the launch event, Diana Lloyd, General Manager of ForestWorks, said the Forestry Better Business offers
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Euro project for fibre-based alternatives to plastics

Together with a large industrial consortium, VTT Technical Research of Finland has launched a EUR 4.5 million project to speed up the development of fibre-based products as alternatives to oil-based materials like plastics. Source: Eureka Alert The project, funded partly by the Europe
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Seed to Seat furniture collaborative

The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC), the international trade association for the American hardwood industry, has unveiled its ‘Seed to Seat’ furniture collaborative at ‘100% Design South Africa’. Source: Timberbiz Given an open brief and asked to design ‘something to sit on’,
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Two new directors needed for AFS

Australian Forestry Standard (AFS) has vacant positions for two Independent directors. Source: Timberbiz Each director is expected to bring to the role a strong background in sustainability, especially in the areas of the built environment, specification and design and an extensive ne
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