A $106 million expansion at a timber manufacturing plant on the New South Wales central tablelands has been approved by the State Government. Source: ABC News Borg Manufacturing has been given the green light to expand its existing medium density fibreboard (MDF) facility complex in O

VicForests is inviting not for profit community groups and services to apply for a grant as part of its 2017 Community Support Program before Friday 16 June 2017. Source: Timberbiz The Community Support Program has been designed by VicForests to assist regional community groups and se

The planting of around 70 million trees this winter has started with the official launch of National Forestry Planting Day to mark the start of the planting season for Australia’s forestry plantations. Source: Timberbiz The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) launched the in

The Australian Forest Contractors Association (AFCA) has welcomed NHVR support for AFCA’s National Forestry Logistics Safety Program (NFLSP) to deliver safer roads as part of the next round of Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiative program. Source: Timberbiz The Heavy Vehicle Safety Initiati

The future of timber construction is in the factory. For designers and builders, that means precision control over their product, huge time and cost savings in building a project, be it residential or commercial. Source: Timberbiz The Frame Australia conference in Melbourne on June 19

The 18th Australian Timber Design Awards competition is open to built environment professionals and students. Source: Timberbiz Those professionals and students who want to showcase their built design and/or building projects in residential and/or public or commercial buildings that f

Planet Ark and Peter Maddison make it good with wood in new $1 million national TV and online campaign. Source: Timberbiz A series of 15 second commercials showing different applications of wood and their benefits has launched on national TV, supported by a strong online video and mar

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative Inc. (SFI) says SmartLam is the first US manufacturer of cross-laminated timber (CLT) to be certified to the SFI 2015-2019 Chain-of-Custody Standard. Source: Woodworking Network SmartLam is also the first manufacturer to produce CLT in the US, Smart