Bonfiglioli industrial motors and drives recently combined with New Zealand sawmiller, Red Stag Timber, to keep its old mill operating while a new $NZ120 million supermill is built. Source: Timberbiz Bonfiglioli designed and assembled a compact and powerful custom engineered HDP 150 d

New Zealand tree climbers James Kilpatrick and Chrissy Spence completed the double in the Masters’ Challenge at the International Tree Climbing Championships in San Antonio recently. Source: The New Zealand Herald Mr Kilpatrick also won the Secured Footlock event and finished wi

Feel the pulse of the Australian timber industry with the help of FWPA statistics. Source: Timberbiz FWPA’s Statistics and Economics program offers information, which is potentially useful to everyone in the timber industry. On the international front an interactive chart allows you t

The Federal Court has refused to approve a piecemeal class-action settlement for victims in the Willmott Forests managed investment schemes after finding it was not fair and that returns to investors did not match the millions they had paid to fund the law firm running the case. Sourc

It is time for Australia and New Zealand to jointly develop a longer term solution for timber design life and durability with a call for $12.5 million over five years from industry and governments. Source: Timberbiz At the ForestWood conference in Auckland, Ric Sinclair, Managing Dire

Australian Paper’s Maryvale Mill is looking to deepen its community ties through the expansion of its community consultative committee. Source: Timberbiz Maryvale Environment Manager Rohan Wilks said the committee was currently seeking new members from all walks of life in the h

Planning, manufacturing and constructing with timber offers exciting new design opportunities while also providing enormous economic benefits, this will be explained at the Wood – the Intelligent Alternative event next week. Source: Timberbiz This seminar on 15 April at Traralgo

DesignBUILD has announced its 2016 speakers featuring leaders from across Australia’s architecture, building, construction and design industries who will address topical and emerging issues in compliance, innovation and sustainability. Source: Timberbiz Leaders from industry associati