Hyne Timber has welcomed the opportunity to showcase one of its flagship operations to the Deputy Prime Minister, Warren Truss and Federal Minister for Agriculture, the Honourable Barnaby Joyce. Source: The Fraser Coast Chronicle Hosted by Director Chris Hyne, CEO Jon Kleinschmidt and

New Zealand-based wood products supplier Carter Holt Harvey has said it is preparing for an initial public offering, which would involve listing on both the Australian and New Zealand stock exchanges. Sources: The Australian, Radio New Zealand, NBR The announcement comes after months

Commercial multi-storey buildings have started to rise in Australia with the tallest to date a five-storey apartment building in Melbourne. To build more and better we need greater engineering expertise. Source: Timberbiz “The Green” by Australand Property Group is a new hybrid constr

Wairarapa landowners are being encouraged to take up a grant scheme to plant forests, which has just received a $NZ22.5 million boost. Sources: Wairarapa Times, New Zealand Herald Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew made a pre-Budget announcement at Federated Farmers Wair

The New Zealand Government this week confirmed a multi-million dollar reboot of the popular Afforestation Grant Scheme (AGS), Associate Primary Industries Minister Jo Goodhew says. Sources: Timberbiz, Radio New Zealand, Stuff NZ, New Zealand Herald The new version of the scheme will s

The Community and Public Sector Union (CPSU) says it is not convinced job losses at Forestry Tasmania will be limited to 50 positions. Source: ABC News Forestry Tasmania has confirmed 50 jobs will be shed in the next few months as the State Government-owned company is downsized. Twent

The US Forest Service estimates that California’s multi-year drought has killed off at least 12 million trees over the past year according to the Los Angeles Times. Sources: The Los Angeles Times, Science Signalling Last month, researchers used aerial surveys to assess the damage crea

The X-Carve is a machine that allows home DIY enthusiasts and makers to create three-dimensional pieces using materials as varied as wood, metal and plastic. Sources: Trendhunter, Timberbiz Currently, makers have to splash out a whole lot of money if they want to work with anything ot