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WoodTECH Issue 48 - Latest news and resources

Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News.

First up, is the news that there unfortunately will be no outing for our WoodTECH community in 2022. The WoodTECH 2022 sawmilling event after two years of postponements because of Covid travel and meeting restrictions was set down to run in Rotorua, New Zealand on 18-19 October 2022 and live streamed into Australian mills. The decision was made a week or so back to cancel this year’s event, WoodTECH 2022.

This time it isn’t Covid getting in the way. Instead, it’s a perfect storm of unprecedented demand for building materials across both New Zealand and Australia. This has meant all mills are working extra hours and shifts to try and get timber out the gate. Adding to this are the upgrades and projects now underway to try and boost mill production and the critical shortages currently being experienced in finding workers just to keep the mills running.

The usual very high turnouts of delegates to the WoodTECH event under these conditions just couldn’t be assured. It wasn’t fair on presenters, exhibitors or mill staff and workers. This was reinforced by recent discussions had with mills across the region.

Together with local sawmillers and equipment suppliers we’ll take another look at options at a later date to see if we can reintroduce the sawmilling and wood processing tech updates to New Zealand and Australian mills in 2023. In the meantime, we’ll continue to use this platform, WoodTECH.News to keep you updated on new technology and relevant news around wood processing and manufacturing.

In this month’s issue we cover several new appointments, a Director for New Zealand’s first Timber Design Centre that’s been set up to provide expert advice, research, information and educational resources for key stakeholders involved in building design and construction and a new Chairman for New Zealand’s Wood Processing a& Manufacturing Association. Three new kilns have been set up at OneFortyOne’s Kaituna sawmill and Timberlink at Bell Bay have just opened their new Green Mill Vision Scanning System.

Check out these stories and much more below. Enjoy this month's issue.

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Timberlink unveils new technology at Bell Bay

Timberlink’s EGM Sales, Marketing & Corporate Affairs David Oliver was pleased to welcome Federal Member for Bass Bridget Archer to the Timberlink manufacturing facility at Bell Bay on Monday for the unveiling of a new world-class Green Mill Vision Scanning System. The AU$5.5m co-investment in the continuing upgrade and modernisation of Tasmania’s largest softwood timber manufacturing plant is supported by ...

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Parkside to close historic Greenbushes Mill

In a sad day for the Western Australian forestry industry, Parkside has been forced to close its historic Greenbushes Mill. As a result, more than 50 local employees will be stood down. Forest Industries Federation of WA (FIFWA) Chief Executive Officer Adele Farina said the news came as a blow to industry and the Greenbushes community, particularly given the State ...

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Forico partners with Rural Alive and Well

Forico is proud to be supporting the important work of Rural Alive and Well (RAW) and their sector-specific Cutting Through program, aimed at bringing critical support to Tasmanians in the forestry and timber industry. RAW is a Tasmanian not-for-profit organisation, building mentally healthy and resilient rural and remote communities. ‘RAW expertly delivers support services that address an essential and unfortunately ...

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Current environment not conducive for 2022 event

The WoodTECH 2022 event after two years of postponements because of Covid travel and meeting restrictions was set down to run in Rotorua, New Zealand on 18-19 October 2022. The programme had been revised, speakers lined up and promotions were about to get underway. Exhibitors and sponsors likewise were ready to actually meet up with sawmillers and saw-doctors’ after several ...

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New WPMA Chair elected

After serving as the Wood Processors & Manufacturers Association of NZ’s Chair (and previously the Wood Processors Association) for the last nine years, Brian Stanley has stepped down and retired from his position as Chair. WPMA would like to acknowledge Brian’s outstanding contribution to the organisation as Chair during a time that has experienced significant change within the wood processing ...

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Three new kilns reducing mill emissions

A New Zealand sawmill’s decade-long environmental journey reaches another milestone this month as work starts on new drying kilns powered by sawdust. Ever since the sawmill started measuring emissions about a decade ago, the team has been on a mission reduce them. OneFortyOne, which owns the sawmill and multiple forestry blocks in Marlborough, Nelson and Tasman, as well as South ...

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War in Ukraine will tighten lumber markets

The war in Ukraine will tighten lumber markets both short and long term, particularly in Europe but also in China and the US One immediate impact of the war in Ukraine and the sanctions by Western countries has been a dramatic reduction in exports of forest products from Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. The total exports from these three countries were ...

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Director appointed to NZ’s Timber Design Centre

The Timber Design Centre has appointed Dr Robert Finch as its director. Dr Finch was formerly director of the Quake Centre, hosted at the University of Canterbury. Prior to this, he was the chief executive for the Structural Timber Innovation Company. The Timber Design Centre was launched in March 2022 to provide expert advice, research, information and educational resources for ...

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