WoodTECH Issue 52 - Latest news and resources
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Welcome to the latest issue of WoodTECH.News.
The timber industry is continuing to evolve as new technologies are being integrated into the sector. Metsa Fibre has just announced that one of the most advanced sawmills in the world has officially started operating. Based in Rauma, Finland, this sawmill is controlled from a single control room and makes use of machine vision, self-learning AI and integrated information system technologies.
Closer to home, Mt Gambier's Fennell Forestry is currently converting one of its prime movers to the region’s first electric logging truck. One of the key drivers for the move to electric heavy vehicles is carbon reduction, where a diesel logging truck produces over 500 tonnes of carbon each year. With swap-and-go battery systems, plenty of power and less noisy engines, electric heavy vehicles are the future around the mill and on the road.
In New Zealand, IWT-Moldrup and Tunnicliffe Timber have collaborated on a new treatment for Radiata pine that hardens the wood by 300 to 500%. It's an exciting innovation building on thermal modification that aims to expand the markets available to pine.
And finally, last month we covered Timber Framing Collective that has been set up to promote timber framing to the Australian consumer along with a new suite of easy-to-use resources. They have now loaded more material onto the website and we encourage wood producers and timber manufacturers to utilise the extensive resources supplied.
Check out these stories and much more below. Enjoy this month's issue.
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State-of-the-art sawmill starts in Finland
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The new state-of-the-art pine sawmill in Rauma in Finland, owned by Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, has moved from production test run to continuous sawn timber production. The sawmill is operating continuously in three shifts. Construction of the Rauma sawmill started in the spring of 2020, and the value of the investment is approximately EUR 260 million. This is ...
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Heat & resin treatment planned for NZ Radiata pine
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A joint venture in New Zealand has been set up with the timber modification expertise and experience of Denmark’s IWT-Moldrup have combined with the timber processing acumen of New Zealand-based Tunnicliffe Timber. The process sees New Zealand radiata pine being thermally modified, using IWT-Moldrup’s equipment and then further modified by the introduction of a new, proprietary resin treatment of IWT-Moldrup´s ...
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Orbost timber workers face an uncertain future
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The current timber supply shortages in Victoria, Australia, brought about by vexatious legal action against VicForests is causing anguish among the people of Orbost, where 37% of its workforce faces the axe. Already thrown into an atmosphere of uncertainty with the announcement in 2019 that the Andrews Government would inexplicably shut down native timber harvesting by 2030, Orbost is the ...
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USNR Sells DynaStar™ Maintenance Management Software
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USNR has announced they have sold the DynaStar™ Maintenance Management Software to DrekiTek™ Software Solutions Ltd. USNR looks forward to a long-term relationship with DrekiTek™ Software Solutions Ltd as it continues the development and support of the DynaStar™ system. DynaStar™ customers will continue to receive the excellent support they expect along with ongoing development of the product. Existing Software Support ...
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Creative resources to share Timber Framing story
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Last month we covered the story of the Timber Framing Collective in Australia and how they are introducing a suite of easy-to use creative resources to help share the remarkable green story of Timber Framing. Timber framing is the ultimate building material. It’s natural, strong and the only framing resource that tackles climate change. Research shows that 78% of consumers ...
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World’s 2nd electric log truck for Fennell Forestry
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As a follow up to the local electric log truck story that we ran in the 9 September issue, we’ve built in more information this week on Fennell Forestry who’re taking the crucial first step towards decarbonising Australia’s heavy vehicle transport industry. The Mount Gambier based harvest and haulage company has commissioned the world’s second ever electric log truck, in ...
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Latest edition of Australian timber report released
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Softwood timber products – Quarterly Prices for untreated MGP structural timber products stabilised in the June quarter 2022, with price movements ranging between no change and 0.6% higher. Prices for treated outdoor products showed stronger increases, ranging between 1.7% and 2.8% higher. Prices for most panel products showed moderate increases of up to 1.4%, while price movements for particleboard products ...
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Waipa Mill’s first female worker turns 100
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Aline Douglas was Waipa Mill’s first female worker, in 1939. On 23 September, she turns 100, and sat down in her Rotorua home with journalist Zizi Sparks to share a century of vivid memories from her great loves and favourite inventions, to the times that changed the world. When Aline Douglas was 17 years old, she had to bike a ...
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