Forest Products Industry

Australia’s National Plantation Strategy Coordinator David Thompson recently made presentations to the WA Minister for Forestry, Terry Redman, the WA Forest Products Commission and industry representatives regarding future wood supplies and plantation investment mechanisms. In part, this was in response to commentary that Australia is facing a ‘wood glut’ under current forestry MIS arrangements, and that there is no need to expand the plantation estate.

In order to develop the necessary harvesting and haulage capacity, ABP is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for the provision of harvesting and transport services.

ABS Building Approvals show that the total number of dwellings approved rose in July 2010 following falls in the previous three months in seasonally adjusted terms.

The NZ Government should underwrite the growing of millions of forestry seedlings if it wants to meet its climate change planting goal. Current planting levels are far below the 30,000ha of new forest a year for 10 years needed to meet the country’s greenhouse gas emissions target. Four thousand hectares were planted last year and just 2000ha the year before.

Balterio intends to invest a total of around €12m in modernising laminate flooring production at the location of Vielsalm in Belgium as well as in product development and additional marketing measures.

Finland’s exports of softwood lumber showed conspicuous growth in April and May 2010, after exports had plummeted by 41% in March.

The Victorian Employers' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) notes the release of the State Government's final response to the report of the Bushfire Royal Commission.

A national and international line up of geographical information systems (GIS) experts will be punching Rotorua’s coordinates into their sat-navs in October, as they converge on the city for a unique forestry event.

China is looking to establish a special body which will help its wood product companies cope with new environmental protection requirements for combating illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber, according to the International...

Thirty-four 26m-long glulam beams are creating the frame for Bournville College’s iconic new £66m building.

SCA Timber Supply is marking a decade of providing customer training with a special seminar for previous students on its Timber Studies Awards...

BSW Timber’s Constructive Timber Training Courses will next be held at Build Centre and Travis Perkins.

A ship which lost 60 tonnes of Swedish sawn timber in heavy seas to the east of the UK has limped into the Humber to have its cargo reloaded before continuing to the Port of Shoreham.

National Association of Pallet Distributors member companies have warned of a dramatic fall in the number of used pallets in the market.

Demand for fire doors has improved but government spending cuts are expected to impact sales

Manufacturing and housebuilding have both recorded growth but there’s still a long road ahead

[AP] - Lumber and wood products maker Weyerhaeuser Co. spent $570,000 in the second quarter to lobby federal officials on issues including a homebuyer tax credit extension, alternative fuels and trade, according to a recent disclosure report.

MONTREAL, Sept. 3 /CNW Telbec/ - Boralex Power Income Fund (the "Fund") has today declared a cash distribution in the amount of $0.01667 for the period from September 1, 2010 to September 15, 2010, being the expiry date of the offer made Boralex Inc. ("Boralex") to acquire all the issued and

The first half of 2010 saw western timber markets begin to recover after hitting historical lows in mid 2009. The upturn was fueled by optimism in domestic housing markets and strong export demand from Asian markets. In June, when the first time home-buyer credit expired, new home starts fell further than predicted. Things continued to get worse, culminating this week when the lowest seasonally adjusted housing start numbers in more than a decade were released. Housing starts fell twice as fast as the National Association of Realtors had originally predicted. In response, many lumber and panel buyers reduced inventories and some producers have been forced to close shop. Inventory reduction made its way upstream to timber companies in July.