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Guanxi - The Secret To Marketing Success

New Zealand forest products exporters have been battered by high shipping rates and the strong kiwi dollar for the past two years. But a recent fall on both fronts has given some hope that things will improve. ... Read

Another Scare - Revelations Damage Timber Image In New Zealand

New Zealand builders were just beginning to get their heads around new treated timber regulations and a new building act when a pre-election, politically motivated scare story created panic in a market already losing serious ground to concrete and steel. Elizabeth Howarth reports. ... Read

Confronting The Task - Aussies Going In To Bat For Treated Wood

The warning sirens for attendees at a recent seminar for the Australian treated timber industry wailed all day. They were more metaphorical than real, but the messages were loud and clear. ... Read

A Bloody Shame - Environment Court Shocker In Coromandel

Industry leaders are again demanding an overhaul of the Resource Management Act and forestry minister Jim Anderton has called for a report from the Ministry for the Environment on the background to the extraordinary decision. ... Read

Drying Times

Most sawmillers are content with their kilns – “The technology is well developed, they are reliable – no complaints.” Gratifying for the manufacturers but others, research scientists and end users of kiln-dried product – believe it is still a far-from-perfect science and much more needs to be learnt about the way radiata pine is dried. ... Read