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Certificate Stack Up - Sawmillers can’t get enough of it

For half-a-century, the family owned Maran Road mill in Temerloh (Pahang) generated most of its revenue from logging and sawmilling. Sick of being ‘locked out’ of the forest for weeks during the annual wet season, with a much reduced income, it decided five years ago to 'diversify upstream' in search of better earnings. ... Read

Technicality Forces Aussie Wood Council Closure

A legislative technical blunder has forced the closure of Australia’s most successful wood promotion organisation - at a time when the industry is under unprecedented pressure from alternative materials. ... Read

Loss Of Appetite For New Zealand Pine Logs

New Zealand pine suppliers, overtaken by good quality, cheaper Russian logs and savaged by unrelenting freight costs and unfavourable exchange rates, are getting much less of the China wood market. ... Read

Riding out the Storm - Radiata log trade chronically sick

Shipping rates are bucking like a logboat pitching on a storm-tossed sea. And then there are the ‘icebergs’ - soaring bunker costs, an unfavorable dollar and weak log prices. No wonder New Zealand wood exporters have hunkered down to wait until conditions ease as Elizabeth Howarth reports. ... Read

Better Truck Figures Are No Accident

The New Zealand log transport industry deserves a major pat on the back for its performance in reducing on-highway crashes. Once the villain of the country’s roads following a sustained period of widely publicised crashes, including fatalities, the industry has cleaned up its act. ... Read

Chemical Reactions - Major merchant raises bar on frame treatment

In the wake of widely publicised questions about the performance of certain timber treatments in the H1.2 category, one major New Zealand merchant has announced it will only supply timber treated to H3.1 or H3.2 for frame and truss manufacture. Elizabeth Howarth reports on this significant development. ... Read

A Good Blue - Wood and steel square off over termites

A significant side effect of long-running home building booms in Australia and New Zealand has been the emergence of a more discerning public when it comes to building products and their performance. ... Read

Countdown To Implementation of APVMA Directives

Yet another year is flying by and, as most readers will be aware, the APVMA (Australian Pesticides & Veterinary Medicines Authority) directives on CCA (copper chromium arsenate) wood preservative will soon be upon us. So how well is the industry prepared for the changes, which will come into effect in mid-March 2006? ... Read