Manufacturers of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) are in a buoyant mood, with their strategy of educating specifiers and university students about the product's performance benefits beginning to show through in sales.
In June the Agri-Fax Log Price Index for New Zealand radiata fell to its lowest point in 10 years, but by late July there had been some improvement and the export sector was noticeably more upbeat.
The New Zealand forest products sector faces a number of important issues. But many are not unique to the country and there is nothing wrong with having a good look over the competition’s shoulder.
Even though times are tough and training has slowed in the forest industry, FITEC chief executive John Blakey says companies still believe in the importance of training. Despite a slow start to the year, 77% of the industry’s annual training budget has been committed by the end of July.
Manufacturers of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) are in a buoyant mood, with their strategy of educating specifiers and university students about the product's performance benefits beginning to show through in sales.
Australia and New Zealand both have public policy commitments to reduce all kinds of waste and to increase recycling and reuse. But when it comes to timber, a general lack of viable recycling options and resources is apparently making it all ‘too hard’.
The decision by New South Wales Premier Bob Carr to shut down a substantial part of the cypress pine industry has ignited fury in the bush and is seen as a sign of Labor's growing contempt for country people.
An oxymoron is defined as a "figure of speech with pointed conjunction of seemingly contradictory expressions". Pretty much sums up the New Zealand Government's approach to afforestation, doesn't it? And yes, it shares a common Greek root with 'moron'.
It is billed as the biggest forestry show in the world and this year’s Elmia Wood lived up to the advance PR, with more than 50,000 visitors attending over four days.
