Tag: Timber
Funding to increase forestry workforce in Otago
Forestry’s future workforce has received a boost through a partnership between the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) and an Otago secondary school.
The MPI funded...
Flexibility the key for smaller sawmills’ production output
Why is Northland sawmill Northpine increasingly focusing on specialty timber products, including SG10, when the country is desperately short of standard SG8 building products?...
Creating a more sustainable New Zealand
In 2009, Interlink general manager Matthew Kennedy saw an opportunity to provide a connection that linked a customer’s need with a solution, hence Inter-link....
Timber Design professionals’ creativity honoured
Design professionals were honoured for their creativity and ingenuity at the 2018 NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards evening in Auckland recently, which saw He...
NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards finalists announced
NZ Wood has announced the eagerly-awaited Stage Two Finalists for the 2018 NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards.
“This is New Zealand’s only timber design award...
Entries for Timber Design Awards closing soon
New judges and new categories will ensure the prestigious 2018 NZ Wood-Resene Timber Design Awards are even more exciting than before, according to NZ...
Red Stag to build massive CLT plant in Rotorua
Red Stag Wood Solutions has announced that it will build a large-scale Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) plant at its 95ha wood processing site in...
JNL states case regarding labelling and promotion
By Juken New Zealand Ltd (JNL) managing director Masa Ueki
You may have seen the recent media coverage regarding J-Frame. We are writing to...
Product knowledge is essential for wide range of timber flooring products
Today’s market is proliferated with a wide range of timber and timber-based flooring products, including the more traditional solid tongue and groove products and...
NZ’s construction future ‘should be in tall timber buildings’
Most new commercial and residential builds in New Zealand are eight storeys or below — an ideal height for building in engineered timber, according...