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In Canada, an Ontario Superior Court judge has found Sino-Forest Corp’s co-founder and former CEO Allen Chan guilty of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence and ordered him to pay more than $2.6 billion. Justice Michael Penny found that Allen Chan “abused his unique position as a fiduciary to orchestrate an extremely large and[…]

Government’s 100 Million Trees Dream Must Avoid Pine Monoculture. A national rivers and trout fishing advocacy group wants caution and foresight in the new government’s ambitious “one million trees” policy so as to avoid monocultures of pines. The new government aims to plant 100 million trees a year – with the goal of planting a[…]

Streamlining applications for overseas ownership in New Zealand forests clarifies investment signals. The Forest Owners Association says streamlining the application process for overseas investment in New Zealand forests is a major step forward and will make clear to potential investors that New Zealand has a positive forest future.  The Associate Minister of Finance David Parker[…]

With a long history manufacturing presses for OSB and the composite board industry, USNR entered the emerging North American CLT market in 2015 with the advent of it’s modular, window-frame style press. Since then, interest has taken off and thanks to industry stakeholders, advancements in mass timber have seen strong and steady enthusiasm. There is[…]

Tolko is investing in a new BioVision Edger line for its sawmill at Armstrong, BC. The new line will comprise an unscrambler, Maximizer positioning infeed with dual fetchers, 4-saw edger, and close-coupled picker tailer. The optimizer is a BioVision system utilizing data from the new transverse scanner fitted with BioLuma 2900LV vision sensors. Also included[…]

Rex Lumber of Brookhaven, MS has invested in updating its existing horizontal shape sawing gang (HSS), and recently decided to add profiling to this process. Adding profiling will reduce the load on the edger, eliminate the need for the sort station, and facilitate a much more efficient process. Profiling can be added to your primary[…]

Tilhill Forestry has appointed Julian Hollingdale to the role of District Manager for their North Highland District office based in Inverness, the UK. Julian then spent 7 years in Southern England within the Forestry and Landscaping businesses before moving to join the forestry team in Inverness in late 2010. Julian is also a professional member of[…]

OneFortyOne Plantations (OFO) has announced that as a result of strong domestic demand and the continued outperformance across the building industry, it has advised customers that there will be no sawlog exported from its estate for the next financial year. OneFortyOne Plantations CEO, Linda Sewell said: “The volume of sawlog we export has been steadily in[…]

Sveza has completed the acquisition of the Tyumen Plywood Mill group. The deal was approved by the Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS). The Tyumen Plywood Mill is one of the most modern wood-processing and plywood production enterprises in Russia. The mill produces about 92 thousand cubic meters of plywood every year. Its main production facilities[…]

The Brazilian forestry market is one of the few segments that do not directly reflect the country’s economic situation. Even with the threat of recession and political scandals abounding, the forestry sector exported over $7.7 billion in 2017. This figure represents an 11% growth from the previous year. With excellent soil and climate conditions, Brazil[…]