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The long wait for Australian-made cross laminated timber (CLT) is nearly over reports Wood Week. Xlam Australia will open its first CLT manufacturing plant in Wodonga and be producing panels for construction by the close of 2017. The company shared its plans to build a factory in the Albury Wodonga region with Architecture & Design[…]

NZ roundwood log prices jump to a record on demand from construction, horticulture industries – Strong domestic building activity combined with buoyant horticulture and viticulture industries has pushed up the price of roundwood logs to a record reports Wood Week. The average price for roundwood logs rose to $90 a tonne in February, up $5[…]

Deltic Timber Corp. of El Dorado on Monday named John D. Enlow, formerly of Weyerhaeuser, as its new chief executive and revealed that it had fired its chief financial officer for misappropriating “certain company assets for personal use” reports Arkansas Business. The publicly traded timber and real estate company (NYSE: DEL) also reported fourth-quarter and fiscal year results, which[…]

Mercer International Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of one of Germany’s largest sawmills and a bio-mass power plant, near Friesau, Germany for approximately $55.1 million plus defined working capital of approximately $9 million. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including receipt of requisite regulatory approvals,[…]

PICTURED LEFT TO RIGHT: ACL President Hardie Tatum ACL Contract Timber Specialist John Quidachay ACL Board Member and RAF Board of Governors Chairman Robert D’Agostini Special voluntary donations raised by ACL members via the “Resource Availability Fund”(RAF)  ,  Associated California Loggers has placed John Quidachay on a one-year contract to represent their interests regionally and[…]

SKOWHEGAN – The Professional Logging Contractors (PLC) of Maine today issued a statement praising a decision by Sappi Ltd. to invest $165 million in Paper Machine No. 1 at its Somerset Mill in Skowhegan as a move that will benefit hundreds of Maine loggers and truckers. The investment at the Somerset Mill is intended to[…]

LIGNA, the focal point and meeting hub for the international wood industry, is just around the corner. The 2017 edition runs from 22 to 26 May in Hannover, Germany, and will feature more than 1,500 exhibitors from 45 nations and attract trade visitors from about 90 nations. Please find more information in the press release[…]

In February 2015, System TM invited customers to a demonstration in Melbourne, Australia, of our optimizing cross-cut line with Microtec scanning technology. Auswest Timbers participated in the demo event and had their wood tested. The test result were positive, and after visiting System TM and seeing a reference line in Germany, Auswest Timbers decided to[…]

Niagara Sawmilling purchases a major System TM line; a solution that includes a large optimizing cross-cut line, a horizontal and a vertical finger jointing line. The company produces sawn timber for New Zealand and export markets. As a result of the investment, a substantial optimization of the production will be attained as a result of System[…]

Four months before Elmia Wood opens, the organisers confirm it will be the world’s biggest forestry fair ever. “By January we’d already sold more stand space than at the previous Elmia Wood in 2013,” says Exhibition Manager Jakob Hirsmark. Elmia Wood has been the world’s leading forestry fair for many years. Decision makers from around[…]