Sandy Brownlie
Alexander J Brownlie CBE of BSW Timber Ltd (known as Sandy), passed away peacefully at home with his family on June 5 aged 84. Born on August 24, 1935 into…
Actis welcomes housing minister’s ambition
Actis welcomes housing minister’s ambition to embrace MMC after COVID-19 crisis MMC will help the country achieve its target of building 300,000 new homes a year by 2050 An ambition…
Water repellent WISA-SpruceWR
Water repellent WISA-SpruceWR facilitates construction in varying humidity conditions (UPM, Helsinki, 9 June 2020 at 11:00 EET) – UPM Plywood introduces a new water repellent WISA-SpruceWR plywood that enables efficient…
BC LUMBER INDUSTRY HIT HARD
British Columbia’s exports in the first quarter of 2020 fell by almost -15% when compared to the first quarter of 2019. The result of the rail blockade protests earlier in…
Insect damage identified from the air
Stora Enso’s drone research used a drone and a multispectral camera to detect insect damages in Finnish forests. The image interpretation application was able to identify trees where spruce bark…
Dates for INTERFORST 2022 are fixed
INTERFORST 2022 will take place from July 20 to 23, 2022 Trade fair will be shortened to four days Program will run Wednesday until Saturday from 09:00 to 18:00 The…
Greens don’t like the truth about native forestry
Greens don’t like the truth about native forestry so want to lock up the government messenger As one of the nation’s major political parties, it is enormously disappointing that the…
Australians $688 million Homebuilder Program
Government building stimulus give the chance to realise the dream of a freestanding Aussie timber home The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement of the…
Einride Launches Intelligent Freight Mobility Platform
The platform provides intelligent planning, routing, and live vehicle insights for transport networks, as well as specific recommendations on how to improve sustainability and cost-effectiveness through electrification. After beta testing…
Develop bio-based carbon fiber materials
Stora Enso and Cordenka have signed a joint development agreement to develop precursors for bio-based carbon fiber. The co-development is driven by the need for high performance carbon fiber in…