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Technology Conference Delivers Renewable Forest Resource Innovators

Tuesday, 18 June 2024, 4:12 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Encouraged by iconic New Zealanders like keynote speaker Sir Ian Taylor, many young innovators are creating new opportunities for converting forestry fibre to renewable resources for new chemical solutions and to fossil fuel replacements. More >>

Forestry Sector Welcomes Government Intent To Engage And Spur Growth

Friday, 14 June 2024, 1:03 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Today’s announcements on growing the forestry sector from Forestry Minister Todd McClay will resonate with industry leaders across forestry and wood products sector, says FIEA events director John Stulen. “With our sector delivering the most carbon-friendly ... More >>

Environmental Forestry - Practical People Working Together To Improve Our Environment

Wednesday, 12 June 2024, 4:59 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

We bring practical foresters together with local regulators and national policy makers to debate and bring constructive change for production forestry and our environment with a focus on practical actions and measurable outcomes. More >>

Major Log Transport Event – One Week Away

Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 5:32 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

The very latest technologies and results from log transport and other heavy fleet trials and early commercial operations are going to be showcased in Rotorua, New Zealand next week, on 22-23 May 2023. More >>

Forest Safety Innovators Go Digital - June Webinars Planned

Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 6:21 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

The Forest Industry Engineering Association announced today its biennial forest safety conference will be going ahead in June – in digital form. It's online now at https://forestsafety.events/#Program “While lockdown conditions have forced ... More >>

Workplace safety gets top billing in forest workplaces

Tuesday, 10 July 2018, 2:46 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

In August a major national forest safety conference – Forest Safety & Technology 2018 – will show how well forest workers have embraced new techniques for integrated workplace safety. ( https://forestsafety.events ) More >>

Safety conference showcased forest floor successes

Thursday, 5 July 2018, 1:44 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

A national forest safety conference in August will bring the latest practical solutions to the table for all contractors and forest managers to hear about and learn from. Following the challenges that this industry faced in 2013, it has responded with ... More >>

Housing Supply – Panelisation provides paradigm shift

Wednesday, 13 September 2017, 10:43 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Wood panel factories, not on-site workers, is the only way to solve the housing supply crisis, says a Rotorua engineer who is organising a national wood technology conference later this month More >>

Early adopters gaining commercial timber advantages

Thursday, 7 September 2017, 3:04 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Now that two key players in the commercial building industry have caught on to the advantages of timber and off-site construction, the secret is out – the early adopters are already gaining the advantages inherent in building commercially with engineered ... More >>

Tall timber stacks up in commercial terms

Tuesday, 15 August 2017, 9:50 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Last week, well-known property investor Sir Bob Jones announced his company’s plan to build a tall timber building in Wellington. Jones has done his homework on the advantages of wood for large commercial buildings. Australian and Canadian developers ... More >>

Award-winning speakers for commercial building conference

Monday, 7 August 2017, 4:50 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

A national engineered wood design conference running in September in Rotorua features a strong line up of international building specialists. Adam Strong of Strongbuild Commercial in Sydney, Australia is one of the keynote speakers. His company just ... More >>

Labour constraints eased with wood for commercial building

Tuesday, 25 July 2017, 11:19 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Labour shortages are limiting growth in both commercial building, with the recent profit downgrades at Fletcher Challenge highlighting the depth of the problems. However, commercial wood solutions already being implemented by industry leaders in Australia, ... More >>

Increasing lumber exports leads to new technology investment

Monday, 24 July 2017, 3:00 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Signs are good right now for the country’s wood processing industry. A report from Wood Resources International last week said that although over 50% of the wood harvest in New Zealand is being exported as logs, lumber production had picked up by about ... More >>

NZ’s largest logging industry event planned for June

Wednesday, 26 April 2017, 4:21 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

The New Zealand forestry industry set a new record last year for the annual forest harvest. There is no denying the fact that the sector is on a high right now. On the back of booming log exports to China, low shipping rates and strong domestic ... More >>

New keynote speakers strengthen conference

Wednesday, 1 February 2017, 2:28 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Loggers and forest managers have been quick to capitalise on the latest Forest Industry Safety Summit set to run next month in Rotorua. Registrations have exceeded expectations and the gathering is set to be the second largest forest safety conference ever held ... More >>

Technology key to forest safety advances

Friday, 20 January 2017, 11:17 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association

“Technology is vital in many new safety improvements in the forest industry – and the upcoming Forest Safety Summit will be showcasing them and the people who established them,” says Forest Industry Engineering Association event manager, ... More >>

Forest safety leaders look to culture and technology solutio

Friday, 11 November 2016, 10:24 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association

A wide range of forest safety experts are making positive change in New Zealand’s forestry workplace, using peoples’ minds to bring safety culture change to their work situations and combining that with technology to make their job safer. More >>

Making forestry safer and more productive

Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 3:54 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Industry safety champions in both New Zealand and Australia have come forward to show their safety leadership by becoming Principal Partners to the 3rd FIEA Forest Industry Safety Summit. This conference series sold out in 2013 and 2015, and is ... More >>

Transport technologies changing the wood supply chain

Friday, 9 September 2016, 1:42 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Wood transport and logistics within the forest industry is going through a major shakeup. Smart technology such as robotics, automation, cloud computing, big data analytics and improved connectivity within the supply chain is reshaping how leading ... More >>

Robotics and automation changing the wood supply chain

Tuesday, 30 August 2016, 3:26 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association

Logistics within the forest industry is going through a major shakeup. Smart technology - robotics, automation, cloud computing, big data analytics and improved connectivity within the supply chain is reshaping how leading companies are adapting to and operating ... More >>

 

 
 
 
 
 

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