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Forest innovators attract international audience
Tuesday, 23 June 2015, 2:27 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
This week in Rotorua the Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) is hosting the largest ever gathering of international forest contractors, forest managers as well as machinery and service suppliers to the industry. The HarvestTECH 2105 international ... More >>
Forest safety paradigm shift from international experts
Wednesday, 25 February 2015, 9:12 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
After a horror year of workplace fatalities in 2013, New Zealand’s forest industry performed superbly in 2014, both in terms of safety and wood production. The credit for the dramatic turnaround in safety performance has to go to the people on the ... More >>
International experts bring change
Wednesday, 28 January 2015, 12:05 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
After a horror year for fatalities in 2013, New Zealand’s forest industry performed superbly in 2014, both in terms of safety and wood production. Credit has to go to the people on the forest floor who had a chance to get their voice heard through ... More >>
Forest safety brain trainer for Tree fallers
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 3:18 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Forest safety brain trainer for Tree fallers - Switchback’s Steven Falk joins International Safety Conference More >>
Forest Firefighting Expert - International Safety Conference
Friday, 5 December 2014, 11:28 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
The Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) is pleased to announce US Forest Service forest firefighting expert Ivan Pupulidy has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for its flagship forest safety conference series in March 2015. More >>
Wood Treatment Specialists Converge on Australia and NZ
Thursday, 24 July 2014, 4:50 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Like it or not, thermally and chemically modified wood along with wood plastic composites (WPC’s) are now a commercial reality. They’re already being produced in commercial quantities in both Australia and New Zealand. They’re competing - but can complement ... More >>
Forest Investment and Market Outlook 2014: Only Weeks to Go!
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 2:54 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
With forest products exports continuing to enjoy a run of high commodity prices there is plenty of attention worldwide on the robust returns delivered from forest resources. So it’s timely that New Zealand and Australia are soon to host a major forest investment ... More >>
Forestry Investment Attracts Top People
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 4:05 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
FIEA’s upcoming conference on forest investment is drawing delegates from top management positions in both New Zealand and Australia as the opportunity for early-bird registration offers closes at the end of this week. More >>
Rotorua to host International Forest Safety Summit
Monday, 21 October 2013, 12:43 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
The past 12 months has seen forestry in the media spotlight to two main reasons – both good and bad. Since the global financial crisis hit, forest products exports, led by log exports, have proven once again to be counter-cyclical. While other industries ... More >>
Mobile Technology a Key to Primary Industry Growth
Friday, 28 June 2013, 3:11 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
New Zealand's primary industries have built a strong international reputation for innovation, product development and forward thinking. While these characteristics are still strong, emerging new tools t to improve productivity and efficiencies within ... More >>
Wood Processors Look to New Innovations at Upcoming Summit
Friday, 19 April 2013, 8:30 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
World leaders of wood processing, manufacturing and new product technologies are converging on Australasia in September. The major draw card is this region’s first “business to business” wood industry show, WoodEXPO 2013. More >>
Serial entrepreneur confirmed for Clean Energy Conference
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 2:42 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Venture capitalist and serial entrepreneur Nick Gerritsen of Carbonscape has just been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the Forest Industry Engineering Association’s (FIEA) clean technology conference in April. FIEA’s ‘Residues to Revenues/Clean ... More >>
Forestry to Fuel Debate on Growing Clean Energy
Monday, 11 February 2013, 11:11 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Forestry to Fuel Debate on Growing Clean Energy The Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) welcomes the Greenpeace report that highlights the local energy supply opportunity which forest-based energy can provide. A national wood energy ... More >>
Conference Series Boasts Local and International Experts
Thursday, 31 January 2013, 5:12 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
The Forest Engineering Association (FIEA) is please to announce their programme for their upcoming conference - "Residues to Revenues & CleanTECH Industry Developments". This biennial conference series runs in Auckland on 10-11th April, at the Novotel ... More >>
Focus on wood innovation – an Australasian first
Thursday, 16 August 2012, 2:18 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Wood processing and manufacturing companies are currently feeling the heat out in the marketplace. It’s challenging out there. “In the current economic environment, local companies are recognising that to remain competitive that they need to think ... More >>
Uncertainty Carbon Forestry - Importance of Knowledge
Monday, 9 July 2012, 5:25 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
With the recent ETS scheme changes in New Zealand, the introduction of a carbon price in Australia on 1 July and finally some recent movement in International carbon prices, there is now considerable uncertainty in the carbon landscape, particularly for those ... More >>
Carbon Forestry Landscape Changing
Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 6:49 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Carbon forestry investments in New Zealand and Australia have taken a blow from the combined effects of legislative uncertainty and the depressed prices for carbon based on Euro problems, but the sector remains cautiously optimistic. More >>
Alternate Technologies offer Wood Treatment Opportunities
Monday, 5 March 2012, 1:25 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
In a recent report on wood preservation, Global Industry Analysts projected that the Global market for wood preservatives is likely to reach US$1.5 billion by 2017. Although major end use applications for wood preservatives are decking and fencing ... More >>
Forestry Conference Will Highlight Importance of China
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 4:33 pm | Forest Industry Engineering Association
8 February 2012 China is now the world’s largest importer of softwood logs and lumber, as reported by Wood Resources International. The importance of China to forestry’s export earnings will be a key focus at the Future Forestry Finance conference series. ... More >>
Quake Resistant Timber and Green Chemicals to be showcased
Thursday, 2 February 2012, 10:55 am | Forest Industry Engineering Association
Forest Industry Engineering Association 2 February 2012 For Immediate Release Quake Resistant Timber and Green Chemicals to be showcased at Future Forestry Finance Promising innovations, such as cross laminated timber, green chemicals and more will be showcased ... More >>
