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FTMA Australia loves fabricators sharing their stories and their knowledge as, in my opinion, fabricators know our industry better than anyone.  They also know what we need and for me it is great to...

There are many amazing women I admire for their professionalism and work ethic, and one of them is one my long time mentors Kate Carnell.  Kate not only has a long understanding and passion for our...

Jaqi Rota, the Managing Director of Austbrokers Trade Credit, partner of our Silver Sponsor AB Phillips presented at the FTMA Australia National Conference on the important topic of “Your...

This is the 5th Conference I have organised for FTMA and at every one, I have wanted to talk about machinery, whether it be sawing or automation through the truss machinery and I was pleased that...

The 2019 FTMA Australia National Conference was the first time we have ever engaged a Key Note Speaker and thanks to the generous sponsorship of MiTek we were so pleased we did. Curtis McGrath and...

Safety and industrial relations are key topics for any business and the Dear Brian session was designed to tackle a few questions raise by fabricators by Timber Trade Industrial Associations, Brian...

Over the years we have had many presentations on Mid-Rise and this year we decided to have fabricators talk about the realities of the projects being done. Now, I have been told by many people that...

WoodSolutions seemed to be the key word of the conference as they have their hand in so many pies within the timber supply chain. Eileen Newbury, the National Program Manager at WoodSolutions...

There has been a strong loud message within the frame and truss sector and respective timber supply chain that we need a coordinated approach to promoting the benefits of timber framing.  Let’s face...

Clive Martella, FTMA Board Member and Director of MB Prefab Framing in Geelong was down to earth, funny, straight up, hardworking and such an honest person. Clive was an essential person within the...

As we learnt at the conference, WoodSolutions are undertaking many projects within the timber supply chain to help the industry grow, innovative and improve.  One of those projects is one being...

For those outside our sector this type of presentation can be dry but to our sector this is our lifeline and to have someone as dynamic as Tim Woods of Industry Edge present on the current housing...

Joe was the first speaker to crack open up the bottle of courage provided to fabricator speakers to help him through the presentation, but in my opinion, he didn’t need it as he nailed it. FTMA...

I first saw Susanne Bransgrove of Liquid Gold Consulting (pictured right) present on the topic of Family Transitioning at a Multinail Conference.  It struck a chord with me as no matter how big or...