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Rebuild & Design – The Next Stage of Your Career
Rebuild & Design is a new program by FTMA Australia which targets workers, especially builders, who have either been injured on the job, or are simply seeking a new career, as we believe...
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A Market Update from VIDA Wood Australia
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Bronze Sponsor, VIDA Wood Australia. Vida Wood Australia’s new operation in Hemmant with 12,000 sq m of storage has not only strengthened our position in...
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More from same or same from less?
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Bronze Sponsor, Programmed Timber Supplies. Time for the crystal ball generally but there are things becoming apparent that will change the course of...
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Federal Government commits $86 million for plantation expansion as AFPA launches election campaign
This piece was written and provided by AFPA As the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) started on ground campaigning ahead of the Federal Election in Tasmania this week, the Coalition...
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A Final Word from Sam
Well, after 30 years involvement in the greater timber industry engaged in the supply of German and Finnish timber processing and sawmilling machinery, I have accepted a new role principally outside...
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Event Update: Multinail Day 2022
This piece was written and provided by Trent Bucholz, Chief Customer Officer of FTMA Gold Sponsor, Multinail Australia. After more than a two-year absence, we were excited about hosting our...
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FTMA Tech Talk – Ed.40
Introduction of New Glulam Grades & Products With yet another challenging year coming to a close, I’m sure we are all looking forward to a well-deserved break from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic,...
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Where does your frame come from?
When choosing building materials it is important to think about where they come from. You can’t replant the ore and rocks extracted from the planet for steel and concrete but with certified wood you...
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Timberlink announces new CLT & GLT brand – NeXTimber: It’s what better tomorrows are built on.
Timberlink Australia recently unveiled the new brand for their forthcoming engineered wood products building solutions range – NeXTimber® by Timberlink. NeXTimber by Timberlink will...
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Living with COVID
This article was last update 19 December With the emergence of Omicron, it has seemed we have entered a whole new phase of the pandemic as we all learn to live with COVID. Unfortunately, living with...
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Training & Skills Development: Future Proofing the Industry
In 2014 Richard Branson stated “Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough, so they don’t want to.” Let’s explore the first part of that statement. The second half I will...
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FTMA Tech Talk – Ed.39
Coping with Timber Shortages The Australian timber industry is currently coping with a severe short supply of structural timber. While local producers are making every effort to bridge the supply...
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FTMA Housing Update #11
Timber prices will remain high in 2022 Here’s why Prepared by IndustryEdge, November 2021 For some time now, every public conversation about houses has included discussion of timber prices....
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Multinail Day 2022
There is a rising wave of optimism emerging across Australia with severely locked down states shaking off the enforced constraints and accelerating towards a new normal of thriving economic activity...
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