The timber industry grouping, NZ Wood, has just had engineers at Canterbury University do the sums based on a typical modern New Zealand home and the differences in terms of environmental impact between wood and steel are stark and compelling.

Thirty five award finalists were nominated from around 2000 trainees who completed National Certificates through FITEC during the past year. Our eleven winners are the best of the best. They are ambassadors for their industry and role models for others who want to achieve in the same way.

WPA is seeking a highly motivated person to work within a small Wellington-based team that supports companies involved in wood processing activities.

Environmental and forestry groups today called upon the government to urgently toughen up regulations to stop products from illegally logged forests being imported or used in New Zealand.

Peter Carter, the innovator behind the Hitman technology that is creating sonic waves throughout the global sawmilling and veneer manufacturing industry, has been recognised at the Bayer Innovator Awards.

A welcome lift in the use of wood compared with other building products such as concrete and steel is evident in the BRANZ report on timber use to June 2008.

FITEC is pleased to announce its finalists for the 2008 FITEC National Training Awards.

The wood processing sector has announced a multi-million dollar research and development initiative co-funded by the industry and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.

A ten million dollar research programme has been approved by the Foundation for Research Science and Technology, based on pioneering timber engineering research at the University of Canterbury.