9 March 2011
Squeezed by cotton prices at their highest level since the U.S. Civil War, clothing manufacturers are turning to a long–forgotten substitute: rayon. And that is causing a stir in Canada's long–suffering pulp and paper industry, which produces the feedstock for the fabric.
Forestry News
Scion welcomes Parker as new chief executive
7 March 2011
Dr Warren Parker has begun his new role as Scion's chief executive officer. He was welcomed to Scion’s Rotorua campus with a whakatau this morning.6000 ha of new forest in 2011
3 March 2011
A MAF survey estimates 47,000 hectares of plantations were planted in the winter of 2010. This compares with 37,000 hectares in 2009. The results of the survey, which is based on figures supplied by tree nurseries, are provisional.Government welcomes Australian carbon price initiative
24 February 2011
Minister for Climate Change Issues Nick Smith today welcomed the announcement by Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard that Australia is to put a price on carbon from 1 July, 2012.Nominations open for 2011 Fitec Awards
1 March 2011
Nominations are now open to enter the best and the brightest employees/trainees for the annual Fitec National Training Awards. This is an important celebration for the in the forest and wood industries, which are among New Zealand’s top exporters.
Tenon reports solid result
24 February 2011
Tenon Limited has reported operating earnings of $US4 million for the six months ending December 2010, down $US1 million on the same period the year before.Studholme honoured
31 December 2010
William (Bill) Studholme, the former president of the New Zealand Institute of Forestry Inc (NZIF) has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit.
Waitomo visitor centre wins trans-Tasman acclaim
21 December 2010
The recently opened, highly imaginative Waitomo visitor centre has won the community section of the inaugural Trans-Tasman Timber Design Awards.
Green light for GE pine trial
14 December 2010
The Environmental Risk Management Authority has approved, with controls, Scion's application to field test genetically modified radiata pine in outdoor containment.