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1 SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 | PAGE New voice for NSW industry www.forestrystandard.org.au Setting the standard for sustainable forest management Globally recognised by PEFC, the world’s largest sustainable forest management certification scheme. The NATIONAL voice for • Timber Merchants • Suppliers • Manufacturers Contact us on 1800 TABMA1 ISSUE 334 | September 8, 2014 Delivered weekly to timber merchants, sawmillers, wood processors, foresters, members of national, state and trade organisations and associations throughout Australia, New Zealand and various countries. Click to join our Mailing List Click to join our Mailing List Osmose® and DeterMite® are trademarks of Osmose, Inc. or its subsidiaries. DeterMite treated timber products are produced by independently owned and operated wood preserving facilities. *See separate guarantee document for details. © 2014 Osmose, Inc. Innovation & Technology from Osmose. It’s what we do! Find us at osmose.com.au or call 1800 088 809 10 years of successful use means maximum Peace of Mind Not only have treated frames performed in Australian houses, ongoing high intensity field testing continues to confirm that Determite’s highly termite repellent formula is a standout. A PROVEN PERFORMER. PH: (07) 3480 5802 24hrs: 0417 749 491 www.timtech.info United front will benefit all producers THE NSW Forest Products Association is to change its name to Timber NSW, effective from October 10. As an organisation which has represented New South Wales hardwood timber producers since 1906, the name change marks a significant strategic shift. Membership of Timber NSW will now be open to all NSW timber producers, whether hardwood, softwood, native grown or plantation. “Despite our diversity, timber producers in New South Wales share a common goal: to foster an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable timber industry,” Timber NSW chairman Andrew Hurford said. “As Timber NSW, the state’s timber industry will now speak with one voice.” From Eden to Kyogle and inland to Dubbo, the NSW timber industry as a whole adds $1 billion annually to the state’s GDP. “The timber industry is vitally concerned with maintaining the long-term health and ecology of our native forests and plantations, developing our role in reducing Australia’s carbon footprint and securing long-term employment for regional New South Wales,” Mr Hurford said. “As Timber NSW, our primary Cont P 11

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Page 1: Timber and Forestry E News Issue 334

1SEPTEMBER 8, 2014 | PAGE

New voice forNSW industry

www.forestrystandard.org.au

Setting the standardfor sustainable forest

management

Globally recognised by PEFC,the world’s largest sustainable forest

management certification scheme.

TheNATIONALvoice for

• TimberMerchants• Suppliers

• ManufacturersContact us on1800 TABMA1

ISSUE 334 | September 8, 2014

Delivered weekly to timber merchants, sawmillers, wood processors, foresters, members of national, state and trade organisations and

associations throughout Australia, New Zealand and various countries.Click to join our Mailing ListClick to join our Mailing List

Osmose® and DeterMite® are trademarks of Osmose, Inc. or its subsidiaries. DeterMite treated timber products are produced by independently owned and operated wood preserving facilities. *See separate guarantee document for details. © 2014 Osmose, Inc.

Innovation & Technology from Osmose. It’s what we do!Find us at osmose.com.au or call 1800 088 809

10 years of successful use means maximum Peace of Mind

Not only have treated frames performed in Australian houses, ongoing high intensity fi eld testing continues to confi rm that Determite’s highly termite repellent formula is a standout.

A PROVEN PERFORMER.

PH: (07) 3480 580224hrs: 0417 749 491www.timtech.info

United front will benefi t all producersTHE NSW Forest Products Association is to change its name to Timber NSW, eff ective from October 10.

As an organisation which has represented New South Wales hardwood timber producers since 1906, the name change marks a signifi cant strategic shift.

Membership of Timber NSW will now be open to all NSW timber producers, whether hardwood, softwood, native grown or plantation.

“Despite our diversity, timber producers in New South Wales share a common goal: to foster

an economically, environmentally and socially sustainable timber industry,” Timber NSW chairman Andrew Hurford said.

“As Timber NSW, the state’s timber industry will now speak

with one voice.”From Eden to Kyogle and

inland to Dubbo, the NSW timber industry as a whole adds $1 billion annually to the state’s GDP.

“The timber industry is vitally concerned with maintaining the long-term health and ecology of our native forests and plantations, developing our role in reducing Australia’s carbon footprint and securing long-term employment for regional New South Wales,” Mr Hurford said.

“As Timber NSW, our primary

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GLOBAL wood pellet demand is rapidly expanding as consumers, businesses and regulators look for alternatives to fossil fuels.

Globally, this is projected to grow from an estimated 23 million tonnes in 2014 to 50 million tonnes in 2024. These and other key fi ndings were released in a new study by RISI, a Boston, US-based information provider for the global forest products industry.

“It’s a really exciting time to be looking at the wood pellet market,” said Seth Walker, author and Bioenergy Economist at RISI.

“We’re seeing strong demand in the European heating sector as high energy prices drive consumers to look for fuel alternatives. Also, policies that promote the generation of renewable energy are spurring the use of pellets as a substitution for coal in power plants.

“Additionally, Korea and

Japan are beginning to enter the market, creating a greater impact on global trade fl ows. Right now we’re getting a small taste of what the market is going to look like in 10 years.”

The global pellet demand outlook study analyses and forecasts growing wood pellet markets through 2024 by region. This study focuses on the European industrial market, European heating market, North American heating market, and Asian industrial market.

Brisbane-based Altus Renewables Ltd has completed construction of a fi bre processing facility near Maryborough in Queensland designed to produce 125,00 metric tonnes of densifi ed fuel pellets annually.

Altus has a supply agreement to purchase residue and surplus wood from Hyne’s Tuan wood processing facility.

The Hyne agreement also contemplates further discussion between the parties for the possible construction of a renewable energy plant, which could be located on the Hyne site. The Hyne sawmill is a major consumer of both electricity and heat.

Altus believes there is growth potential within Australia for wood pellet based energy systems. This will come from an increasing demand from dedicated heat and power plants and heat intensive industries such as dairy and food processing as well as opportunities in the residential heating market.

It is believed the fi rst consignment of wood pellets has been dispatched from the Tuan fi bre plant.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Energy alternative .. the Altus Renwables wood pellet processing plant at Tuan, near Maryborough in Queensland.

Korea, Japanbeginning toenter market

Fossil fuels challenged aswood pellet demand growsFibre processing plant steps up production at Tuan

Skills and practices that work

Innovation

25 March 2015Canberra

This program has been produced with the assistance of funding

provided by the Australian Government through the Department of Industry.

ABN: 39 946 785 543

Save the Date

The 7th Annual Industry Development Conference followed by the AFPA and ForestWorks Gala Dinner

at Parliament House.

www.forestworks.com.au

$22.5m pledged to support forest planting in NZA RE-ELECTED National-led government in New Zealand would invest $NZ$22.5 million over fi ve years to further encourage and support the planting of new forests, forestry spokesperson Jo Goodhew said.

The Aff orestation Grant Scheme is a grant to help landowners to establish new

forests of between fi ve and 300 ha.

“The scheme is projected to result in around 15,000 ha of new forest being established. Much of this is expected to be on low-quality land not ideal for farming,” Mrs Goodhew said.

The criteria for the new scheme will include:

• Individual parcels of land

between 5 and 300 ha per grant application.

• Planting must be on land that is not already forestry land.

• A fl at grant rate of $1300 per hectare from one funding pool for all applicants.

• In return for a grant, grantees will forfeit carbon credits to the Crown for up to a decade.

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A COMMERCIAL anti-wrinkle chemical which enhances wash and wear properties and helps fix colour or other agents to fibres is the latest sensation in the modification of wood.

The product, used for years in the textile industry, has successfully made the crossover to wood preservation thanks to a research team at the Georg-August-University in Göttingen, Germany.

The research is headed by Professor Holger Militz, who spent years developing DMDHEU (dimethyloldi-hydroxyethyleneurea) as part of an effective wood modification process.

When the process was ready for commercial use in New Zealand, the research team approached TimTech Chemicals as a potential partner.

Managing director Ron Eddy travelled to Göttingen to view the process first hand.

“I was really impressed with the modified wood I saw and felt that we had to take up this technology,” he said.

“Shortly thereafter we entered into an exclusive agreement and commenced the technology transfer and local testing.

“We see the end-use applications being in high end wooden windows, doors and related joinery, quality decking, vineyard posts for organic wineries where conventionally treated wooden posts are not permitted and for both indoor and outdoor furniture.

“It also adds great strength and stability to plywood and other engineered wood products.”

The N-methylol compounds together with a catalyst penetrate and react in the wood cell walls. This reaction causes a crosslinking of cell wall polymers by DMDHEU. As a result, the modified wood exhibits a permanent cell wall bulking; the swelling and shrinkage is reduced. This causes an improved anti-swelling efficiency of up to 70%.

Modification does not substantially influence the equilibrium moisture content of wood but significantly improves the durability against white, brown, and soft rot fungi.

The treatment also enhances the wood’s surface hardness and compression strength, but does not affect its flexural properties. The adhesion of coatings on the modified wood is greater than on the untreated wood and the weathering properties of both uncoated and coated wood are improved.

The HartHolz Wood Modification Process effectively converts non-durable softwoods, such as pinus radiata, into wood with similar durability, strength and hardness properties as expensive, endangered tropical hardwoods:

• The density of the wood increases by about 30-40% depending on the weight gain during the process.

• The durability of the wood is equivalent to H4. Field trials have been in place in Queensland for seven years and continue to perform well against fungal decay and termites.

• The compression strength of the timber increases by 30-50%

• Surface hardness of the

wood is increased by at least 25-35%

• The process bulks up the cell walls so swelling and shrinking after treatment are eliminated.

• The dimensional stability is

greatly enhanced.• It is not a biocide or

insecticide and is therefore environmentally friendly.

The cost of the modified wood is expected to be comparable with tropical hardwoods.

The modified radiata is being subjected to accelerated fungal decay tests and mechanical property tests at Scion in Rotorua.

Ron Eddy said the TimTech HartHolz Wood Modification Process was expected to be fully commercialised by early 2015.

Mr Eddy is a speaker at Wood Innovations 2014 (timber preservation, wood modification, composite products) to be held in Melbourne on September 23 and 24.

INDUSTRY NEWS

Treatment also enhances wood’s surface hardness

Compression strength of the wood increases

Timber durability gain

Ron Eddy .. process adds strength and stability to plywood and other engineered wood products.

Commercial process that fixes colours in fibre makesdramatic crossover to high-density wood modification

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INDUSTRY NEWS

Industry says ‘bienvenidos’ to Argentine’s forest secretaryMeeting in Canberra discusses international collaboration

THE Argentine Secretary for Agriculture and Forestry Dr Gabriel Delgado (third from right) visited Australia in August as part of an overseas study mission. Dr Delgado met forestry and forest industry representatives at Forest Industries House in Canberra, a meeting organised by the Institute of Foresters of Australia. Pictured with the forestry secretary are Eduardo Acevedo-Diaz, deputy head of the mission from the Argentine Embassy, Alison Carmichael, CEO, Institute of Foresters, Mick Stephens, strategic policy manager, Australian Forest Products Association, Richard Stanton, national secretary of the Australian Forestry Standard scheme, and Francisco Resnicoff, adviser to the secretary. The meeting canvassed issues

of mutual interest, including projected international growth in demand for forest products, certification, plantation genetics and productivity, bioenergy and the innovative use of engineered wood products in new applications such as multi-storey buildings. Dr Delgado was interested in promoting international cooperation with Australia in the forestry sector, a goal which was shared by the meeting participants. In many respects, Argentina has a lot in common with Australia with more than one million hectares of planted forest of predominately pinus and eucalyptus species, and an agenda for forest expansion for production and sustainable land management as well as for broader economic development.

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SEPTEMBER 13: 2nd Annual Women in Forest & Timber Network Charity Champagne High Tea. Franklin Villa, 35 Brighton Road, Highgate Hill, Brisbane, 2 pm-5 pm. Tickets $55 p.p. Fab food, chilled champagne and great prizes .Register at www.timberqueensland.com.au/events 17-18: Wood Innovations 2014: Timber Preservation – Wood Modification – Composite Products – Rotorua, NZ. 23-24: Melbourne. (www.woodinnovations2014.com). Changes in new wood treatment formulations, processes and systems, standards, legislation with the focus also on wood plastic composites and modified wood products.19-20: ForestTECH 2014. Rotorua, NZ. 25-26: Melbourne. (www.foresttech2014.com). Remote sensing, field Inventory, forest estate planning.25: Make the Connection. Engineered wood seminar. Moda Events Portside, Level 2, Portside Wharf, 39 Hercules Street, Hamilton, 2.15 pm-5.30 pm (includes afternoon tea and cocktail function). Free entry for Timber Queensland members and technical subscribers. Non-members $40 p.p. Industry experts discuss the design, specification and realities of developing buildings incorporating glued-laminated timber (glulam), wood I-joists, cross-laminated timber, wood structural panels and some world firsts: post-tensioned round timber wall panels, round timber floor panels and hollow timber piles. Guest speakers, panel sessions and live demonstration included. Details at www.timberqueensland.com.au/events (see notice, Page 16). OCTOBER

10: Forum for the Future: The Timber Industry in NSW. 10 am-2 pm at National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Speakers include Mark Bouris, chairman of Yellow Brick Road and executive chairman of US-based technology company TZ Ltd; Daryl Patterson, head of operational excellence, Lend Lease’s property business; Ken McBryde, Australian architect, Hassells Architecture; Ross Hampton, CEO, Australian Forest Products Association. Cost: $140 p.p. includes lunch. Booking and inquiries: [email protected] 16: Chile Wood Expo – Lake Room, Waterview Conference Centre, Bicentennial Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay, Sydney. Free entry for wholesalers, trade agents, timber merchants, resellers, retailers, manufacturers, builders, technical experts and trade association representatives. Registration brochure available soon. Inquiries to Nicolas Birrell (02) 9262 2326 or [email protected] or John Halkett 0417 421 187 or [email protected]: VAFI annual dinner – Park Hyatt, Melbourne. Theme: ‘Securing the Future”. Speakers include MPs Peter Walsh and Jacinta Allan. MC radio presenter, comedian and author Ian Cover. Inquiries to Jillian Roscoe at [email protected] 26-29: Australian Forest Growers 2014 Biennial Conference. Trees: The Future Crop for Changing Climates.Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW. More than 40 presentations from leading forest researchers and practitioners, a day of field trips, featuring local forestry initiatives, along with icebreaker and dinner events complete a full conference program. Speakers include Australian Farm Institute

executive director Mick Keogh, former Governor-General Major General Michael Jeffery, Andrew Campbell, Charles Darwin University, Prof. Jerry Vanclay, Southern Cross University, and Rob de Fegely, president. Institute of Foresters Australia. Contact Mark Wright, AFG 2014 conference convenor. Email: [email protected]: Engineered Wood Products – From Here to the Future. Australian timber industry seminar. Surfers Paradise Marriott Resort, Gold Coast. Co-hosted by the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia and Forest and Wood Products Australia. Australian and international speakers. Contact Eileen Newbury, marketing manager, Forest and Wood Products Australia.Tel +61 (3) 9927 3212. Mob: +61 (0) 41931 3163. Email: [email protected] or visit www.fwpa.com.au for registration and accommodation details.

2015MARCH25: ForestWorks annual industry conference and dinner in Canberra. Flagship event for the forest, wood, paper and timber products industries. Joining with the Australian Forest Products Association to co-host the popular networking industry dinner at Parliament House. Conference will look beyond the innovative technologies in industry and focus on the people, exploring how they can help to bring about innovation. Further details will be announced in the coming months, including the conference theme, speakers and venue. Contact [email protected]

2014 AROUND THE CIRCUITEVENTS

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THE building industry is confident of continued strength in residential market despite the slight easing in the previously ‘red hot’ upswing in approvals for apartments.

Chief economist of Master Builders Australia Peter Jones says approvals for July increased by 2.5% seasonally adjusted on the previous month bolstered by a 9.4% seasonally adjusted rise in approvals for other dwellings (units and apartments).

“Builders will be encouraged that detached houses are taking over as the key driver of growth following some moderation in the recent strong upturn in approvals for units,” Mr Jones said.

“In annual terms, approvals for private sector houses increased by 14% seasonally adjusted through to July while approvals for apartments were up by a more restrained 6.3%.

“Indeed residential building recovery appears on track for an extended upturn given the underlying favourable dynamics of low interest rates, strong population growth and a deficiency of stock due to previous underbuilding.

Western Australia recorded an impressive 23.1% in seasonally adjusted approvals

in the month following a plateauing over the past six months.

The turnaround in the Queensland market appears entrenched with approvals up by 17.3% through the year to July.

The Housing Industry Association is encouraged by ABS figures for new dwelling approvals that bounced back in July and remain at very high levels by historic standards.

During July, a total of 16,320 dwellings were approved, a

2.5% increase on the previous month. Compared with the previous three-month period, approvals were also up by 2.5%.

Over the 12 months to July, new home approvals totalled 195,227.

“These figures mean Australia’s home building industry has broken yet another record this year,” HIA senior economist, Shane Garrett said.

Total seasonally adjusted new home approvals over the past 12 months are the highest since records began back in 1984. Having broken through the 195,000 threshold for the first time, new home building approvals are now at an even higher level than during the

1994 building boom.”Mr Garrett said despite this

achievement, there had been signs of slowdown in new home building approvals over the past six months. But he cautioned that the bulk of the July increase was driven by an exceptional large expansion in Western Australia.

“The key is to ensure that a number of markets, like Sydney for example, achieve sustainably healthy levels of new homes over the coming decade which far outweigh what has been built over the last 10 years,” Mr Garrett said.

“Numerous government policies across all tiers stand in the way of this objective being achieved.

“HIA’s recent stamp duty watch report found the burden of this home transactions tax to be very onerous; the typical NSW home buyer has to fork out some $19,200 on a median-priced dwelling.

“Stamp duty is just the tip of the iceberg with respect to taxes on new housing.”

INDUSTRY NEWS

Turnaround in Queensland building figures

Confidence .. continued strength in residential housing market.

Housing bounces backNew home approvals the highest since 1984

Government policy barriers hinder sales

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INDUSTRY NEWS

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Partnership funding to growSA forest and wood industry THE South Australian government has delivered on a key election commitment, rolling out $10.46 million in grant funding to build a sustainable and productive forest and wood products industry in the state’s southeast.

The funding is the second phase of the $27 million South East Forestry Partnerships Program designed to stimulate investment by new or existing wood processors in the region.

Forests Minister Leon Bignell said the program was designed to transform and increase opportunities for the industry and secure jobs.

“The grants are being provided on the basis of at least $1 of applicant contribution to each $1 of government funding so the total regional investment for this second phase will be more than $20 million,” he said.

“This funding will drive capital investments, innovation and upgrades by new or existing businesses in the forestry and timber businesses in the southeast. It will support the development of innovative new

products and technologies to increase sales volume and log throughput, making the entire forestry supply chain more sustainable.”

Mr Bignell said at least $36 million of public and private funding had been invested in the forest processing sector since the first phase of the program was launched in November 2012.

“The new funding phase will support projects which align with recommendations of the stage 2 report of the Cellulose Fibre Value Chain Study, which outlined a short, medium and long-term vision for a thriving

forestry industry in South Australia,” Mr Bignell said.

Applications will have to be innovative, develop new markets and advanced manufacturing in the forestry sector, have a positive impact on economic activity, increase and sustain employment in the region and support new skills and career opportunities.

The funding is open to applicants who will provide a dedicated service to, or are located or intending to locate in the southeast of the state.

Australian Forest Products Association CEO Ross Hampton said the grants and the Cellulose

Fibre Value Chain Study demonstrated the commitment to a thriving forestry industry in the area and should stand as an example for both the federal and other state governments as to how they could support and transform a positive, regional industry.

‘These grants complement the regional development fund managed by Regional Development Minister Geoff Brock to generate economic growth and stimulate job opportunities and new investment in the regions,” Mr Hampton said.

‘AFPA’s own industry workforce modelling estimates that the returns to the nation by a resurgence in forest focused research and development could be well in excess of 9000 new regional jobs.”

“This includes up to 840 new jobs in the Green Triangle region.

‘The forest products industry can offer broad economic, social and environmental benefits to Australia as the world transforms to a carbon constrained economy.”

Jobs opportunity .. loading harvested pine logs in the Green Triangle region.

Funding to drive capital investments

Applications will have to be innovative

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INDUSTRY NEWS

TASMANIA’S parliament has passed the state government’s signature bill to repeal the forestry peace deal.

The bill passed a vote in the Lower House, after being passed with amendments by the independent-dominated Upper House, after four years of negotiations and countless hours of debate in parliament.

The deal added an extra half a million hectares of native forest to the state’s existing reserves of 1 million ha.

The repeal bill will reclassify 400,000 ha of native forest for potential future logging.

“But we’ve got a long way to travel yet,” said sawmiller Brett McKay, whose family started the business at Glenorchy outside Hobart 68 years ago.

“There’s a lot of work to do in those forests and they won’t be available for harvesting for some time because of a six-year moratorium on access,” he said.

The Premier Will Hodgman said the repeal marked a milestone for the state’s forestry industry.

“For more than 30 years, environmentalists, with the help of Labor and the Greens, have progressively locked up hectare

after hectare of productive forests, destroying businesses and jobs, regional communities and livelihoods,” he said.

The Forest Industries Association says that despite the passage of the Forestry Bill, there is considerably more work to be done to regrow the Tasmanian forest industry.

Chief executive Terry Edwards said that in late March last year, his members confi rmed a long-standing policy position that they would work with the government of the day.

“This means we have supported this legislation as a diff erent approach to the development of forest policy for Tasmania,” Mr Edwards said.

“It should be recognised that the legislation, now passed, is essentially a framework for the development of a detailed strategic forest policy. It does not, of itself, develop a fl eshed out forest policy, Mr Edwards said.

Mr Edwards said the real forest policy development work would now be done through the Ministerial Advisory Council, which would develop and provide advice to the minister on forest policy issues.

“This body as a stakeholder consultation forum should, in our view be as broadly representative as possible and FIAT continues

Brett McKay .. good news, but a long way to travel yet.

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Native forestfor potentialfuture logging

Tasmania repealsforest peace deal,opens 400,000 ha

FORUM FOR THE FUTURE

THE TIMBER INDUSTRY IN NSW

HOSTED BY: TIMBER NSW, TDA, TABMA

Daryl Patterson was appointed Head of Operational Excellence to Lend Lease’s Property business in 2012 responsible for overseeing the Property business’s operational improvement, governance and innovation across Australia. Lend Lease’s Property business units span multiple sectors including greenfield subdivision, commercial office towers, high rise apartments, an extensive retirement village portfolio and major mixed use urban redevelopments around Australia.

Starting his career in architecture, Daryl progressed into construction management, project management and development management of complex landmark projects. Most recently Daryl has overseen Lend Lease’s investment into delivering Australia’s first Cross Laminated Timber constructed building, and the world’s tallest CLT apartment building of its kind. More recently Daryl has lead the formation of a specialist team dedicated to timber engineering and prefabricated solutions for a wide range of Lend Lease projects.

Daryl’s experience during his twenty years within Lend Lease has included the development and delivery of major urban renewal projects in capital cities throughout Australia. These projects are a key competitive differentiator of Lend Lease around the world and typically have multi-billion dollar end values. These projects entail a broad mix of asset classes, multiple buildings and substantial civic infrastructure. Daryl’s initial attraction to Lend Lease was its long and compelling history of challenging and improving how things have been done in the property industry. Carrying that as a personal approach to how we create our projects and how we operate as a business Daryl has sought to challenge the status quo with the first Australian utilisation of cross laminated timber and the introduction of commercially operated sustainable central precinct utility solutions.

Key achievements and attributes

• B.Arch, University of Auckland

• Forté CLT building, Melbourne, VIC

• Jacksons Landing, Sydney, NSW

• Victoria Harbour, Docklands, VIC

• Showground Hill, Brisbane, QLD

• Green Utilities start-up business

• Timber Solutions start-up business

• Recipient 2012 Lend Lease Global Award for Excellence in Innovation

DARYL PATTERSONHead of Operational Excellence | Property | Lend Lease Australia

TDW1902 8/14

Mr Ross Hampton was appointed CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association in May 2013. Mr Hampton is a veteran of the policy and political scene having worked, at various times, as a reporter, adviser and policy advocate for the last twenty-five years in Australia and overseas. Mr Hampton has a long exposure and association with the issues confronting the Forest and Forest Products sector including water policy, climate change policy, trade policy, industrial relations policy and environment protection. As Chief of Staff to the Australian Government Minister for the Environment in the mid 2000’s, Mr Hampton played a key role in the development of forestry policy as well as policies which impact forestry industries. During this period Mr Hampton was one of the lead advisers in the Australian Government’s international climate change negotiations at United Nations’, and associated, meetings in Washington, New York, London, Buenos Aires and Zurich.

Prior to joining AFPA, Mr Hampton led the development of the Australian public sector market for global networking giant Cisco System, and is credited with a significant share of the multi-million dollar growth Cisco enjoyed.Mr Hampton grew up in northern NSW. He trained as a journalist and spent his early career reporting in the regions and then capital cities. Mr Hampton has achieved a Masters in Public Policy, majoring in the environment, from the ANU Crawford School of Economics and Government as well as a Bachelor degree from Curtin University. Mr Hampton is married to Linda and has three school- aged children (as well as 600 olive trees and four ancient Land Rovers).

Mr Ross Hampton

24 Napier Close Deakin ACT PO Box 239 Deakin West ACT 2600

02 6285 3833 [email protected]

ausfpa.com.au @AFPAonline

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

AUSTRALIAN FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION

10 October 2014, 10am – 2pm National Maritime Museum, Darling Harbour

The Forum will be opened by NSW Minister for Finance Hon. Dominic Perrottet. Speakers; Mark Bouris, Ken McBryde, Daryl Patterson, Ross Hampton.

$140 including lunch RSVP by 2 October (seating is limited) For booking and enquiries email: [email protected]

MARK BOURIS Chairman of Yellow Brick Road, Executive Chairman of U.S.-based technology company TZ Limited (ASX:TZL), Non-Executive Chairman of Serena Resources Limited, and Chairman of biotechnology company Anteo Diagnostics (ASX:ADO). Gained fame as the founder of Wizard Home Loans, “The Apprentice” on Channel 10 and is Adjunct Professor for Banking & Finance and Business Law & Tax at University of New South Wales Australian School of Business and he sits on boards for the UNSW Australian School of Business Advisory Council and the University of Western Sydney Foundation Council.

KEN MCBRYDE leads design in the HASSELL Sydney studio. An internationally awarded Australian architect, he has collaborated extensively with Renzo Piano, and worked in London, Paris, Genoa Osaka, Dubai, and Sydney. He is currently working on numerous large commercial timber projects across Australia and is also part of the design team for the Darling Harbour Live redevelopment. Ken is a founding committee member of the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat in NSW.

DARYL PATTERSON appointed Head of Operational Excellence to Lend Lease’s Property business in 2012 responsible for overseeing the Property business’s operational improvement, governance and innovation across Australia. Lend Lease’s Property business units span across multiple building and development sectors around Australia. An architect who has crossed into construction, project and development management of complex landmark projects. Daryl has overseen Lend Lease’s investment into delivering Australia’s first Cross Laminated Timber constructed building - the world’s tallest CLT apartment building of its kind. Recently he has lead the formation of a specialist team dedicated to timber engineering and prefabricated solutions for a wide range of Lend Lease projects.

ROSS HAMPTON Appointed CEO of the Australian Forest Products Association in May 2013. Mr Hampton is a veteran of the policy and political scene having worked, at various times, as a reporter, adviser and policy advocate for the last twenty-five years in Australia and overseas.

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to believe environment groups have a constructive role to play on the council,” he said.

FIAT has supported the legislation on a clear understanding of the state government’s commitment to support Forestry Tasmania’s bid to secure FSC certifi cation and to the protection of scientifi cally identifi ed high conservation values on land not managed by Forestry Tasmania.

This remains a critical objective.

“FIAT will continue to work with all relevant stakeholders, including environment groups, in working towards a Strategic Forest Industry Growth Plan as we believe all the hard work of the past four years could be used as a foundation for future discussion and policy development,” Mr Edwards said.

“A key issue requiring immediate attention will be to assure key national and international markets that the Tasmanian government, in concert with the industry, is committed to the pursuit of FSC certifi cation with the protection of identifi ed high conservation values.

“This will be of fundamental importance within our key market areas.”

Resources Minister Paul Harriss said Tasmania’s logging industry could now seek new markets.

He said an advisory group would begin the task of scoping out options.

“That’s the task now for the Ministerial Advisory Council to identify, and the industry could well be a diff erent looking industry into the future,” he said.

“There are opportunities out there.”

Meanwhile, The Tasmanian government has commissioned another review of Forestry

Tasmania two years after a previous review recommended the state-owned company be split in two.

The review was buried deep in the budget papers handed down two weeks ago and did not include a cost fi gure.

Treasurer Peter Gutwein says it will be carried out by three government departments – Treasury, DPAC and State Growth.

“The review will draw on any private company expertise that it might need,” Mr Gutwein said.

The latest review comes just two years after a lengthy and expensive independent review conducted by URS recommended the company be carved up as it posed a risk to the state’s budget.

It predicted ongoing multi-million-dollar losses at the company.

Mr Gutwein said another review was now necessary.

“The URS pointed out what some of the issues were but what we’re doing is working with the company, through its board to make sure we’re putting the company on to a sustainable pathway,” he said.

Recently, the Treasurer confi rmed he had signed another letter of comfort for Forestry Tasmania to guarantee its debts.

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EXPORTS of American hardwoods to Australia rose by 27% in value and 25% in volume in the fi rst half of 2014.

While white oak continues to be the most demanded American hardwood species in Australia, accounting for 85% of imports, ash and walnut also saw an increase. Ash imports rose by more than 407 cub m, almost three times more than in the same period in 2013, while walnut imports rose from 40 to 209 cub m.

Referring to the fi gures, Rod Wiles, director for the American Hardwood Export Council, Oceania, said it was always interesting to anticipate the trends in architecture and design

through looking at the trade fi gures.

“Having just returned from the Melbourne InDesign exhibition, we saw some wonderful examples of Australian-made furniture using white oak, ash and walnut,” Mr Wiles said.

“We also met with interior designers who were starting to discover ash and were enthusiastic about using it not only from an aesthetic perspective but also because of its strength and workability, which makes it very suitable for furniture and joinery.

“And walnut itself is making its mark Down Under.”

You only have to look at a history of Jaguar, Bentley or Rolls Royce interiors to know that black walnut has always been synonymous with luxury. But now walnut is taking hold in the homes of Australia and giving the ubiquitous oaks a run for their

money.American walnut imports into

Australia nearly quadrupled in January-April this year compared to the same period in 2013.

Rachel Feldhusen of Wrightfeldhusen architects, incorporated signifi cant quantities of American black walnut in a recent residential project in east Fremantle, WA, a

nominee for the upcoming 2014 Australian Institute of Architects WA Architecture Awards.

“I’ve been using a lot lately due to its smokiness,” Ms Feldhusen said. “It’s one of the few timbers that is rich in colour without being red. Its tone is great to work with and encourages a complementary palate – it works well with charcoals, whites and natural stone.”

AHEC’s Rod White says walnut has always been the high end design choice for furniture.

“What is interesting though is how it is now being used more extensively in interiors, fl ooring and joinery in Australia for an understated luxe eff ect,” he said.

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aim will be to bring the industry together with government and stakeholders to address these important, overarching issues.”

Alongside the name change, from October 10, Timber NSW will launch a new logo, website (www.timbernsw.com.au under construction currently) and outreach materials.

Having worked closely with general manager Maree McCaskill to develop the new strategic direction for the association, the current NSW Forest Products Association board will continue as directors of Timber NSW.

While continuing to work eff ectively with government to inform policy, Timber NSW will now also seek to boost communications with stakeholders and increase

public education about the role of sustainable forestry in the management of the state’s native forests and national parks.

“For most people, the distinction between hardwood and softwood is not a major focus,” Maree McCaskill said.

“What is important is that the timber industry as a whole charts a sustainable, innovative course and remains a major regional employer in New South Wales,” she said.

“Under the new Timber NSW banner, we look forward to working with our state and federal counterparts on behalf of our members and the industry as a whole.”

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LEADING Chilean timber products company Arauco has committed to being a principal supporter of the Chile Wood Expo, a celebration of the range of sophisticated Chilean timber products to be held at the Waterview Conference Centre, Sydney Olympic Park on October 16.

“Arauco is delighted to be able to participate in the Chile wood expo,” Aracuo Australia general manager Robert Busch said.

“With the acceptance of our wide range of sawn timber and panel products in Australia and New Zealand we are now a well-established part of the industry here,” he said.

“Over the past five years, we have had a five times increase in the value of our sales.”

Mr Busch said about 20% of the company’s total Australasian sales were now going to New Zealand.

According to ProChile’s senior trade commissioner and host of Chile Wood Expo Silvana Gattini, the event will provide an opportunity to highlight the steady increase in 21st century building and decorative timber products produced and exported from Chile to world markets, including Australia.

Mr Busch said Arauco Australia focused on selling and supporting timber products and related services for building, construction and furniture industries in Australia and New Zealand – a broad product mix of sawn and panel products manufactured under PEFC and

FSC certification.Arauco’s Australia office,

established in Sydney in 2009, has greatly assisted with the promotion and sale of the company’s timber, millwork, plywood and board products throughout Australasia.

The company services the main ports in the region, including Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Fremantle, as well as Auckland, Tauranga, Napier, Wellington and Lyttleton in New Zealand.

Arauco sources its logs from 1.7 million ha of its own softwood plantations located throughout Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.

The company also runs Bioforest its own scientific and technological research centre, which is developing new ways to increase the quality, productivity and performance of its plantations.

The research center, a leading initiative in South America, has been operating for 21 years with a highly qualified staff using top-line equipment, laboratories, nurseries and greenhouses.

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Robert Busch .. a broad product mix.

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NZ forest grant scheme will helpfi ght erosion in steep hill countryPlantations have a huge potential to boost wealth, employmentNEW Zealand’s forest owners say the government’s decision to reinstate the aff orestation grant scheme will be welcomed by farmers and regional councils fi ghting soil erosion in steep hill country.

“In the fi ve years in which the previous scheme operated, it was an important funder of plantings on land that is less than ideal for production forestry because of the very steep terrain,” says Forest Owners Association chief executive David Rhodes.

“When this land is eventually harvested it presents economic, environmental and safety challenges. These are being addressed through research funded by a consortium of growers and the sustainable farming fund.

“This has led to major breakthroughs in the mechanical harvesting of steep land, but more government funding of research is needed in this area.”

Mr Rhodes says plantation forestry has a huge potential to

boost wealth and employment in the regions. But to achieve this, the productivity and profi tability of the existing plantation estate needs to improve.

“There is a major focus on productivity in our current research program to which the government contributes signifi cant funding. But the government could transform forest profi tability overnight by making the emissions trading scheme function as it was intended,” Mr Rhodes says. “Another critical area for the next government to address will be RMA compliance. This is a real dampener for forest owners, especially those with plantations in the North Island hill country.

“Without a national environmental standard, there is

no certainty that forest owners will get permission to harvest their forests – especially erosion control plantings, which were mostly funded by government and regional council schemes like the AGS.”

Mr Rhodes says initiatives like the AGS are nevertheless important for environmental reasons and are welcomed in that context.

At about $1300 a hectare to plant a forest, the new AGS will – if it is fully subscribed – plant up to 15,000 ha or an average of 3500 ha a year.

“On the other hand, if the profi tability of our existing forests improved, we could see planting rates of around 20,000 ha a year – as opposed to the current deforestation rate of around 10,000 ha a year,” Mr Rhodes said.

“But there is a big proviso. No-one is going to make a commitment to a major long-term investment in forestry if they don’t have confi dence that the policies of successive governments will treat forestry fairly.

“We can live with fi res, fl oods and windstorms, as well as market swings and roundabouts. But the political risks in the 30-year life of a typical forest are far greater than these.”

Mr Rhodes cites unfair nitrogen allocations in the Lake Taupo catchment that discriminate against Maori forest owners in particular.

Research funded by a consortium of growers has led to major breakthroughs in the mechanical harvesting of steep land.

David Rhodes .. major focus on productivity.

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EVENTS

Lateral Thinkers Group members .. seated from left, Lex Cowie, Alan Mann, Brooks Wilson, Dan Price, and Keith Riley. Standing, from left, Alan Stoker, Jill Cochran, Ron Eddy (managing director, TimTechChem International Ltd, based in Auckland, NZ), Sharon Swan (director, LSM Advanced Composites, based in Toowoomba), John (Ripper) White (TimTechChem Australia), Anne Cherry, Peter Carruthers (Lonza Wood Protection New Zealand), Robin Dowding, Bret Butler (executive manager, building services, Urban Maintenance Systems, Melbourne), and Jim Bowden (Timber&Forestry enews).

Lunch a ‘treat’ for lateral thinkersGroup feasts on recollections of many years

spent in wood preservation industry in AustraliaBy JIM BOWDENWOOD preservation reaches back to the ancient Greeks who soaked their bridges in olive oil and the Romans who protected ship hulls by brushing the wood with tar.

Wood preservation was to become a cornerstone of the wood processing industry during the Industrial Revolution.

Commercial pressure treatment began in the latter half of the 19th century with the protection of railroad crossties using creosote – and then along came CCA (copper chromium arsenic) Australia’s most widely used wood preservative used safely for more than 50 years and extending the life of softwood timbers from a few years to 40 years or more.

Just as fascinating as the history of wood preservation itself is the history and metamorphosing of the chemical companies that have supplied the industry over the past half-decade.

More than 500 years of

combined knowledge in wood preservation came together in a hotel at Waitara, a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney, on August 29, with the reunion of 15 members of the Lateral Thinkers Group – a collection of industry personalities associated with the Koppers and Hickson

timber preservation companies in Australia and New Zealand.

This was the 25st anniversary meeting of the group, which reminisced about the fortunes and foibles of two remarkable companies.

Sharing a jolly lunch were group members (and the companies they were associated with) Alan Stoker (Koppers Timber Preservation), Brooks Wilson (Koppers Australia Pty Ltd), Jill Cochran (Koppers-Hickson), Anne Cherry, (Koppers Timber

Preservation and Koppers Australia), Keith Riley (Koppers Timber Preservation and Koppers Australia), Alan Mann (Koppers Timber Preservation and Koppers-Hickson), Dan Price (Koppers Timber Preservation), Lex Cowie (Koppers Timber Preservation), Sharon Swan (Koppers Timber Preservation and Koppers-Hickson), John White (Koppers Timber Preservation and Koppers-Hickson), Robin Dowding (Koppers Timber Preservation and Koppers-Hickson), Bret Butler (Koppers Timber Preservation and Koppers-Hickson), Ron Eddy (Koppers-Hickson New Zealand), Peter Carruthers (Koppers Timber Preservation and Koppers-Hickson), and Jim Bowden, industry journalist, who has chronicled the industry since 1977.

Apologies were received from John Moss, West Hill, Alan Maling, Tom Smith, Brian Kennedy, Dick Smith, David Gardner and Jim Batchelder.

During the lunch, the group

signed a ‘best wishes’ card for Koppers luminary Barrie Bottomley only to learn that he had died that evening.

Mr Bottomley’s son, Philip, thanked his father’s friends for their kind thoughts and expressions of support for Barrie and Win during their extended battle with his illness.

“Your lovely card was particularly poignant being dated prior to his passing and meant a lot to us all,” Philip said.

“The club was very important to him and gave him a lot of pleasure. I recall joining dad and my brother Paul at one such meeting and marvelling at the wealth of experience and knowledge under one roof.”

A celebration of Barrie’s life was held last Friday (September

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5) at the Wesley Uniting Church in Castle Hill.

A few days after the luncheon, members of the group attempted to assemble a potted history of events surrounding the names Koppers and Hickson.

Ernest Hickson founded a company in 1893 to introduce sulphur black, a sulphur dye, to the British cotton industry. In 1915, Hickson & Partners Ltd was founded, and in 1931, Hickson & Welch Ltd was established on the site that had been destroyed in 1930.

From 1944 the company made DDT, becoming the UK’s largest manufacturer.

Hickson and Welch (Holdings) Ltd was incorporated on 28 September 1951. It made dyestuff s, DDT (pesticide) and timber preservatives.

A subsidiary was Hickson’s Timber Impregnation Co. (GB) Ltd. The timber subsidiary had been founded on October 25, 1946. The timber preservative contained dinitrophenol and was marketed as Triolith, Tanalith and Pyrolith. Pyrolith contained a fl ame-proofi ng agent.

It became a public company on November 30, 1951, known as Hickson International from 1985.

In September 1992, an explosion at the factory killed fi ve workers and injured around 200 people. A distillation tank of nitrotoluene ignited. The fi reball went through the site’s control room and killed two

men instantly. The fi reball then entered a four-storey offi ce block and a woman and two men would later die from their injuries. The explosion cost £3.5 million.

In August 2000, Hickson International was bought by Arch Chemicals. At the time Hickson employed more than 1300 people, had assets of £73 million, and a revenue of £208 million.

Koppers Australia was established in 1967 as a 50-50 partnership between BHP of Australia and Koppers Company Inc. of America. The joint venture company was formed to produce by-products from BHP material using Koppers Company Inc. technology.

One of these products was creosote, used to protect timber from white ants and decay. In 1973, Koppers

Australia moved strongly into the timber preservation business with the acquisition of timber preservation plants and chemical production facilities in Australia and PNG from Hicksons of the UK.

A signifi cant development of this relationship came in 1989 with the formation of the Koppers-Hickson Timber Protection Company to make and market timber protection products in the Australian, New Zealand-East Pacifi c region. At the same time, Koppers Timber Preservation Pty Ltd was formed with a consequent name change to Koppers Wood Products Pty Ltd in 2003.

In July 2011, the Lonza Group, a Swiss supplier of pharmaceutical ingredients, purchased Arch Chemicals for $1.2 billion in cash. Arch was based in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA.

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