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THE forest products sector will come under harsh examination at a gathering of industry leaders in Canberra this month as markets become increasingly volatile under the pain of forest conflict, the high dollar, rising imports and slow housing starts.In what will be the biggest and last meeting of the year for all industry sectors, these critical issues will be tempered by an innovative ideas fair and networking sessions at a round of dinners and lunches.Events over two days at the Hotel Realm, starting with an industry statistics workshop

on October 27, include a board meeting of the newly-formed Australian Forest Products Association and annual general meetings for Forest and Wood Products Australia and CRC for Forestry, now under threat of closure.The FWPA AGM is likely to confirm the agenda of a special summit in February next year that will assess the performance and future operations of the industry-owned services company.The FWPA board has invited the four national representative organisations to the summit Under the microscope ..

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• Producers await Customs report on dumping• Certified wood: is it what your customer wants?• Plantation timber from waste water• Victorian forestry’s night of nights

• Ta Ann: No alternative to sustainable development• Radiata genes to ‘future proof’ softwood industry

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SOFTWOOD plantation sawn timber producers are awaiting action by the Australian Customs Service over complaints by the industry that offshore companies are unfairly dumping structural timber products on the market.The Customs investigation is in response to an application by three companies which represent 75% of the industry in Australia – Hyne, Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia and Gunns Ltd.The companies claim their profits have been reduced by almost 50% over the last two years, a period when imports had increased by 33%.They believe the unfair dumping of imported structural products occurred as traditional northern hemisphere markets collapsed, slashing domestic sales volumes by more than 15% since 2007-08.“This dramatic reduction in profitability is much more than would have occurred if imports were fairly priced,” Hyne’s general manager (sales) Peter Hyne said.“This is a big task for Customs which is working under a new 165-day process that can be extended if further investigation is warranted.”The federal government has

moved to tighten Australia’s lax anti-dumping laws, increasing by 45% the number of customs staff working on dumping cases. It is also providing support officers for small and medium businesses to help them with their anti-dumping cases.The application for anti-dumping duties is for structural timber exported from Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Sweden and the US.“The industry is not against competition or imports. But what we want is a sustainable and competitive industry with fair competition – a level playing field,” Mr Hyne said.“Ultimately, this will be in the interests of all stakeholders and customers.”He said while the Australian companies had done all they could to minimise job losses, already the number of employees in the industry had dropped by 6% over the last three years, not including contractors and casual staff, with more redundancies announced since March.“If we do not take action now, there will be major long-terms impacts on our industry, particularly in regional Australia,

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– Australian Forest Growers, the Australian Forest Products Association, the Australian Timber Importers Federation and the Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia.Future options for discussion will centre on whether compulsory industry levies funding the FWPA program should be increased, reduced or eliminated.The intention of the statistic workshop in Canberra is to bring all industry sectors together to ensure forest and wood industry statistics are relevant and can be delivered accurately, timely and in a cost-effective manner.FWPA has provided $830,000 towards a total budget of $1.3 million for an ABARES project to provide comprehensive industry data across the supply chain. This will include the compilation of industry statistics, regional socio-economic profiling and forecasting of future consumption, production and trade, to inform future industry development and policy design.

The project will provide a series of outputs across the funding period. The first of these was released in May to be followed by others over six monthly intervals finishing in April 2014.Mill surveys in the first and third years of the project will assist ABARES to improve the estimates of mill inputs, outputs and employment (and provide one additional means for verifying the volume of logs

supplied to Australian mills).Findings from the mill surveys will be released as separate reports from the broader forestry statistics.The Housing Industry Association will be sub-contracted to provide information on the volumes, sources and uses of timber products in residential and light commercial construction (covering new buildings and renovation activities). Data will be collected on a six-monthly basis through a survey of HIA members.Socio-economic data will be incorporated into the AFWPS, providing information at a national and regional level (for the major wood-supplying regions) which complement the production, consumption and trade data.In particular, this information will be used to develop a method for providing a single estimate of industry employment which is transparent and builds upon the information currently provided from a number of sources.In addition, it will provide indicators of socio-demographic impacts of the forest industry on these communities, including impacts

on the number and ages of people living in the regions, household incomes and other social characteristics.The CRC for Forestry will be contracted to assist ABARES with the preparation and up-dates of the socio-economic data.Analytical methods will provide short and longer-term forecasts of forest product consumption and trade for Australia.“The statistics workshop will give industry stakeholders a sense of what research is under Statistics .. improving data on sawmill outputs and volume of logs

supplied.

Workshop to determine if forest andwood industry statistics are relevant

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already doing it tough because of volatile economic conditions,” Mr Hyne said.Signatories in the application to Customs were Ian Tyson, general manager, Carter Holt Harvey Woodproducts Australia, Peter Hyne, general manager (sales) Hyne, and Christine Briggs, general manager (sales and marketing) Gunns Timber Products.Other Australian producers listed in the submission included Boral Timber, ADK Softwoods, Allied Timber Products, Wespine Industries, and D and R Henderson.Australian Timber Importers Federation technical manager John Halkett said the federation would be making a vigorous rebuttal of the allegations made in the anti-dumping inquiry following interaction with Customs officials and consultation with relevant timber importers.“Importers of structural timber products were making a substantial contribution to employment in the building and construction industries and to jobs in the timber supply chain,” Mr Halkett said.“Structural timber imports were critical to achieving the country’s housing goals.”Mr Halkett noted that Carter Holt Harvey and Hyne were also very large importers of a range of solid timber and panel products.Idependent Senator Nick Xenophon, who has been fighting for tougher anti-dumping laws, has applauded the government’s tightening of anti-dumping laws, but is disappointed the ‘burden of proof’ will not be reduced.“A reversal would bring Australia into line with the US, where the importing company has to

prove it is not dumping excess produce below cost,” he said.Senator Xenophon told an industry conference in Canberra last month that Australia’s anti-dumping regime favoured importers and Australian manufacturers were left to fend for themselves.“In the case of Kimberly-Clark, the government imposed dumping duties on Chinese and Indonesian tissue products in 2008 after investigations found that Chinese products were being sold at up to 25% below cost of production in its domestic market, while Indonesian toilet paper was found to have been dumped at 33 to 45% below value.“Amazingly, this decision was overruled in 2009 following a review by the trade measures branch of Customs which determined that there was “no material injury” to Australian manufacturing as a result of these dumped imports.“The branch determined that even though dumping had been proven and even though Kimberly-Clark had suffered injury, the two weren’t linked.“It seems outrageous, I know, but under existing legislation

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Nick Xenophon .. fighting for tougher anti-dumping laws.

senator applaudsgovernment’s toughanti-dumping laws

FOREST INDUSTRY EVENTS: CANBERRA

This workshop brings together all interested parties to ensure that forest and wood industry statistics are relevant and can be delivered accurately, timely and in a cost effective manner.The key objective is that comprehensive industry data is supplied across the supply

chain, including the compilation of industry statistics, regional socio-economic profiling and forecasting of future consumption, production and trade, to inform future industry development and policy design.

Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Barton ACT

In conjunction with the CRC for Forestry, this session will highlight some recent research findings in an informative Q and A format with a ‘New Inventors’ style presentation. Similar sessions at previous FWPA events have resulted in excellent audience feedback.

Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Barton ACT

Industry Statistics WorkshopThursday, October 27 (9:30 AM to 1 PM)

R&D Ideas FairFriday, October 28 (9 AM to 11 AM)

Forest and Wood Products Australia, Level 4, 10-16 Queen Street, Melbourne 3000Tel: + 61 3 9927 3200. Fax: +61 3 9927 3288.

Email: [email protected]

Both events are open to FWPA members only.Application for FWPA membership can be downloaded from the FWPA web site: click here: www.fwpa.com.au

TOPIC PRESENTER

A review of potential impact of VOC emissions on the future market share for engineered wood products James Hague

Assessing cants to maximise outturn of structural timber (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg

MODIS for forest health surveillance (CRC Forestry) Darius Culvenor

Assessment of future trends in size and design preference for domestic and light commercial decking applications Andrew Dunn

Concept proof: new generation, hi-performance wood products coated or encapsulated in zero-waste powder coating Voytek Gutowski

Energy management tools (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg

BPOS: optimising Blue Gum plantation profitability (CRC Forestry) Justine Edwards

How to guarantee in-service warp stable timber (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg

Timber beams instead of steel beams in housing construction Andrew Dunn

NIR for wood quality (CRC Forestry) Geoff Downes

Kiln drying: efficacy of shortened steaming & dynamic kiln control (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg

Community engagement handbook (CRC Forestry) Melanie Dare

VENUE: Hotel Grand Chancellor, 131 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

REGISTRATION: 8.30 am (coffee on arrival) Start 9.00 am Finish 12.30 pm (followed by a light lunch)

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FWPA’s R&D Works seminars are part of an ongoing initiative designed to deliver technical research and solutions. Seminars will be held throughout 2011 in all major forestry regions.

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OCTOBER 16-19: SilviLaser 2011, University of Tasmania, Hobart. www.silvilaser2011.com

19: Sydney Hoo Hoo Club 215 dinner meeting. Contact: Chris White 0411 293 646 or email [email protected]

25: Timber Queensland seminar. OHS Harmonisation & Workers Compensation: Are you ready to comply with new legislation? 1:30 – 4:30 pm (registration from 1 pm). Broncos Leagues Club, 98 Fulcher Rd, Red Hill, Brisbane. With a new Work Health and Safety Act to understand and comply with by January, it’s time to assess if your business is prepared. Combine this with rising workers compensation claims and a 25% hike in WorkerCover premiums and the need to prioritise health and safety is clear. The event is part of Safe Work Week 2011 and is supported by WorkCover Queensland. Register at www.timberqueensland.com.au/events or contact Clarissa Brandt on (07) 33587906 for more information. See notice P. 17.

27: Canberra industry meetings. Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Barton. 9.30 am-1 pm: Improving industry statistics workshop.1.30-3.30 pm: AFPA chamber meeting. 4-6 pm: FWPA board meeting. 7-11 pm: Industry dinner (National Ballroom 3).

28: Canberra industry meetings.

Hotel Realm. 8-9 am: CRC for Forestry annual general meeting. 9-11 am: R&D Ideas Fair. 11.15 am-12.15 pm: FWPA annual general meeting. 12.15-1.15 pm:

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WHAT’S ON?AFPA annual general meeting. 1.15-1.30 pm: FWPA board meeting. 1.30-3 pm: Industry Lunch (all attendees). 3-5 pm: AFPA board meeting. Book registrations with Alice Logan Edwards, business manager, PO Box 239, Deakin West ACT 2600. Fax: (02) 62853855. Email: [email protected]

RSVP by Friday, October 14.

28: Timber Industry Dinner, incorporating the TABMA awards. Doltone House, Darling Island Wharf, Sydney. Supported supported by TDA NSW, the Furnishing Industry Association of Australia, the NSW Forest Products Association, the Timber Trade Industrial Association, WADIC, the Australian Timber Importers Federation, TABMA Australia, and WoodSolutions. Contacts: Sydney – (02) 9277 3100. Adelaide – 0407 102 244. Perth – 0414 908 465. Brisbane – (07) 3254 3166. Hobart – 0407 102 244.

31-2 (Nov): 5th International Woodfibre Resources & Trade Conference. Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore.Contact Pamela Richards on 61 3 5781 0069. Visit www.woodfibreconference.com

NOVEMBER4: Victorian Association of Forest Industries annual dinner. Crown Complex, Southbank, Melbourne. Guest speaker: Peter Walsh MLA, Victorian Minister for Agriculture and Food Security and Minister for Water. Visit www.vafi.org.au/ad or for bookings call Jillian Roscoe on (03) 9611 9002.

8-11: IUFRO Forest Health Joint

Australia’s forest, wood, pulp and paper products industry now has a stronger voice in dealings with government, the community and in key negotiations on the industry’s future, as two peak associations have merged to form a single national association.

The Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) has been formed through the merger of the Australian Plantations Products and Paper Industry Council (A3P) and the National Association of Forest Industries (NAFI).

AFPA was established to cover all aspects of Australia’s forest industry:

- Forest growing; - Harvest and haulage; - Sawmilling and other

wood processing; - Pulp and paper processing; and

- Forest product exporting.

For more information on the Australian Forest Products Association (AFPA) or to enquire about membership , please call (02) 6285 3833.

Meetings. Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. Organised by the National Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) in Uruguay, the University of Uruguay (UDELAR) and the International Union of Forest Research Organisations (IUFRO). Motivated by the massive development of the forestry sector in several countries in South America.Visit www.iufrouruguay2011.org

24-25: Bioenergy Australia 2011 conference and exhibition, Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Web: www.bioenergyaustralia.org

DECEMBER1-2: ForestTECH 2011: Tools& Technologies. Improving forest planning and operations. Albury, NSW. www.foresttechevents.com

5-6: ForestTECH 2011: Tools& Technologies. Improving forest planning and operations. Rotorua, NZ. www.foresttechevents.com

MARCH 2012Engineered Wood Products Association of Australasia. Conference, dinner, award presentations. (Date to be advised)

13-14: Future Forestry Finance: Investment, Growth and Strategic Outlook.

Sydney. www.forestryfinanceevents.com

JULy 201211-14: AWISA 2012. Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre. Contact: Contact Exhibitions Pty Ltd, PO Box 925, Avalon NSW 2107. Tel: 612 9918 3661 Email: [email protected] Web: www.awisa.com

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and under World Trade Article 4, they’re the rules.“This case clearly highlights the lack of access, and the absence of fair consideration for the impact on Australian manufacturers, when it comes to fighting dumped goods.”Senator Xenophon has proposed

in the Senate a reversal of the onus of proof, allowing Customs to approach the overseas company selling goods in the Australian market, demanding evidence that they are not dumping. Should the overseas company be uncooperative, it will be assumed that dumping is occurring.

PROTECTION of the genetic diversity of Pinus radiata – the most widely planted and most important pine species in Australia and New Zealand – is vital to ‘future-proof’ the softwood industry, according to a Gottstein fellow.Dr Washington Gapare, an evolutionary and quantitative geneticist working with CSIRO-Forestry and Forest Products in Canberra, has completed his project in the US and has presented a recommended layout for conservation plantings of radiata.“With much of the natural radiata pine forest becoming fragmented and suffering disease, it is important that we try to protect the remaining genetic diversity by establishing plantings here in Australia and New Zealand,” Dr Gapare said.“This will help us to ‘future proof’ and expand our softwood industry by allowing future breeding to be undertaken using novel traits that have not yet been exploited in the breeding program. “This could improve disease resistance, drought tolerance, alleviate insect damage and possibly improve wood volume and wood stiffness.”

Dr. Gapare spent time in the US with scientists who assisted in designing a layout for gene protection plantings. The design layout involved reducing the potential for related trees to interbreed by considering co-ancestry and pollen dispersal patterns. The recommended design covers 12.5 ha and commercial organisations have been contacted in all states to establish these conservation plantings. “Without the cooperation of our industrial partners the possibility of conserving radiata pine genetic diversity could not occur,” Dr Gapare said.

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Radiata genes keyto ‘future proofing’softwood industry

Washington Gapare .. genes diversity vital to conservation of radiata forests.

2010 Gottstein Fellow conserves radiata pine genes 2010 Gottstein Fellow Dr Washington Gapare has completed his project and put forward a recommended layout for conservation plantings of radiata pine. “Pinus radiata is the most widely planted pine species in Australia and New Zealand and it is vital that we protect the genetic diversity of this important commercial species” Dr Gapare said. “With much of the natural radiata pine forest becoming fragmented and suffering disease it is important that we try to protect the remaining genetic diversity by establishing plantings here in Australia and New Zealand. This will help us to “future proof” and expand our softwood industry by allowing future breeding to be undertaken using novel traits that have not yet been exploited in the breeding program. This could improve disease resistance, drought tolerance, alleviate insect damage and possibly improve wood volume and wood stiffness”. Dr. Gapare spent time in the US with scientists who assisted in designing a layout for gene protection plantings. The design layout involved reducing the potential for related trees to interbreed by considering coancestry and pollen dispersal patterns. The recommended design covers 12.5 ha and commercial organisations have been contacted in all states to establish these conservation plantings. “Without the co-operation of our industrial partners the possibility of conserving radiata pine genetic diversity could not occur” Dr Gapare said. “With the combined oversight of the Southern Tree Breeding Association (STBA) and knowledge within CSIRO, it is possible to ensure the softwood industry in south eastern Australia will continue to flourish for many rotations to come”.

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A PROJECT in Queensland using waste water to produce plantation timber has met with spectacular early success.A world-first project to use waste water from coffee production on a timber plantation has begun on the state’s north coast. The project is providing an alternative use for waste water from Nestle’s Gympie coffee processing plant, which generates 113 ml of waste water annually.With industry under increasing pressure from governments and communities to pursue sustainable options for managing water use, Gympie factory manager Brendan Chaffe said the company had begun considering several other proposals when approached by the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.“We were looking at a number of different options, but this project offered real long-term benefits to both Nestle and the Gympie community. The timber industry is an important part of the district,” Mr Chaffe said.After trials to determine the best tree species for the level and types of nutrients in the wastewater, the project kicked off in December last year with 9600 trees planted next to the coffee processing facility. It is thought to be the first timber plantation in the world irrigated with waste water from coffee production.Forestry researchers from the department’s Agency for Food and Fibre Sciences have been studying the use of waste water in timber plantations for some time. Project leader Mark Podberscek has recorded exceptional growth rates from reused water, with some trees growing up to 9 m in less than two years, a 30% increase against rain-fed plots.The first 3000 trees were harvested and chipped in

February. The green woodchip is used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from a local power station by being co-fired as a 5% blend with coal.“While the trial is actually in its fourth year, the trees reached a maximum height and achieved peak production within three years. With the trees now cut and wood chipped, the stumps will regrow and produce multiple stems to further increase the biomass when again harvested in three years,” Podberscek said.

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Waste water with your coffee?it’ll make your trees grow a lot faster

Livingstone Council’s John Smith (left) and Mayor Bill Ludwig with Mark Podberscek, examining woodchip irrigated with recycled wastewater.


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TOPIC PRESENTER

A review of potential impact of VOC emissions on the future market share for engineered wood products James Hague



Assessment of future trends in size and design preference for domestic and light commercial decking applications Andrew Dunn

Concept proof: new generation, hi-performance wood products coated or encapsulated in zero-waste powder coating Voytek Gutowski

Energy management tools (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg



Timber beams instead of steel beams in housing construction Andrew Dunn


Kiln drying: efficacy of shortened steaming & dynamic kiln control (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg

Community engagement handbook (CRC Forestry) Melanie Dare

VENUE: Hotel Grand Chancellor, 131 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne


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way and how it relates to their to business,” FWPA managing director Ric Sinclair said.“The challenge is to make people understand what research and development can do for them.”Mr Sinclair said the Ideas Fair this year would be something completely new and refreshing.“It will be set up in the style of the New Inventors program to examine innovation throughout all sectors of the forest and forest products industry,” he said.“Thrown into the mix will be an entertaining and informative panel discussion moderated by

an industry personality.

“There will be a video presentation on key R&D findings followed by the panel discussion and questions from the audience to create a more interactive program for all sectors.”

Activities:

Thursday, October 27: Industry statistics workshop; AFPA chamber meeting; FWPA board meeting; industry dinner.

Friday, October 28: CRC for Forestry annual general meeting; R&D Ideas Fair; FWPA and AFPA annual general meetings; industry lunch; AFPA board meeting.

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Ideas fair completelynew and entertaining

Ludwig gets it wrongon TFCA payout planTHE federal Forest Minister Joe Ludwig’s office has blundered in its interpretation of a contractor payout scheme formulated by the Tasmanian Forest Contractors Association.A comment attributed to the minister said, “TFCA are promoting a scheme that will result in multi-million dollar payouts to a small number of very large contractors with no guarantees that any sub-contractors will receive any assistance to exit the industry”.“This is a total mis- representation,” TFCA chief executive Ed Vincent said.“In fact the TFCA formula-based proposal, independently verified, will guarantee that every eligible affected contractor and sub-contractor will receive exit assistance, equitably in relation to the size of their business and hence capital loss and employment redundancy obligations.”

The formula was presented

to senior federal Forestry

Department officials six weeks

ago by a TFCA delegation,

including an independent

professional accountant.

“We have made every offer to

further explain our proposal.

These offers have not been

taken up,” Mr Vincent said.

“That the Minister’s office

is making these sorts of

comments, is evidence that

either they do not understand

a simple equitable concept and

mathematical formula, or they

are trying to impose a solution

to a different problem.”

Mr Vincent said even cursory

examination of the proposal

showed it was specifically

designed to ensure that all

eligible applicants are equitably

assisted, within the limits of the

available funding.






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TOPIC PRESENTER


A review of potential impact of VOC emissions on the future market share for engineered wood products (Australian Forest Research Company) James Hague


Energy Management Tools (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg

Assessment of future trends in size and design preference for domestic and light commercial decking applications (NSW TDA) Andrew Dunn

Kiln Drying: Efficacy of Shortened Steaming & Dynamic Kiln Control (Solid Wood Initiative) Marco Lausberg


Timber beams instead of Steel Beams in Housing Construction (NSW TDA) Andrew Dunn

Modelling the vacuum drying of Australian hardwoods (DEEDI) Adam Redman



Community Engagement Handbook (CRC Forestry) Lain Dare

VENUE: Mercure Hotel, 355 Main Street, Bairnsdale


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CURRENT government policy on timber plantations and strategic cropping land (SCL) is critical to meet Queensland’s growing timber demands, says Timber Queensland.The existing SCL policy recognises timber plantations as a legitimate form of cropping that maintains the productive use of land.Chief executive Rod McInnes says government needs to hold the line on timber plantations and SCL.“The government has got it right in relation to forest plantings on SCL by proposing controls on permanent plantings that will not be harvested, but allowing timber plantations that will continue to produce wood products,” Mr McInnes said.“Maintaining access to suitable

land is essential to the South East Queensland Forests Agreement, which will see the hardwood industry transition from a supply based on state forests to wood from plantations and from private land.”

Timber Queensland praises Queensland’s policy which allows timber production to continue even when carbon is sold from these plantations

“The ability to sell carbon from commercial timber plantations remains unclear under the commonwealth’s Carbon Farming Initiative, but the timber industry believes it will be essential to underpinning the viability of the future industry and is working to see this recognised,” Mr McInnes added.

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AN unyielding principle sustains the growth of the rotary veneer peeling enterprise of the Ta Ann group in Tasmania – a high-tech operation using innovative concepts to transform low-grade eucalypts into high-value products.

“The real story is the company’s origins and its belief that there is no alternative to sustainable development,” says Ta Ann director and respected forester David Ridley.

The Malaysian-based company opened its first purpose-built mill in the Huon district in 2007, and the second at Smithton in the state’s north-west in 2008, a combined $79 million investment utilising Japanese, German, Korean and

Malaysian technologies. The mills support more than 160 jobs.

So how has Ta Ann developed using a low-quality, but sustainable

resource?

“First, we recognised our established markets, then the expertise in manufacturing,” Mr Ridley said.

“And there were many reasons to invest in Tasmania – a 20-year wood supply agreement, an approved site ready for investment and the customer’s preferences for PEFC forest certification put in place for the forests by Forestry Tasmania

“This was all mixed with a desire for the sustainable development of a sustainable resource in partnership with regional communities.”

Ta Ann operates on an agreed 20-year wood supply from Forestry Tasmania – 115,000 cub m per annum at Smithton and 150,000 cub m per annum at the Huon mill and with recoveries of about 50% for the sales volume.

The mills have an international competitive advantage by producing strong and durable rotary eucalypt veneers from logs once only suitable for wood chipping and which meet international requirements for forest management sustainability and chain of custody certification.

The export market is focused on Malaysia, Japan and more

recently Australia. The primary use of veneers is for ply for specialty flooring but also includes shipping container flooring and laminated veneer lumber.

Shipments are made to Malaysia every three to four weeks.

David Ridley says Ta Ann’s processing technology and market strategy draws on the inherent properties of eucalypts and a sales partnership developed over more than 20 years by the parent company.

“This strategy also included partial manufacture in Tasmania and completion of the product closer to export markets.

“Our first step has been to produce veneer and manufacture plywood in Malaysia, but ultimately we aim for further downstream processing with some manufacturing of

David Ridley .. a desire for sustainable development.

sustAinABLe PrOduCtiOn

Business growth using regrowth timber:Ta Ann’s sustainable development planTurning low-grade eucalypts into high-value products

The mills have an international competitive

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specialty plywood in Tasmania.”

With an investment of $79 million, Mr Ridley says Ta Ann’s resource security is still the key to the future.

“If the resource is available we can do more. We have room at the Smithton mill for another peeling line.”

Mr Ridley said the current forest

conflict in Tasmania was a test of

sovereign risk for the company.

“We were invited to establish our

operations by the Tasmanian and

federal governments so this is the

basis on which we must go forward.

We are here to add value,” he said.

“We are looking at further value-

added growth plans and jobs

creation as we emerge from the

current challenges and come out

of the global financial crisis and the

effects of the high Australian dollar.

“These are part of the swings

and roundabouts of business

challenges” he said.

International demand for

Tasmanian eucalypts was

established in the late 1990s and

early 2000s following research and

technological breakthroughs by

Forestry Tasmania.

Ta Ann Tasmania Pty Ltd,

subsidiary of one of Malaysia’s

biggest forest product businesses,

won the Emerging Exporter of the

Year Award after only two years of

operation in the state.

Sustainable .. strong and durable veneers rotary peeled from low-grade eucalypts at the Ta Ann Huon mill.

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A BOTANIST and expert on giant kelp and orange-bellied parrots and a geologist excelling in gold and base metal deposits are two members of a panel that will assess 430,000 ha of native forest proposed for possible reservation in Tasmania.The proposal is part of the intergovernmental agreement on Tasmanian forests.The panel will be headed by Professor Jonathan West, founding director of the Australian Innovation Research Centre and researcher in the fields of innovation and business strategy, particularly in agribusiness, the life sciences, and biotechnology.The panel includes:• Dr Bob Smith, an expert on Australian forestry and former chief of State Forests of NSW and the head of other agencies in New South Wales and Victoria. He has worked on ministerial councils for forestry, natural resources and agriculture.

• Dr Michael Lockwood, an expert on Tasmanian forest ecology and deputy head of school of geography and environmental studies at the University of Tasmania. He has expertise in protected area management, environmental evaluation, natural resource management and environmental planning.• Professor Brendan Mackey, an expert on Australian conservation reserves, from the Fenner School of Environment and Society at the Australian National University. He has worked as a research scientist with CSIRO and the Canadian Forest Service and is a council member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.• Professor Mark Burgman, an expert on forest modelling, from Melbourne University. He is an ecologist who has worked in a range of areas, including giant kelp, orange-bellied

parrots, leadbeaters possums, bandicoots, and banksias in a range of settings including marine fisheries, forestry, irrigation, electrical power utilities, mining, and national park planning.• Ross Large, professor of economic geology and the director of CODES, an ARC Centre of Excellence in Ore deposits at the University of Tasmania. He is internationally recognised for his research on the genesis of stratiform gold and base metal sulfide deposits in volcanic arcs and sedimentary basins. His research team currently works with more than 50 mining and exploration companies world-wide.The Tasmanian Forests Intergovernmental Agreement is designed to support the industry to progressively transition to a more sustainable and diversified footing and to build regional economic diversity and community resilience.

Support in the agreement for workers, contractors and communities includes up to $25 million for immediate employment and training support for redundant forest workers; intensive support through Job Services Australia and other providers; relocation support for redundant forestry workers; $15 million for transition support payments (through ForestWorks); $1 million over two years for mental health counselling and community well-being services (through Rural Alive and Well); and $45 million for voluntary exits from public native forest operations for haulage, harvest and silvicultural contractors.The Australian Forest Products Association has advocated for transparency and objective science as part of the process that includes working diligently on identifying appropriate wood supplies to underpin the state’s sawmilling industry.

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IN the area of certification and legitimacy of chain of custody systems in the wood trade, sales staff and sales representatives should be sure they understand unambiguously what the customer is asking for. Certified companies cannot sell certified products to uncertified customers, unless the certified product is offered as normal stock without any certification claim.

Sales staff and sales representatives should therefore always ask the customer whether or not they want to buy certified product and if so, whether they have CoC certification, to enable a certified claim to be passed on through a sales or delivery document.

It is the responsibility of certified companies, under their certification conditions, to ensure they only sell certified products, if accompanied by a certification claim, to certified customers.A certified company cannot use the excuse that the customer did not specify whether or not they wanted certified products as justification for not meeting the requirements of certification.This does not mean that a certified company cannot also sell uncertified products. While the main objective of CoC certification is to encourage the production and sale of certified

wood products, as a means of encouraging forests to be well-managed to preserve their ecological integrity and functions, the reality is that there are not enough certified products to go around.Certified companies can therefore also sell uncertified products. However, the objective of CoC certification is to ensure that a certified company has the systems and procedures in place to ensure that it can buy and sell both certified and non-certified products without accidentally mixing the two product types.In summary, the following questions and answers should further clarify the matter, and ensure all certified companies do the right thing to protect their certification investment, and thereby give certified companies the competitive advantage they deserve.Can I sell “certified” wood products to an uncertified company?Yes, but you must not sell the product as “certified”. You can sell it as normal stock even though it is certified.When you sell “certified

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Certified wood .. do you know what your customer is looking for?

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product” as normal stock, you must remember to make a note of it because it is still part of the inventory of the certified products you have purchased.You must be able to account for all certified products you have purchased, and how you have sold them, at your annual surveillance audits.Can I allow an uncertified customer to use my CoC number to pass on certified products to their customer?The answer is no. This practice is one of the main causes of misuse and abuse of CoC certifications in the market.

Apart from being a breach of the requirements of CoC certification, such misuse disadvantages genuine holders of CoC certification as it denies them sales.For example, joiners, if they do not have a CoC certificate, cannot buy certified products from a certified company and pass the products on as “certified” to their customers.

Once they become the legal owner of the product, and if they want to sell the product they have bought as “certified” to another customer, they need their own CoC certification.If you allow your customer to use your delivery document or tax invoice which has your CoC number on it, to pass on the product as “certified” to their customer, you are in breach of your certification requirements.How do I ensure I buy and sell certified products without breaching the requirements of my certification?It is best practice to educate all your purchasing and sales staff on the correct questions to ask when they are buying or selling certified products.Purchasing staff must always indicate to the organisation they intend to buy from that they are buying “certified” product, and

ask the seller if they are certified to sell “certified” products.If the seller says yes, your purchasing staff must ask the seller to either fax or e-mail a copy of their CoC certificate for your records.Your purchase order must clearly indicate that the order is for a “certified” product. It must also have your own CoC number on it.When the product is delivered, your warehouse staff must check the delivery document or tax invoice against your own purchase order, to make sure they are receiving the correct products you ordered.If the information in the delivery document or tax invoice is different from that in your purchase order, your warehouse staff must “quarantine” the product until the issue can be resolved.

If you are unable to resolve the issue but you decide to keep the product, you must not sell it as “certified” products. You can sell it as normal uncertified stock.Similarly, your sales staff must always ask customers if they want certified or uncertified product.If the customer indicates they want certified product, your sales staff must ask them if they have a CoC certification. If they do not have CoC certification, your sales staff must explain that the product cannot be supplied as “certified”.If you sell certified product to an uncertified customer without making sure they understand they cannot pass on the “certified” product on to another customer as certified, you may be in breach of your certification requirements.It is your responsibility to explain to the customer that you can only sell a product as “certified” to another “certified” customer if the intention is to pass on the product as “certified”.* Dr Kwame Asumadu is director of Asumadu Pty Ltd, a consulting company which helps companies with CoC certification – preparing procedures based on preferred standards; training staff; and auditing.

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is for a “certified” product. It must also have your own

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Victorian forest industry prepares for night of nightsTHE Victorian Association of Forest Industries has chosen the Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex at Melbourne’s Southbank for its annual dinner on November 4.VAFI CEO Lisa Marty said the event presented an opportunity for members and stakeholders of the forest and wood products industry to meet, network and exchange ideas in a relaxed atmosphere.

“The VAFI dinner has become a highlight of the industry’s social calendar, as the calibre of guests and attendees attests,” Ms Marty said.Guest speaker will be the Victorian Minister for Agriculture and Food Security and Minister for Water Peter Walsh.“We look forward to hearing from the Minister, who is a passionate advocate of the industry and is committed

to the social, economic and ecological sustainability of rural Victoria,” Ms Marty said.Tony Leonard from the Coodabeen Champions and official pub reviewer for 3AW

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