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Dates for your Diary Promote your events in this publication (and also on our electronic Daily Timber News). Lodge details at j.hudswell@ryanmediapl.com.au or phone (08) 7127 6370. 12-15 January 2013 DOMOTEX - The World of Flooring. Exhibition Grounds, Hannover, Germany www.domotex.de/home 14-16 January 2013 Digital Fabrication with Timber Studio. The UTAS School of Architecture and Design is continuing its long tradition of learning-by-making with two exciting workshops this summer in Launceston, Tasmania. This three-day intensive studio offers participants hands-on experience of digital design and fabrication processes with timber. www.utas.edu.au/csaw/ . Email timber@arch.utas.edu. au. Phone +61 3 6324 4470 14-19 January 2013 BAU - German Building Fair. New Munich Trade Fair Centre. Munich, Germany www.biztradeshows.com 14-20 January 2013 International Furniture Fair. Exhibition centre in CologneDeutz. Cologne, Germany www.imm-cologne.com 17 – 20 January, 2013 DOOR FAIR TURKEY . Istanbul Expo Centre. Yesilköy, Turkey www.doorfair.com 29 – 31 January 2013 Surfaces 2013. Mandalay Bay Convention Centre. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA www.surfaces.com 4 – 8 February 2013 PaperWeek Canada. Hôtel Fairmont Queen Elizabeth, Montréal, Québec, Canada. www.paperweekcanada.ca/ 4-8 February 2013 Third International Forest Biorefinery Symposium, Montreal, Canada. www.paptac.ca February 2013 Australian Timber Design Workshop. The UTAS School of Architecture and Design is continuing its long tradition of learning-by-making with two exciting workshops this summer in Launceston, Tasmania. In the two-week Australian Timber Design Workshop (ATDW) participants will design, fabricate, construct and install a small timber building from a controlled timber-rich palette in 11 days. www.utas.edu.au/csaw/ Email: timber@arch.utas.edu. au. Phone +61 3 6324 4470 6-8 February 2013 The Australian International Furniture Fair and co-located decoration + design will return to the Sydney Exhibition Centre. www.aiff.net.au or www.decorationdesign.com.au 20 – 22 February 2013 Frame Building Expo. Memphis Cook Convention Centre. Memphis , TN, USA www.biztradeshows.com/usa/memphis/ 20-22 February 2013 23rd ACOTEPAC (The Colombian Technical Association of the Pulp, Paper and Board Industry) International Congress, Cali, Colombia. www.acotepacolombia.com February 2013 Drevostavby - International Trade Fair of Wooden Building and Construction. Prague Holesovice Fairground,Výstaviště 67, Prague, Czech Republic www.biztradeshows.com/trade-events/drevostavby 5-7 March 2013 Ecobuild. London’s ExCel. London, United Kingdom PRESENTED BY .......................... www.ecobuild.co.uk
TO YOU BY 2012BROUGHT FORESTWORKS.
US Wood Products Show generating keen interest Down-Under A
FTER THE US housing market and wood products industry hit rock bottom, Portland’s Timber Processing and Energy Expo running in mid-October was a fresh start for both wood processing trade shows and battered wood producers of North America. The show used to be the largest in the Pacific North West but died a natural death as the forest products industry hit hard times. 2012 heralded a fresh start. It was a new show held at a new location. Over 40,000 square feet of exhibition space was able to be used by 160 exhibitors. Exhibition space actually sold out weeks before the show. The mood by exhibitors and those attending the show was overwhelmingly upbeat. Producers and suppliers at the show were talking about key indicators all pointing to a recovery in the US market. July housing starts for example were up 29% over projections from a year ago, projections for new construction looking forward were positive and prices and order files had both picked up markedly in the lead up to the show. Many suppliers commented that sales for 2012 were expected to be the best seen in several years and for mills, they’re now opening their purse strings and looking to upgrade or replace worn or obsolete systems to meet market demand and maintain their competitiveness. The show highlighted the very latest machinery, supplies and services for the primary lumber, engineered wood products, panel and the wood energy industries in the sector. New product innovations were rolled out, demonstrated and a number of innovations by leading technology providers were unveiled for the first time at the show. This optimism at Portland was a huge boost to this region’s WoodEXPO 2013 which runs in both New Zealand and Australia in September next year. The Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) was up in Portland in October. The mission was to meet up with key technology providers who had been involved in previous FIEA technology events, those that had customers in Australasia or agents representing them in this part of the world and discuss opportunities for WoodEXPO 2013.
“Without exception, they were excited with the concept. They were committed to this region’s first WoodEXPO in September2013” says FIEA Director, Brent Apthorp. “With the US market finally picking up they’re very keen on servicing and working with local wood processing, manufacturing and panels companies. The unique way WoodEXPO 2013 has been designed was also key point for North American companies. It means they’ll be able to meet and work with both New Zealand and Australian companies at two separate shows – all within a space of under two weeks.” “We’re confident in getting through to WoodEXPO 2013 all of the major suppliers of wood processing technologies suited to local operations. Already, with exhibition packs just been sent out to the market, stands are already being sold and we’re confident of a full house on both sides of the Tasman come September next year” says Brent Apthorp. Full details on the exhibition can be found on the event website www. woodexpo2013.com Over the next month or so FIEA will be working with leading technology providers that have already expressed an interest on being involved in the two-days of technology workshops. A world class programme to profile the very latest tools and technologies local companies can use to improve their own operating efficiencies is being set up as part of the comprehensive WoodEXPO 2013 program.
Portland in the lense. Photos by Brent Apthorp. The Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA), a division of Innovatek Limited, is a unique grouping in Australasia. It’s the principal vehicle for technology transfer for forestry and wood products companies. Through a range of independent programs, new technologies are identified and “showcased” for New Zealand and Australian companies. FIEA runs a regular series of conferences, practical workshops and managed exhibitions
every year. Forestry and wood product companies, key product suppliers, researchers and technology providers from throughout the world are targeted and involved with the programmes. In addition to these events, new resources from the technology programs are also being supplied to New Zealand and Australian companies. FIEA is now the largest provider of weekly and monthly forest products news in Australasia. For more information visit www.fiea.org.nz