Now that the new decade has begun in earnest, it’s as good a reason as any to invest in your team for their future development. To be successful, any enterprise needs efficient, dedicated people to help drive productivity, promote growth and introduce diversity to the offering. Investing in your people ... Continue reading
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It will be “the greenest football stadium in the world”. In Gloucestershire, England, the world’s first all-timber football stadium has been given the green light, and the term ‘green light’ doesn’t just refer to the planning approval. The home of the Forest Green Rovers is set to be carbon-neutral. The ... Continue reading
Traditionally timber processors purchase their knife steel in bar lengths; manually cutting to size as required with instruments such as drop saws. Although this has been a satisfactory and commonly accepted practice; fewer and fewer companies are continuing this way. Drop saws generate too much heat and diminish knife steel ... Continue reading
Over time we can develop behaviours or habits that we pass on to other people or which may have been passed onto us. Whilst most of these are harmless (although not optimal), certain practices should be questioned, changed or even avoided. Here we will look at three ways you can ... Continue reading
Think about this for a second: when was the last time you took a step back and questioned the tooling in your operation? Have you been using the same knife steel for 2, 3 or even 5 years? Because ‘that’s what we’ve always done’. Innovation in knife steel has evolved ... Continue reading
For the first time ever, drought has claimed the lives of rare, centuries-old sandalwood trees in the South Australian outback. Ecologist John Read believes the situation is a real indicator of climate change. “Old trees don’t lie,” he says. “It really struck home when these trees that have been around ... Continue reading
Every year, before decking the halls for Christmas, the timber industry finds itself smack-bang in outdoor decking season. It seems the minute the weather warms up and the days grow longer, homeowners become extra keen to get their outdoor entertaining areas in shape for summer. That’s very welcome news for ... Continue reading
Following the 2010 and 2011 Christchurch NZ earthquakes, engineering scholars mobilised to try to devise solutions to the utter devastation that was seen in so many buildings that crumbled to the ground. The human cost of the 2011 quake was 185 lives but could have stretched into the thousands, according ... Continue reading
Perfect for cleaning cutterheads and under machines, these Air Blowers provide extra cleaning power through a simple reliable valve. Available in 115mm, 300mm and 600mm nozzle. Continue reading
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