Critical Industry Training – Wood Machining

Today’s HOT TOPIC is TRAINING. The newly appointed skills organisation, Skills Insight, is reaching out for our industry’s feedback on WOOD MACHINING QUALIFICATIONS. This SURVEY is critical to our industry. Background from Skills Insight: Changes to the MSF Furnishing...

ASH Rises – Phoenix Meets Aussie Demand for Hardwoods!

Australia’s largest hardwood timber manufacturer is accelerating production, now importing thirty or more 40-foot containers of American hardwoods monthly to compensate for locked-up Victorian hardwoods. Known as “Glacial Oak”, the new American Oak (Q. rubra) is...

Cyber Attack! – Payment Redirection Fraud on the increase

Online scams have been around for a long time. Spotting a suspicious-looking email dotted with spelling mistakes and bad grammar is easy, BUT we don’t usually expect the scam to involve people or businesses that we deal with on a regular basis or would otherwise...