by FTMA News | May 2, 2022 | Tech Talk
Important Considerations Before Substituting for Steel Timber supply challenges over the last two years have given many builders and fabricators cause to take another look at steel framing as a standalone solution or in tandem with timber to produce hybrid structures....
by FTMA News | May 2, 2022 | FTMA Housing Update, Industry News
End of the magic pudding: peak capacity and the impact on supply and demand With Tim Woods of IndustryEdge, April 2022 The last two years have startled the housing market and timber supply chain into understanding there is no magic pudding of endless global timber...
by FTMA News | May 2, 2022 | Industry News
In 2019 FTMA Australia ran our first ever National Fabricator Census and this week we will kick off the 2022 Census. We had a 68% response for the 2019 Census, which was great, but we’d love greater input for the 2022 Census. When I started in 2009, there was no...
by FTMA News | May 2, 2022 | Industry News
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Silver Sponsor, Australian Panel Products. We would like to update you on developments at our Oberon NSW and Mt Gambier SA sites, both of which should be of interest to fabricators. At Oberon in 2020 we began using recycled...
by FTMA News | May 2, 2022 | Industry News
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Silver Sponsor, Timberlink Australia. A $63 million capital investment at Bell Bay Tasmania will see an increase of more than fifty percent in on-island sovereign timber manufactured from sustainably managed pine...