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Meyer Timber National Conference Kick Starts the Year Ahead
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Strategic Partner, Meyer Timber. Meyer Timber key staff enjoyed their National Conference in January this year in Broad Beach QLD. The feature event of...
FTMA’s 3 Year Plan – What We Are Doing
FTMA wants to support our members to become better businesses, which in turn makes them better customers for suppliers and better suppliers to the construction industry, consequently helping grow...
A Brand-New Look for Timberlink as it Celebrates its 10-Year Milestone
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Strategic Partner, Timberlink. February 1st 2023 marked a key milestone for Australian timber products manufacturing business Timberlink®, as it...
Monthly Credit Risk Insights by Alares
This piece was written and provided by Alares. January was a quiet month for insolvencies, in-line with the historical trend for the first month of the year. In terms of leading indicators, Winding...
Celebrating Women in our Industry
International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating achievements of women across all aspects of life. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. As...
Hyne Timber’s Classic LGL is Back!
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Supporting Partner, Hyne Timber. Hyne Timber announces that they are bringing back their proprietary grade LGL to Queensland and New South Wales markets....
Paid Family & Domestic Violence Leave is Here
People Business is a new column focusing on HR, IR and WHS issues. This piece was written and provided by Peter Maguire, owner and practice leader of Ridgeline HR. The Fair Work Act has been amended...
FWPA launches Resilient Timber Homes Program
WoodSolutions is partnering with key industry stakeholders including FTMA to launch the Resilient Timber Homes Program, which will demonstrate how timber homes can be designed and built with a...
New 7-Star Energy Star Rating Minimum: Homes Built for People and the Planet.
This piece was written and provided by the Timber Framing Collective. Significant changes in the 2022 National Construction Code (NCC) focus on improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions in...
FTMA HR Platform Launched
As part of our three-year plan, FTMA has invested in to a new FTMA HR Platform for members, which was launched on the 13 February. We recognise we are not an industrial relations organisation,...
Supply Chain Optimisation
This piece was written and provided by Rob Bellian, Sales & Marketing Manager of FTMA Strategic Partner, Vekta Automation. With the COVID-19 virus still a live threat, the state of the...
FTMA Strategic Plan 2023-2027
As reported in the November edition of FTMA News, the FTMA Board came together in Healesville in November to revisit our Strategic Plan, ensuring it reflects our aims for the next four years. This...
A Bridge to the Future, “Stick” with Timber
This piece was written and provided by FTMA Strategic Partner, AKD. One of the challenges we confront as an industry is ensuring we have enough timber for our country’s long-term demand. It is a...
Monthly Credit Risk Insights
This piece was written and provided by Alares. November saw an increase in insolvencies back above pre-COVID levels. This follows a sharp drop in October, that may prove to be a one-off respite. As...
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