The New Zealand forest industry is a constantly evolving entity; one which likes to push boundaries and try new things. A few of PF Olsen’s contractors are starting champion the bio-oils, and their findings are challenging the preconceived ideas around price and suitability.
READ MOREProperty mogul Sir Bob Jones plans to take the timber industry to new heights, by erecting the world's tallest wooden office building in central Wellington.
READ MOREMichelle Harrison from Wise on Wood (WOW), won the Trainee of the Year in the Northland Wood Council Northland Forestry Awards in July this year.
READ MOREJonathan Tukaki from Silviculture Contractors Ltd (SCL), won the Forestry Excellence Award in this year’s Northland Wood Council Northland Forestry Awards in July.
READ MOREThis year, for the first time, PF Olsen held two mid-year “Safety Re-focus Breakfasts”
READ MORERotorua, 3-6 September 2017
READ MORERopata Forest offers potential purchasers a rare opportunity to secure 321 ha of prime Hawke's Bay forest.
READ MOREWelcome Pauline Neilson to the Rotorua team
READ MOREFor the NZ environment to support a significant move from commodity to high-end, high-price niche branding and marketing we really do need to get serious about expansion of tourism support infrastructure, funding of the predator-free initiative, and cleaning up our rivers and lakes.
READ MOREExport prices for logs delivered to NZ ports in July dropped an average of $2/m³ from June prices for unpruned logs and $5 for pruned logs. This drop has been driven by the strengthening of the NZ$ against the US$. Over the last two months the NZ$ has appreciated 7% against the US$. A slight reduction in ocean freight rates, some modest gains in market prices, and competitive tension within the export supply chain has buffered any downward movement in prices that forest owners receive for logs at NZ ports. Some exporters are obviously passing-on currency they have hedged, while others are grinning and bearing the current financial pain. Demand is down in the Indian log market as log buyers deal with the new GST regime. This is not concerning exporters as log stocks in India are currently relatively low.
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Following a busy week with auditors in May, PF Olsen was pleased to receive notification that its five year recertification to the Forest Stewardship Council FSC standard was successful.
READ MOREIt’s no secret that training is the most important element in a work system! Without training a workforce will find it difficult to reach its productive potential, and be more susceptible to accidents that could be limiting in more ways than one.
READ MORETuesday 4 July dawned crisp and clear. The sprinkling of ice on the grass and workers all bundled up in multiple layers was a sign that winter was definitely upon us. Although there was a winter nip in the air there was the promise of a clear sunny day ahead and a reminder of how lucky we are to have our head office located in such a picturesque surrounding. But we haven’t always been here, so where did it all start?
READ MOREWelcome to our newest staff members
READ MORETake advantage of the vendors desire to sell, and secure 120ha of Radiata crop with a mixed age class.
READ MOREPF Olsen won the award in the Best Collaboration Between PCBU’s category, for “initiating a project involving multiple PCBU’s to clarify and improve the expectations on forest service providers when they come onto a working forestry site.“
READ MOREThe Roads are Broken, and so is the Funding Model.
READ MOREExport prices for logs delivered to NZ ports in June remained mostly unchanged from May prices with a minor drop of 1$/m3 for some grades. Prices in the Indian log market have now gained parity with the China log market. The NZ$ has strengthened against the US$ meaning log sales in US$ are now worth less in NZ$. However, this reduction has been adsorbed by exporters competing for their place in the supply chain. The strengthening NZ$ may soften At Wharf Gate (AWG) prices for NZ logs over the next couple of months.
READ MORENZ terms of trade rises to 44-year high as dairy, forestry drive up export prices - New Zealand's terms of trade rose to the highest level in about 44 years in the first quarter as export prices rose more than three times faster than imports, led by dairy and forest products.
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