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Improving international cost competitiveness<br />
through smart science, research, and technology<br />
10-11 October <strong>2012</strong><br />
Melbourne, Australia<br />
www.woodinnovationsevents.com
DAY ONE – WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER <strong>2012</strong><br />
9.15am Registration & Coffee<br />
10.00am Welcome & Introduction, FIEA<br />
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10.10am Powering Innovation in Australia. A road map for<br />
improving access to and uptake of R&D in high<br />
value manufacturing sectors.<br />
Dr. Amanda Caples, Executive Director, Science &<br />
Technology Programs, Department of Business and<br />
Innovation<br />
10.40am The National Research, Development and<br />
Extension Strategy for Forestry and <strong>Wood</strong> Products.<br />
The changing face of R&D in Australia. Strategies<br />
and structures for delivering future research.<br />
Brian Farmer, Chief Executive Officer, Forestry<br />
Plantations Queensland<br />
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11.20am Accoya Solid <strong>Wood</strong> and Tricoya <strong>Wood</strong> Elements<br />
Technologies. New levels of performance and<br />
market entry for forest product companies at<br />
commercial production levels.<br />
John Alexander, Head of Product Development,<br />
Accsys Technologies, UK<br />
12.00pm Lunch & Networking<br />
1.00pm Applications and Opportunities with European<br />
<strong>Wood</strong> Modification.<br />
Professor Holger Militz, <strong>Wood</strong> Biology and <strong>Wood</strong><br />
Products Head, Göttingen University, Germany<br />
1.40pm <strong>Wood</strong> Plastic Composites. Technology<br />
developments and market trends.<br />
Juan Bravo, International Technical Manager,<br />
Plastics, Struktol, USA<br />
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2.20pm Dascanova Technology. A new high-tech European<br />
technology integrating 3D structures into<br />
wood–based panels production.<br />
Dr. Tomas Joscak, CEO, Dascanova, Austria<br />
3.00pm Afternoon Tea & Networking<br />
3.30pm Lignor – High Quality Engineered Strand Lumber<br />
and Board Products. The technology, the process<br />
and the progress.<br />
Graeme Black, Executive Director, Lignor Ltd<br />
4.00pm Innovative Powder Coating Technology. Powder<br />
coating for heat sensitive substrates like plywood,<br />
MDF and plasterboard.<br />
Mark Sixton, Business Development Manager/Jeff<br />
Stewart, Director & Operations Manager, Climate<br />
Surfaces, New Zealand<br />
4.30pm Exhibitors Showcase<br />
5.30pm Refreshments<br />
6.30pm Conference Dinner.<br />
After Dinner Presentation.<br />
An insight into the world’s tallest timber high-rise<br />
building, Melbourne’s Forte building.<br />
Andrew Nieland, Business Manager Cross<br />
Laminated Timber, Lend Lease.<br />
DAY TWO – THURSDAY 11 OCTOBER <strong>2012</strong><br />
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A world tour of some of the leading R&D<br />
organisations, their capability, research projects<br />
and recent innovations.<br />
8.30 am Graz University of Technology, Austria<br />
European experience, current research and<br />
advanced design with CLT.<br />
(Video or phone link). Professor Gerhard<br />
Schickhofer, Graz University of Technology,<br />
Institute for Timber Engineering and <strong>Wood</strong><br />
Technology, Austria<br />
8.50am Scion, New Zealand<br />
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and adhesives<br />
Jeremy Warnes, Business Development<br />
Manager, Scion, New Zealand<br />
9.10am VTT Technical Research Centre, Finland<br />
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construction and “engineered” wood products.<br />
(Video or phone link). Antti Kivimaa,Senior<br />
Adviser, <strong>Wood</strong> Working Industry, VTT Technical<br />
Research Centre of Finland, Finland<br />
9.30am German Research Centres & Göttingen<br />
University, Germany.<br />
Professor Holger Militz, <strong>Wood</strong> Biology and <strong>Wood</strong><br />
Products Head, Göttingen University, Germany<br />
9.50am Morning Tea & Networking<br />
10.20am Structural Timber Innovation Company, NZ<br />
Updates on the commercialisation of new<br />
pre-fabricated LVL and glulam structural<br />
building systems.<br />
Andrew Dunn, Chief Executive Officer, Timber<br />
Development Association (NSW)<br />
10.40am FP<strong>Innovations</strong>, Canada<br />
(Video or phone link). Peter Lister, Research<br />
VP of Forest Products and <strong>Wood</strong> Products,<br />
FP<strong>Innovations</strong>, Canada<br />
11.00am Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry,<br />
Australia. Recent R&D results on solid wood, panel<br />
products & building materials and construction.<br />
Henri Bailleres, Team Leader Forest Products<br />
Innovation, Department of Agriculture,<br />
Fisheries & Forestry<br />
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11.20am Manufacturing Innovative Structural Lumber<br />
Products from Small-Size Lumber. Manufacturing<br />
EWP for truss, floor and roof components, second<br />
generation CLT panel production and a new<br />
residential flooring system.<br />
Kevin Below, President, Douglas Consultants, Canada<br />
12.00pm Lunch & Networking<br />
1.00pm Emerging Technologies and Timber Products in<br />
Construction. Results from just completed FWPA<br />
research evaluating innovative building systems<br />
and products best suited to Australia.<br />
Dr Perry Forsythe, Faculty of Design Architecture<br />
and Building, University of Technology Sydney<br />
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1.30pm Researching, Commercialising and Producing<br />
Modified Pine. A case study taking fortified Radiata<br />
(Lignia) to Europe.<br />
Rick Williams, General Manager, Fibre7, New<br />
Zealand/Paul Duncan, Director, Fibre7, UK<br />
2.00pm <strong>Wood</strong> Fibre Reinforced Plastics. A unique<br />
NZ technology licensed into Europe in 2011.<br />
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Jeremy Warnes, Business Development Manager,<br />
Scion, New Zealand<br />
2.30pm Conference Concludes.<br />
Afternoon Tea & Networking.
Innovative <strong>Wood</strong> Finishing Technology<br />
Climate Surfaces is an innovative global<br />
technology exporter that’s rapidly<br />
building a reputation for its powder<br />
coating technology.<br />
The New Zealand company has<br />
developed the first powder coating line<br />
for heat sensitive substrates (plywood,<br />
MDF, plasterboard) in the Southern<br />
hemisphere.<br />
It’s also the only company in the world<br />
to powder coat plasterboard to create<br />
a pre-finished wall and ceiling lining<br />
system. The company’s invested $9<br />
million to date into R&D, plant, sales<br />
and marketing development and the<br />
future’s looking bright.<br />
Opportunities with <strong>Wood</strong> Plastic<br />
Composites<br />
WPC’s are thermoplastics combined<br />
with wood fillers and reinforcing fibre.<br />
They are increasingly being used for<br />
products like decking, windows and<br />
doors.<br />
Valued as a US$2.1 billion industry in<br />
2010 with growth at 15% compounded<br />
each year over the past five years, it’s<br />
a product and market that’s going to<br />
continue to play a major role for wood<br />
producers in Australasia.<br />
North America until very recently<br />
dominated, accounting for around twothirds<br />
of worldwide WPC production.<br />
Australian and New Zealand WPC sales<br />
are still small by comparison but are<br />
expected to double in the next two<br />
years. China is the real mover though,<br />
producing over 300,000 tonnes in 2010 -<br />
an almost 400% increase on production<br />
just four years ago.<br />
Innovative Structural Lumber Products<br />
from Small-Size Lumber<br />
A small Quebec wood products<br />
company is making waves in North<br />
America. Innovative manufacturing<br />
processes are being designed for<br />
engineered wood products. Included<br />
in their production are structural<br />
products made from small-size lumber<br />
using unique patented edge gluing<br />
and tongue-and-groove jointing<br />
technologies.<br />
A second generation of cross laminated<br />
timber allowing internal recesses<br />
for services and an innovative new<br />
flooring system design - using spiral<br />
dowels rather than glue - has also<br />
been developed for use in residential<br />
buildings.<br />
Fortified <strong>Wood</strong> – Selling it to the World<br />
Fibre7 Limited is a privately owned<br />
company that has commercialised the<br />
densification and colouring of managed<br />
plantation timber. The company is<br />
based in Tauranga, New Zealand with<br />
an office in London to support its<br />
growing international customer base.<br />
To satisfy the increasing demand for<br />
the company’s range of fortified radiata<br />
pine (Lignia), Fibre7 is developing<br />
a programme for production outside<br />
New Zealand. Discussions are already<br />
underway to produce Lignia around<br />
the world using plantation timber<br />
grown close to the new production<br />
sites. The company, as part of their<br />
growth strategy, has also developed<br />
supply relationships with European<br />
wood working companies to display the<br />
wood’s technical and aesthetic qualities<br />
to best effect.<br />
Commercialised <strong>Wood</strong> Modification<br />
Technologies<br />
A substantial number of wood<br />
modification technologies have in<br />
recent years moved from the laboratory<br />
to commercial reality. Examples<br />
include acetylation (Titan<strong>Wood</strong> Ltd with<br />
Accoya®), furfurylation (Kebony ASA<br />
with Kebony®), thermal modification<br />
(Thermowood®) and wood hardening<br />
(Indurite PLC with Indurite, EverTech<br />
LLC with Alowood, Kurawood PLC<br />
with Veco<strong>Wood</strong>® and Fibre7 Ltd with<br />
Lignia).<br />
A leader in commercialisation, Accys<br />
Systems, owners of Titan <strong>Wood</strong> and<br />
European research leaders in wood<br />
modification technologies will be<br />
presenting at <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Thinking Outside the Square for <strong>Wood</strong><br />
Panels<br />
New technology allows 3D structures to<br />
be produced in the core of fibreboard in<br />
a single press process.<br />
Austrian–based company, Dascanova<br />
Technology has teamed up with<br />
leading European and North American<br />
research organisations to develop a<br />
unique processing technology able to<br />
incorporate special 3D structures - a<br />
wave like structure comprising paper<br />
layers - into wood-based panels. The<br />
new technology is being applied in a<br />
wood panel production line this year.<br />
In addition to receiving numerous hightech<br />
awards, the company has also<br />
recently been awarded two international<br />
research prizes for innovative wood<br />
and wood-based products.
Why <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong>?<br />
New Zealand and Australian forest products companies face<br />
increasing competition from low cost producers and from<br />
lower cost, better performing, non-wood products. Low<br />
costs and high fibre recovery, which can be achieved through<br />
process innovation, are prerequisites to competing in today’s<br />
global forest product markets.<br />
Traditionally, local companies have been very good at process<br />
innovation. The focus has been on improving product recovery<br />
from fibre inputs in order to lower operational costs, reduce<br />
delivery time or increase flexibility.<br />
To improve its competitive advantage against non-wood<br />
products though, the industry needs to look closely at both its<br />
business systems and product innovations.<br />
Science, research and technology are central to this. However,<br />
the collaboration and flow of ideas between businesses and<br />
research organisations needs improvement. Because of our<br />
location and size, international partnerships are essential to<br />
augment our scientific capabilities. In some instances, it may<br />
actually be more cost effective to import relevant technologies<br />
and adapt them to local conditions rather than undertake R&D<br />
in Australasia.<br />
<strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong> is a new technology programme. It will<br />
provide an essential insight into new innovations, new wood<br />
products and new business systems that can be employed<br />
by local companies to attract future investment, to improve<br />
their operating efficiencies and to increase their international<br />
competitiveness.<br />
What will <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong> cover?<br />
This event will provide local forest products, wood processing<br />
and manufacturing companies with a unique opportunity to;<br />
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their operations in the current economic climate<br />
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markets can be developed and/or adopted to augment their<br />
existing manufacturing processes<br />
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opportunities available to diversify their current operations<br />
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picked up, commercialised and taken to market.<br />
Media Partners<br />
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linkages between research, technology development,<br />
commercialisation and adoption<br />
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research providers will profile new product developments<br />
with application to local companies<br />
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- Solid <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Wood</strong> Finishing<br />
- Panel Products <strong>Wood</strong> Modification<br />
- Bio-materials Building Materials & Construction Systems<br />
Who will be attending?<br />
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and R&D staff from forestry and wood products companies,<br />
financial institutions involved in the sector, equipment,<br />
product and service suppliers, Universities and other R&D<br />
providers to the forest products industry, researchers and<br />
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Venue:<br />
FIEA Partners<br />
What will <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong> include?<br />
Bayview Eden Melbourne, �������������������������<br />
Accommodation:<br />
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when booking. For room reservations phone 03 9250 2222<br />
or E-mail: bayvieweden@bayviewhotels.com or book directly<br />
using the hotel’s website, www.bayviewhotels.com/eden<br />
Presented by: Forest Industry Engineering Association, a<br />
division of Innovatek Ltd. (FIEA)<br />
Please note that FIEA reserves the right to change the<br />
programme if needed without prior knowledge to event<br />
delegates.
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<strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />
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