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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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available to delegates at the Bayview Eden Melbourne. Please<br />

state you are attending the <strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong> event<br />

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.


Science - Research - Technology


* Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) member discounts of 10-25% apply on ALL listed Conference Rates. FIEA<br />

Membership Details and Benefits can be seen on www.fiea.org.nz Membership status and discounts available can be checked by<br />

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<strong>Wood</strong> <strong>Innovations</strong> <strong>2012</strong><br />

Bayview Eden Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia<br />

Wednesday 10 October – Thursday 11 October <strong>2012</strong><br />

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