Innovatek Ltd and FIEA manage an extensive series of technology events each year for forestry and wood products companies. This page, the Technology Showcase, provides a selection of up to ten papers/presentations for each event (posted within six months of the event been run).
These can be downloaded as a pdf for use by all Friday Offcuts readers.
For FIEA members, a much more extensive list of papers/presentations for each event (in black below) can be downloaded from the FIEA's Members Technology Updates. For further information on FIEA membership, see FIEA Members Services.
For those wanting a full set of these event proceedings,for their own use, limited copies can be ordered by contacting info@innovatek.co.nz
Carbon Forestry
Paper
Authors
Event
Date
PDF
Nov 2012
Australia's CFI and New Zealand's ETS,
Chris Mitchell,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
Carbon Forestry 101,
Wayne King,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
Carbon insurance - a necessary evil or life saver.
Darryl Hawke,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
How the ETS can work for small forest owners,
Colin Hercus,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
Is it time now for a fundamental shift in focus.
Chris Insley,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
The NZETS, what can we expect in the future.
Mike McKensey,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
Valuing forest land for carbon farming,
Blue Hancock,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
Voluntary Carbon Market Opportunities.
Sean Weaver,
Carbon Forestry 2012
Jul 2012
Australia's climate change policies are changing - what's the impact on New Zealand's ETS?
Richard Stanton
Carbon Forestry 2011
Jul 2011
By the numbers - who's setting the price and how high will the market go?
Nigel Brunel
Carbon Forestry 2011
Jul 2011
Carbon forestry and future opportunities under NZ's Emissions Trading Scheme
Wayne King
Carbon Forestry 2011
Jul 2011
Case Study: NZ forest carbon for sale - lessons from early entry and sale of AAU's
Grant Dodson
Carbon Forestry 2011
Jul 2011
International climate change commitments - where exactly do carbon investments and emissions trading fit?
Henry Derwent
Carbon Forestry 2011
Jul 2011
Making your match: strategies for buying and selling NZU's
Lizzie Chambers
Carbon Forestry 2011
Jul 2011
Will the world's largest economies play ball? And if they don't?
Murray Ward
Carbon Forestry 2011
Jul 2011
Energy Management
Paper
Authors
Event
Date
PDF
Capturing Equipment Drive Efficiencies. Aiming for 50% improvements,
Raymond Bol, SKF
Energy Management is Smart Business
Dec 2007
Doing an Initial Site Assessment for Co-generation of Energy Options
Peter Robinson, Montgomery Watson & Harza
Energy Management is Smart Business
Dec 2007
Energy Supply Contracts - Understsanding supply issues and negotiating contracts to your advantage
Richard Green, Business Engagement Ltd
Energy Management is Smart Business
Dec 2003
Your Core Business and the Benchmarking of Energy & Utilities
Geoff Bennett, Director, Energy and Technical Services
Energy Management is Smart Business
Dec 2003
Energy Management: On-site management & audit tools to reduce energy costs and consumption in wood processing operations
Erin Roughton, EMSOL Energy Management Solutions
FI Clinics 2006
Mar 2006
Energy Auditing - Capturing minimum on-site savings of 25%
Erin Roughton, EMSOL Ltd
Energy Management is Smart Business
Dec 2003
The NZ Energy Market - Going in With Your Eyes Open, An A to Z for energy users
Some Bio-Fuels are Better than Others: Thinking Strategically about Biofuels
Dr Jan Wright, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Residues to Revenues 2011
Mar 2011
Status of Bioenergy in Australia
Steve Schuck, Manager, Bioenergy Australia
Residues to Revenues 2011
Mar 2011
Biochar - Linking Forest Residues to Agricultural Solutions - Developments Around New Zealand
James Stevenson-Wallace, Sector Policy Analyst, MAF
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Biomass Energy In Australia - Current Status and Prospects
Steve Schuck, Executive Officer, Bioenergy Australia
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Case Studies of Successful Waste-to-Energy Projects and Keys to Viability
Grant Smith, Industrial Portfolio Manager, Energy for Industry
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Case Studies to Highlight Key Factors for Successful Biomass Briquette Production
Wayne Carracher, Swarf Tech and Berthold Golsner, RUF GmbH
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Case Study: Gathering Biomass Materials Economically with a European Bundler-based System
Mike Schmidt, Manager, Forestry Renewables, John Deere Worldwide Construction & Forestry
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Case Study: Wood-Fired Boilers for the Non-Timber Sector Applications
Neil Harrison, Sector Development Manager, Living Energy
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Development of a Pyrolysis Process for On-site Utilisation of Sawmill Residues
Frank Frazer, Consultant, Frazer Consulting
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Forest Residue Recovery Study: Hogging Options and Fibre Loss and Cost Issues + Improving Wood Fuel Delivery through Payment by Energy Content
Peter Hall, Project Leader, SCION
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Innovations in Residues Processing Technology
Rodney Sharp, Progressive Equipment
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Market Development for Biomass Combustion on a Large and Commercial Scale
Peter Kernohan, Business Development Manager, Solid Energy
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Report: Renewable Energy from Biomass in Scandinavia, Lessons to Learn, Models to Apply.
Andrew Lang, SMARTimbers Australia
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
US Loggers' Experiences with Market Development for Wood Pellet Products
Don Peterson, President, Renewable Resource Solutions, USA
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Wood for Biomass Energy and Renewable Energy Target Issues from the Forest Industries Perspective
Richard Stanton, A3P
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Wood Pellet Production in Australia - Developments to Date and Challenges for the Future
Mervyn Jones, Scottsdale Hop Growers
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Common Features of Successful Bio Energy Wood Pellet Installations
George Estcourt, Engineer, Scion
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Results of a Resource Review for Renewable Energy Targets based in GIS Modelling for Resources vs Distances
Michael Jack, Scientist, Scion
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Timber Stewardship - How the industry has organised to address the end-of-life timber problem
Stephen Mitchell, Sustainability Program Manager, Timber Development Association
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Wood to Ethanol - Issues and Developments for Wood Producers
John Turner, Director & Principal Research Scientist, ForSci
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Wood Waste to Profit - A Different Approach
Christoph Kwintkiewiczr, Key Energy
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Processing Forest Residues: Procurement, harvesting, handling and transporting forest wastes for on-site energy production
Rodney Sharp, Progressive Hydraulics
FI Clinics 2006
Mar 2006
Biomass Co-Firing Operations - The Cutting Edge of Renewable Energy Technology
Colin Stucley, Managing Director, Enecon Pty Ltd & Don Harrison, Renewable Energy Scientist, Western Power Corporation
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Effectively Extracting Wastes from Industrial Landfills
Peter Fredricsen, Managing Director, Materials Processing Ltd
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Energy Overview
Russell Longuet, Managing Director, Exergi Consulting Ltd
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Practical & Economic Issues Relating to Coppicing & Short Rotation Crops
Ian Nicholas, Scientist Bio-energy, Scion
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Small-Scale Technologies & Options for Wastes to Energy Production
Colin Stucley, Managing Director, Enecon Pty Ltd
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Analysis of On-Site Energy Generation Options for Sawmills from Process Residues
Michael Jack, Theme Leader, SCION
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Case Studies of Successful Waste-to-Energy Projects and Keys to Viability
David Reid, Solutions Development Manager, Energy for Industry
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Case Study: Developing Commercial Ingredients for Consumer Products from Pine Residues
Ramon Mountfort, Director, Pacific Pine Chemicals
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Case Study: Wood and Other Residues in Plastics and Bioplastics
Martin Markotsis, Research Scientist, SCION
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Commercial Offerings in Small Scale Gasifiers for Heat Plant
Maurice Davies, Mng Director, Windsor Engineering Group
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Creating Competitive Advantage for Selling Wood Residues for Wood Fuel Markets
Shaun Bowler, Business Development Manager, EECA
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Energy from Wood for Reducing Carbon Emissions and Potential Impact of Peak Oil
Barrie May, CSIRO
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Forest and Wood Processing Residues - The Big Picture
Michael Jack, Theme Leader, SCION
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Global View of Bioenergy Markets and Trends
Don Roberts, Managing Director, CIBC World Markets, Canada
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
How can Australia meet the Environmental Challenge for Biomass for Clean Energy Generation?
Paul Turnbull, Woody Crop Program Leader, Future Farm Industries CRC
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Operational Issues and Solutions for Pollution Control, Fuel Handling and Changing Fuel Sources
Sean Fogarty, Manager, Fogarty Industries
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Recent Developments in the New Zealand Bioenergy Industry
Rob Mallinson, Chairman, Bioenergy Association of NZ (BANZ)
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Technologies to Support Resource Classification
Brian Cox, Executive Officer, BANZ
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Update of Activities of BANZ Wood Pellets Interest Group
Brian Cox, Executive Officer, BANZ
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
US Loggers' Operational Experiences with Joint Ventures and Plants for Wood Pellet Production
Don Peterson, President, Renewable Resource Solutions, USA
Residues to Revenues 2009
Jun 2009
Utilising & Integrating Wood Wastes for Energy Production
Colin Stucley, Enecon Pty Ltd
Wood Innovations 2008
Sep 2008
Utilising & Integrating Wood Wastes for On-site Energy Production
Rob Mallinson, Living Energy Ltd
Wood Innovations 2008
Sep 2008
Bioenergy in Australia and a Global Perspective
Steve Schuck, Bionenergy Australia Manager, BioEnergy Australia
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Case Study - Installation of a Wood Fired Boiler at a Medium Sized Sawmill
Rob Mallinson, Director, Living Energy
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Foersty Residues to Bio-fuels - Case Studies
Peter Hall, Senior Scientist Bio-Energy Opportunities, Scion
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Profitable Ways for Collection and Consolidation of Forestry Biomass for Bio-Energy Projects
Ari Saarenma, John Deere Forestry, Finland
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Turnkey Woodwaste Recycling Solutions: Case Studies of Different Plants in Europe
Sascha Kloft, International Sales Manager, Haas, Germany
Residues to Revenues 2007
Jul 2007
Processing Forest Residues: Procurement, harvesting, handling and transporting forest wastes for on-site energy production
Phil Sattock, Carter Holt Harvey Kinleith
FI Clinics 2006
Mar 2006
Bark Utilisation for Composite Products & other Innovative Applications
Jeremy Warnes, Senior Scientist, Scion
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Bundles of Energy from the Forest - a Finnish Success Story
Ari Saarenmaa, Manager Customer Support, John Deere Forestry
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Quantifying and Effectively Extracting Wastes from Industrial Landfills and the Urban Wastes Stream
Joely Taylor, Business Development - Wood Processing, Ensis
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
The Economics of Utilising In-forest Residues - Procurement, harvesting, handling, transporting & Integrating forest residue streams for on-site production
Ralph Sims, Director, Centre for Energy Research, Massey University
Residues to Revenues 2005
Oct 2005
Wood Scanning
Paper
Authors
Event
Date
PDF
Mar 2013
Fast Truck Now & the Way Forward
Mauricio Acuna
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Advances in Multi-Sensor Technologies for Lumber Sorting in the Mill
Federico Giudiceandrea
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
From Vision to Value, Advances in Lumber Optimisation
Scott Norton and Vern Pittman
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
High Speed Lumber Marking with Laser Technology
Kevin Wilkie
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
Log Merchandising Optimisation using X-ray Internal Scanning
Dick Komori
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
Roger Timms Panel Discussion Paper
Roger Timms
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
When is a Scond Hand Scanning System a Good Buy?
Malcolm Jones
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
Cross Cut, Rip & Sort - Pushing the Scanning Technology to its Limits
Stefan Nilsson, Innovativ Vision AB (Woodeye)
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Edger & Trimmer Optimisation: High Density Profile Scanning with Colour Vision Technology
Barry Dashner, LMI Technologies
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Using Sawing Simulation for a Successful Optimisation Project
Brad Turner, HALCO Software Systems
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Autolog optimisation solutions suitable for New Zealand & Australian sawmills
Brian Smith, Director, Automation & Electronics NZ Ltd
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
High capacity visual colour scanning, grading & optimising for planer mills - Rough lumber sorting technologies
Jaakko Riihinen, CEO, FinScan Oy, Finland
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
Increasing grade and yield at the edger using value-driven optimisation
Alan Bazzaz, CEO, Inovec, USA
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
International developments in scanning technologies
Barry Dashner, President - Wood Applications, LMI Technologies Inc, Canada
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
Radar scanning on green pruned logs
John Roper, Researcher, Ensis
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
Advances in sawmill scanning & optimisation technologies
Tim Gallant, COE Newnes
FI Clinics 2006
Mar 2006
Scanning and processing of trim blocks for profit
Sandy Mullin, President, Barr-Mullin, USA
ScanTech 2006
Jan 2006
Advances in X-ray and CT Scanning for Logs
Federico Giudiceandrea
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
Case Study - Carriage Scanning, Tenon Sawmill
Brian Smith
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
Case Study - Structrual Timber Grading Optimisation using Acoustics in the Green Mill
Hayden Frew
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
New Zealand's Sawmilling Industry - Past Present & Future
Dennis Neilson
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
Scannning Innovation on the Carriage for Greater Recoveries
Joey Nelson
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
Vision Scanning of Lumber
Bob Learmonth/Yvon Hubert
ScanTECH 2010
Jul 2010
A Successful Case Study of R&D, Commercialisation and Adoption of new Technology by a Wood Products Company
Vince Hurley, ITC Timber Heyfield
Wood Innovations 2008
Sep 2008
An Optimised Edger Upgrade with Re-aligning Machine Centres
Jeff Harper, Crosby Sawmill Machines
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Autograding for Structural Products
Mark Maleta, Newnes McGehee
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Developments in Optimised Cross Cutting & Scanning for Modern Remanufacturing Plants
Sam Rowe, Weinig Group, Australia
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
New X-ray Scanning Developments in Green & Dry Lumber Sorting
Norbert Oberaigner, MiCROTEC
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Taking the Hit & Miss out of Scanning: Lug Loaders & Planer Infeeds
John Wilby, ScanMeg
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Technologies Designed to Optimise Stem Breakdown before Sawing
Dick Komori, MPM Engineering
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
X-ray & Other Scanning Developments in Log Merchandising Yards
Norbert Oberaigner, MiCROTEC
ScanTECH 2008
Jun 2008
Application of Tomolog x-ray scanner and Goldeneye x-ray lumber scanner to the New Zealand & Australian radiata pine resource
Jeff Tombleson, Director, Scans NZ
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
Case Study: Major sawmill expansion featuring automation & scanning for a greenfield high speed "Scan and Set" logline
Aaron Taitoko, Managing Director, Tui Technology
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
Internal log scanning technologies for resin defect detection in slash pine
Kevin Harding, Principal Scientist, Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries, Australia
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
One step further: A modular application approach to tailor made cross-cut & ripping lines
Leif Erlandsson, Managing Director, Innovativ Vision AB, Sweden
ScanTech 2006
May 2006
Advances in sawmill scanning & optimisation technologies
Dick Komori, MPM Engineering
FI Clinics 2006
Mar 2006
New wood quality tools to effectively segregate logs and lumber
Peter Carter, CHH Fibregen
FI Clinics 2006
Mar 2006
Wood Supply Chain Management
Paper
Authors
Event
Date
PDF
Cable Harvest Planning Solution
Philip Elworthy
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Designing & Implementing Low Cost Solutions for Transport & Delivery Efficiencies
Adrian Hatch
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Developing the Climb Max Steep Country Harvester
Nigel Kelly & Kerry Hill
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Evolution & Use of Central Dispatch in Australia
Cameron MacDonald
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Exploring the Operational Realities of Applying Optimised Transportation
Damien O'Reilly
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Innovative Tools to Improve Integration & Planning through the Wood Supply Chain
Dr Luc Le Bel
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Transport Logistics Solver
David Robinson
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Treemetrics Cloud Computing
Enda Keane
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Working with High Productivity Motor Vehicles
Warwick Wilshier
ForestTECH 2012
Mar 2013
Managing Timber Sales and Operations Systems to more Effectively Link Orders to Log Inputs
Paul McCreedy
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Developments in Electronic Product Coding and RFID in the Forest Products Industry
Erik Sundermann
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Harvest Optimisation
Ian Wilson
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Optimising the Manufacturing Process& from Log Procurement through to Timber Sales
Brad Turner
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Trends Reshaping the Supply Chain and Logistics Landscape in Australia
Michael Kilgariff
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Trends Reshaping the Supply Chain and Logistics Landscape in NZ
Walter Glass
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Adopting Electronic Data Interchange to Improve Supply Chain Management of Timber Products
Kevin Martin, Director, TimberSmart
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
ASICAM - Award Winning Technologies to Optimise Trucking Fleet Utilisation for the Forestry Industry
Rafael Epstein, Industrial Engineering Department, University of Chile
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
Case Study: Supply Chain Management from a National Timber Sales, Marketing & Distribution Company
David Willatt, Supply Chain Manager Weyerhaeuser Australia
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
Driving Operational Solutions from Estate Modelling
Jules Crawshaw, Southern Region Resources Manager, Forests NSW
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
Harvest Scheduling - Simualtion and Optimisation Tools for Short and Longer Term Planning
John Threadgill, Software Engineer, ATLAS Technology
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
Supply Chain Efficiency
Jon Reid
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation
May 2010
Changes to Weight and Dimension Limits for Log Transport Operations
John Galbraith
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Forestry Transportation Management System
Matt Lehmann
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Increasing the Productivity of NZ's Supply Chains
Nigel Jones
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Log Merchandising Operations
Andy Dick
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Managing Supply Chain Emissions to Gain Competitive Advantage
Andrew Karalus
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Rail Transport Options
Aaron Temperton
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Case Study: Implimenting a Forest to Mill Electronic Log Docketing System
Matthew Crapp
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2010
May 2010
Driving Forest Supply Chain Efficency with Innovative Management Strategies and Leading Logistics Technology
Neil Geerkins
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2011
May 2010
Product Tracking through the Mill Using Vision and RFID Applications
Zdenek Kulle
Wood Supply Chain Optimisation 2012
May 2010
Forest Industry Carbon
Richard Stanton, A3P
Wood Preservation 2009
Apr 2009
Case Study: Product Traceability - 50 Million Tags & Counting
Rick Beasley, NLIS Operations Manager, Meat and Livestock Australia
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
International Competitiveness of the Australian Forest Products Sector
Nick Roberts, CEO, Forests NSW
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
Sector Comparisons - The Chilean Forestry Sector
Aldo Cerdo, VP Forestry Division, Fundacion Chile
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
Successfully Integrating In-Forest Optimisation Technologies into Australasian Forestry Operations
Brad Barr, Resource Manager, Wespine Industries
Value Chain Optimisation 2007
Sep 2007
Taking Wood Solutions to the World - A Tenon Case Study