SA's first mass timber manufacturing facility opens
Friday 1 Mar 2024
South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas has
officially opened NeXTimber's Australia’s first Radiata Pine
Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) and Glue-Laminated Timber (GLT) manufacturing
facility in Tarpeena, South Australia.
“It is official – South Australia is home to the most sought-
after building product, Mass Engineered Timber, with thanks to Timberlink
who invested $70 million into expanding their manufacturing facility to
produce mass timber products for residential and commercial
construction”, said Mr Nathan Paine, Chief Executive Officer of the
South Australian Forest Products Association.
“And, better yet, timber is the Ultimate Renewable and NeXTimber
products like mass engineered timber will provide carbon negative building
material to an industry that is reliant on fossil-fuelled materials such
as steel and concrete, and will decarbonise the construction industry in
Australia”, continued Mr Paine.
“Innovative technologies like engineered wood products are a
clear example of how timber is influencing the future of the construction
industry whilst contributing to a net-zero economy”, said
Mr Paine.
“South Australia’s forest products industries
are already building the nation through growing and
processing 35% of the nation’s locally produced house framing
timbers, 25% of the nation’s particle board and now this new
facility will deliver CLT and GLT products that offer a greener, more
sustainable alternative to steel and concrete in mid and high-rise
construction projects,” Mr Paine said.
“Each year, the South Australian plantation estate sequesters 4.64
million tonnes of CO2e from the atmosphere, making timber the Ultimate
Renewable. The CLT and GLT timber products that will be processed by
NeXTimber will provide carbon-negative mass timber products for
use in mid and high-rise constructions helping create a
cleaner, greener future.
It is investments like this which generate economic, environmental and
social opportunities for the South East, further empowering the forest and
timber industries in South Australia”, concluded Mr
Paine.
Image Credit: Timberlink / NeXTimber
Source: South Australian Forest Products Association
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