Australasian mill closures announcedFriday 3 Feb 2012 Unfortunately, two announcements came out this week. In New Zealand, a Feilding sawmill that had already laid off 48 staff was put onto the market with just a "skeleton" crew of five workers – down from 53 six months ago. The sawmill started as a family-owned operation in the 1960s and then 10 years ago, it was sold to New Zealand Sawn Products, a partnership between an American company and the New Zealand-owned Ribbonwood group.In Australia this week, McKay's Timber, the largest family-owned sawmill in Tasmania’s south, stood down 30 of its workers - about a third its staff. It’s reported that longer term solutions are currently being sought for the disposal and sale of its wood waste – which was sent previously to the recently closed mill in Triabunna. |
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