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Petersons Back the Four Day Work Week

At Peterson Portable Sawmills Head Office and Manufacturing Facilities in Rotorua, New Zealand, we have been operating with flexible hours and working days, offering all staff Glide Time since 2003, with most employees setting their own hours and days of work. Now we are taking the next step and shutting the doors to our factory a day early.

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The Buffalo Woodworking Show

By Layla Robinson Creative Wood NZ – March 2007 I had only been working in the timber industry for four months, when I was asked to go on a six...

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Whether Starting a Business is Right for You

Complete the following checklist and determine whether you are suited or prepared for the challenge of starting a new business. Answer honestly – there is no point in deceiving yourself...

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Planning: The Road to Success

By Stephen Bratkovich Vision and mission statements, strategic planning, and business planning may sound more like Wall Street or Madison Avenue lingo than terms tree farmers should be concerned with....

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Air Drying Timber

Air Drying – Make stack covers for better timber drying

By Irwin Post Covering drying stacks of stickered lumber with a temporary “roof” improves the quality of the lumber. Air drying can be an effective way to dry lumber. It...

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Trading Timber Volume for Value

By Thom J. McEvoy The opportunity to obtain periodic income from wood production is one of the most tangible benefits of forests, but not necessarily the most important. Some owners...

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Milling and Grading New Zealand Grown Blackwood

Sources of Blackwood The nature of our business means we are milling a lot of one-offs. These are often large individual trees or occasionally small groups of the same species....

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Milling Trees from a Small Holding

New Zealand Tree Grower...
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Sawing With a Swingmill

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Milling in PNG Forest

Low Environmental Impact – High Social Impact in Papua New Guinea

Frank Sanders, a development worker from Australia, is involved in establishing community development training programs – an extension of the training centre. The centre already offers a building program to...

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Blindness Doesn’t Stop Freeburg Man From Making Sawdust

By David Heiller, Argus News Editor Wilbert Schuldt won’t let blindness stop him from making sawdust. Wilbert Schuldt had a job on his hands, but at least he could laugh...

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Allergy Trees – Trees you can live with and Trees you can’t

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A Peterson perspective on 2005

Sawmill & Woodlot: Buyer's Guide (USA)...
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