HITMAN INNOVATOR ACHIEVES RECOGNITION FOR RADICALISING THE WOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRY Media release, Fibre-gen Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand, 8 August 2008, Peter Carter, the innovator of the Hitman technology that is creating sonic waves throughout the global sawmilling and veneer manufacturing industry, has been recognised at the Bayer Innovator Awards. More


New Log Testing Technology. NZI Business Article, 14 July 2008 Justine Turner talks about a new automated version of Fibre-gen's famous HITMAN technology More



Acoustic Log Tool Increases Returns for NZ sawmill, Friday Offcuts, 30 May 2008, Waimea Sawmillers in Nelson has seen an increase in returns, reduced costs and wastage and produced additional out-turn of structural quality timber, thanks to the installation of Fibre-Gen's LG640 acoustic log grading unit. More


Fibre-gen appoints new agent and representative for UK
Greg Searles, based in Edinburgh, Scotland, is Fibre-gen’s new agent and representative in the UK. He is a qualified engineer and has been instrumental in the development of the Hitman LG640 automated high speed sonic tester of logs. Greg is working closely with the Forestry Commission’s FR research group at Roslin as well as Napier University’s Centre for Timber Engineering in Edinburgh.

Greg provides a wealth of knowledge and experience on forest and in-mill sonic testing applications and is available for exclusive consulting projects on request. He can be contacted at gjsengineering@gmail.com.

Fibre-gen was a sponsor and exhibitor at AUSTimber 2008 in Mount Gambier, South Australia in March where keen interest was shown in Fibre-gen’s products. Fibre-gen’s Chief Executive Peter Carter will also be attending and exhibiting at several upcoming forest and timber industry trade shows and conferences including:

  1. ForestTECH 2008 in Albury, NSW, Australia 21-23 April 2008
  2. ScanTECH 2008 in Brisbane, Queensland 18-19 June 2008
  3. ScanTECH 2008 in Rotorua, New Zealand 24-25 June 2008
  4. Wood Innovations 2008 in Auckland, New Zealand 15-16 September 2008
  5. Wood Innovations 2008 in Melbourne, Australia 18-19 September 2008

Fibre-gen appoints new sales agent for Western Canada
Fibre-gen sales agent for the Director HM200 and Director ST300 products in Western Canada and the Pacific North West is Ralph White of R.White Woods Inc. Visit www.whitewoods.com for more information.