Hitman innovator achieves recognition - Bayer Innovators Awards

Media release, 8 August 2008, Fibre-gen Ltd, Christchurch, New Zealand:

PeterCarter, the innovator of the Hitman technology that is creating sonic wavesthroughout the global sawmilling and veneer manufacturing industry, has been recognised at the Bayer Innovator Awards.

Mr Carter, Chief Executive of Fibre-gen, was named finalist in the Manufacturing category for developing automated tools that use sonic technology to measure wood stiffness and improve the efficiency of wood processing. In just eight years since the first prototype was developed, Fibre-gen’s patented Hitman brand has become the internationally recognised standard within the wood processing industry today - click here to read full media release.