TimberTrader News

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IN THIS ISSUE

Our cover this month features the Brisbane-based merchant Findlayson’s Timber & Hardware. We interviewed brothers Skene and Michael “Fin” Finlayson who explained how this multi-generational business has adapted to the changing requirements of the timber merchandising industry.
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We've a pictorial on the results of a devastating fire that gutted the business of Glamex Wood Products. Peter Williamson told us that he plans to rebuild.
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Frame Australia is on the “must do” list for many members of the industry and we have a broad coverage in this edition. It’s expected more than 300 industry people will be in attendance on June 18 and 19 at the Park Hyatt Melbourne.
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A wrap-up of the national Hoo-Hoo conference held at the end of April is a highlight for May.
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The Timber Merchants Association of Victoria held another successful Charity Dinner on May 2 and with $13,000 raised for the Royal Children’s Hospital. The industry is well-served by this outward looking event.
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Allen Cox, from North Coast Joinery on the Sunshine Coast, is the WADIC board member who has contributed a column on his passionate subject of apprenticeships. The WADIC profile is Melbourne based Palermo Joinery.
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The profile appearing in Autobuild News is on Precision Frame & Truss. Is it the end of the business road for these two friends?