Timberlink unveils a new world-class Green Mill Vision Scanning System at Bell Bay in Tasmania.
The $5.5 million co-investment in the continuing upgrade and modernisation of Tasmania’s largest softwood timber manufacturing plant is supported by $3.5 million from the Federal Government’s Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development Community Development Grants Programme. The Vision Scanning System will optimise every piece of timber to maximise the production of outdoor treated timber for the construction of decks and pergolas.
“The Bell Bay Softwood Mill employs 200 people and provides a value-add of $150 million to the George Town economy,” Timberlink’s EGM Sales, Marketing & Corporate Affairs David Oliver said.
“The upgrade will increase the volume of high-grade timber sourced from renewable pine plantation and creating a workplace of the future, with high tech machinery improved accuracy, safety, and job security”
This investment supports the major upgrade that were recently announced by Timberlink of a $63 million investment to increase timber manufacturing in Tasmania by 2025 by 50%.
Timberlink is a leading Australasian timber products manufacturing business. The business has two sawmills at Bell Bay (Tasmania) and Tarpeena (South Australia) that manufacture plantation structural pine products.
