TimberTrader News

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IN THIS ISSUE

Sydney-based Harrison’s Timber & Hardware, have gone through many ups and downs over the past 80 years and our editorial front page this month features this independent merchant. Brothers John and Richard Harrison talked to our publisher Greg King recently and explained part of the history of their business.
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Shane Hicks is now the national sales & marketing manager of engineered wood products wholesaler Tilling Timber. The position is a major change for Shane because his roles before joining Tilling two years ago was as a builder with some of the largest housing companies in the country.
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A great wrap-up of the annual VAFI Dinner is featured in this edition.
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The Premier Partner for December is Hyne Timber and their featured editorial outlines the various protections available in timber framing.
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A great profile of Echuca (Vic) based flooring installer and sander Barry Kokoschke appears in this edition. Barry’s family company is a “Mastercraft” idea.
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To paraphrase a well-known line from Crocodile Dundee: “Do you call those trusses? This is a truss!” Have a look at this story from Truss-T-Frame Timbers of Bellambi, NSW (about 75kms south of Sydney just north of Wollongong).