TimberTrader News, the news magazine for the timber, hardware and building materials industry, was established and first printed in October 1985 by founder and publisher Greg King.

TimberTrader News is independently owned and operated by Greg, and his wife Alma Reynolds, from their home base in the outer north east Melbourne suburb of Templestowe.

TimberTrader News is a truly national marketing and promotional magazine with major emphasis on the news, views, information and latest developments within our sector of the timber, hardware and building materials industry.

TimberTrader News always promotes the interests of timber as a sustainable building and construction material as well as the truthful edification of its members.

We have a monthly circulation of approximately 2420 copies, of which many have chosen to be "Paid Subscribers". The balance are complimentary copies to prospective future subscribers on our "Registered Reader" or "Development" base.

Our readership is on a continuous growth pattern. We do not blanket circulate TimberTrader News because we believe the results obtained from this method of distribution lack readership credibility. It is also a path towards economic suicide that many publishers have failed to grasp just for the sake of inflated and ineffective circulation figures. More than a quarter of a century of distribution confirms this approach.

This year TimberTrader News is celebrating almost 27 years of continuous publication under the same ownership. Our editorial department has forged an enviable reputation in the industry accurately reporting on events and issues and assisting advertisers in their marketing and promotional needs.

In 300 plus editions, over more than two and a half decades, we have never had to retract a published story or issue an apology for anything other than the occasional caption transposition. This is due to the careful and responsible stewardship and the importance we place on our duty of care for accurate and responsible editorial material.

TimberTrader News has strong ties with, and support from, various industry associations and has endorsements from the Timber and Building Materials Associations of Australia; the Timber Merchants Association of Victoria; the Frame and Truss Manufacturers Association of Australia; the Wood Flooring Association (Victoria); The National Wood Flooring Association of New South Wales; and the Window & Door Industry Council of Australia.

In addition to these recommendations many other industry bodies use the pages of TimberTrader News as an additional vehicle to spread their message to an identifiable and interested readership.

Under the banners of our three "mini news magazines" (TimberTrader News, TimberFloor News and AutoBuild News) our readership encompasses proprietors, senior executives and interested staff of Timber Merchants, Hardware Stores, Building Materials Centres, Solid Timber Flooring Retailers and Installation Specialists, Pallet and Box Manufacturers, Solid Timber Stair, Window. Door and Balustrade Manufacturers, Roof Truss and Wall Frame Fabricators, Engineered Timber Specialists, Solid Timber Furniture Manufacturers as well as Timber Designers and Specifiers and their appropriate Suppliers and Associations who service part, or all, of these businesses who make their way in the Merchandising, Marketing and Manufacturing use of the world's most sustainable product - Timber.