Ta Ann Tasmania- A Value Adding Business

Grow For The Future

Established in 2007, Ta Ann Tasmania adds value to eucalypt regrowth logs previously used only for woodchips by peeling them into high value PEFC certified veneer for domestic and international product.

Ta Ann Tasmania P/L has invested to develop two veneer mills, commencing with the Huon mill in 2007 and followed by the Smithton mill in 2008. The new business results from a capital expenditure of over $79M.

Veneer is produced using a rotary technology from short logs known as billets, in a process not dissimilar to unfurling a roll of kitchen paper. Green veneer sheets are dried before stacking on to pallets and wrapping for shipment.

Ta Ann Tasmania P/L receives its wood supply from Forestry Tasmania under long term Wood Supply Agreements.

As a result of the Wood Supply Agreements, Ta Ann Tasmania P/L has gained Chain of Custody certification for its Tasmanian eucalypt veneer under the Australian Forestry Standard and the Program for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes (PEFC). This assures its overseas customers that the product is sourced from sustainably managed forests.

In 2008, Ta Ann Tasmania Pty Ltd was named Australia’s Emerging Exporter of the Year at the annual Australian Export Awards.
In 2011, the business will inject about $45M into the Tasmanian economy.

Proud of eco- friendly certified forest product.

Ta Ann is very proud of its investment in Tasmania that is based on the supply of billets from PEFC certified native regrowth forests and from plantations. Our investment and the reasons for it were explained in our Annual report 2007, which states :

“we will begin producing eco-friendly wood products using Ta Ann Tasmania's veneer made from log supplied from PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) certified planted and regrowth Tasmanian forests.”

Ta Ann is committed to sustainable development including identification and conservation of high conservation values in forest that we harvest or source timber from, as stated in our 2010 report.

So Ta Ann Tasmania is disappointed that one critic have claimed these statements as “not just misleading, they are false.”

See more relevant extracts of the parent company’s annual reports explaining the environmental credentials of Ta Ann Tasmania.

Peace talk resume after leadership by Tasmanian Forest Industries to negotiate in good faith.

FIAT, the peak industry body, has announced it has returned to the negotiating table on 18 May 2012 after ENGO groups signed a written agreement to reassure customers and to urge protests groups not to embark on new actions that are placing at risk any hope of a peace pact.

Latest port protest risk peace process. Read more in the media release

Australia's Federal Environment Minister supports Ta Ann Tasmania

The Hon Tony Burke, condemned attacks by green groups on Ta Ann Tasmania and supported workers and their families threatened by their market action. See his statement to Parliament.

The Premier of Tasmania backs Ta Ann Tasmania

Lara Giddings, the Premier of Tasmania, has emphasised her support to Ta Ann Tasmania and its workforce in view of the misinformation campaign by green groups. Deputy Premier, Bryan Green, has embarked upon a trade mission to provide assurances to Ta Ann's customers. Her letter supports the Tasmanian forest Agreements process.

Greens Campaign destroys jobs

The campaign by green groups against Ta Ann Tasmania's customers in Japan has resulted in a loss of jobs and a reduction in production at our mills. Read more. The Tasmanian Legislative Council has condemned the market attack. The Forest Industries Association of Tasmania has also suspended involvement in the IGA process. The Premier has also called for the job destroying campaign to end and more comment by other leaders in support of our people can be found in Recent News.

No Old Growth

Ta Ann Tasmania cannot and does not use old growth.
This is a picture taken on 8 February 2012 of a typical regrowth billet. Each annual growth ring has been marked and a pin inserted each decade.

Response to Cyber Action

A group called The Last Stand, identifying itself as a charity, has created a web site using the Ta Ann name, despite Australian regulations prohibiting such use. The activist charity has aligned it self with a Japanese group seeking to protect tropical forest, despite Tasmania being the southern most Australian State with a maritime climate with a temperate forest. The sham web page also makes a series of outrageous claims, that the attached response gives detailed accurate answers. The response shows that World Heritage Value wilderness is protected, that Ta Ann Tasmania does not and can not use old growth and that forest management is strictly in accordance with both Australian Government policy and PEFC certification which maintains High Conservation Values of forests outside the State's extensive reserve system. Please read and down load the response.

Conservation Agreement

Interim protection areas have now been agreed between the Australian and Tasmania Governments clarifying that the source of timber for our mills is strictly in accordance with the Intergovernmental agreement and does not compromise High Conservation Values. Read the Minister's Media release and the actual agreement detailing the areas approved for sustainable harvesting and timber supply.

CHECK THE RECENT NEWS FOR THE LATEST MEDIA RELEASE LAUNCHING A NEW INFORMATION BROCHURE

Information Brochure launched to counter a misinformation campaign. See Media Release and down load the brochure.

To find out more on the Australian and Tasmanian Governments' Intergovernment agreement official Government web sites provides detailed information and the latest report.

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