Thursday, 23 July 2026 – State Government Media Release Portland could be home to Australia’s first Blue Gum glue-laminated timber. Grown in sustainable plantations across the Portland region, Blue Gum is currently processed into woodchips for wood pulp and paper markets internationally. The Future Portland Hardwood Timber Manufacturing Hub feasibility study shows that Blue Gum […]
The completion of the Hardwood Timber Manufacturing Hub (HTMH) Feasibility Study marks a major milestone for the Green Triangle, confirming the commercial and technical viability of establishing a world-class engineered timber manufacturing facility in Portland. The study completes Phase One of The Precinct, a long-term vision to develop Australia’s largest integrated plantation timber manufacturing and prefabricated housing component […]
A world-first Australian-made engineered timber product, set to underpin a new advanced manufacturing precinct in regional Victoria, will be unveiled on national television this week. The Green Triangle–produced bluegum (Eucalyptus Globulus) Glue Laminated Timber (GLT) product will be featured on the 9 Network production, Epic Builds, hosted by famed science communicator Adam Spencer, airing nationally […]
Industry leaders say the breakthrough proves Australia can scale up local engineered timber, with Tim Woods highlighting the nation’s capacity to grow, process and manufacture more at home. World‑First Glulam Made from Aussie Blue Gum to Star on TV | Wood Central
A new building product developed in the Green Triangle will take centre stage on national television in early April, showcasing the region’s growing role in Australia’s advanced manufacturing market. The GL24 blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) glulam product, produced by WTIBeam will feature in the new television series Epic Builds: The 90 Day Challenge, hosted by […]
Australian manufacturers and researchers have created a new type of glulam that could cut imports and replace native timbers locked up under forestry bans…using trees destined for woodchip. World’s First Blue Gum Glulam Takes Centre Stage at Centre of Excellence | Wood Central