| 53 TIMBER INDUSTRY Mitchpine Products Part of Mitchpine’s upgrade plan will include a new round-wood mill that will be the first of its kind in New Zealand. environmental hazard like all the slash in the East Coast.” With the Government pushing for decarbonisation and the potential for the project to qualify for eco-related funding, Lee’s timing is looking to be ideal to embark on the multimillion dollar project. During the past two years he has been assessing equipment in the United States of America and currently has a log chipper on hand that can handle logs of 700mm diameter. It has an output of up to 400 tonnes of wood chip an hour. The full process will involve 18 metre logs going through a debarker, being 3D scanned, and measured and cut according to data obtained from the scan. Reject logs then go to the chipper while any usable logs are sorted into length and diameter and further processed into fence posts, poles and sawn timber. When commissioned, the new processing plant is expected to add five to 10 extra skilled workers to Mitchpine’s existing 75 employees. “Hopefully we can attract some specialised staff to move to the district to look after the automation and scanning technology.” “It’s very exciting.” MCCARTHY TRANSPORT ARE PROUD TO SUPPORT MITCHPINE PRODUCTS LTD Mike McCarthy Mob: 027 750 9425 Mike@mccarthytransport.co.nz www.mccarthytransport.co.nz For all your sprocket, chain & engineering requirements Proudly supporting Mitchpine sales@pmlnz.com
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