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ALTHOUGH it has been a tough year, the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) has been making headway in executing its plans to drive the growth of the timber industry.

Strengthening human capital: Noraini giving her speech at the launch of the EPIP programme. THE timber industry is on the lookout for more local graduates as it moves into the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0). Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) president Mazli Zakuan Mohd Noor said the council has created the first-of-its-kind Engineer Placement and Internship Placement (EPIP) in the Timber Industry 2021 programme, which is divided into two parts – for engineers and for interns. He said these...

The core challenge that the industry is facing is transformation in the area of automation adoption, among others. It has been 29 years since the Malaysian Timber Council (MTC) started its operations, but it remains ever true and passionate to its vision of being the lead organisation that develops the Malaysian timber industry into a world leader in the manufacture and trade of timber products. This determination is reflected in its Five-Year Plan (2019-2023), which lays out MTC’s strategic ...

Muhtar: SFM has been built into the industry since the 1900s. IN recent years, sustainability has been a key concern with primary industries such as timber. But what many may not know is that sustainable forest management practices (SFM) have been built into the industry’s foundation for nearly a century. Under SFM, only specific trees with the right specifications are allowed to be harvested via the selective management system. “Sustainability has been at the core of the timber industry si...