SWI - Solid Wood Innovation

WELCOME TO THE SWI WEBSITE

Technical Committee

Shareholders have technical representatives who form the SWI technical committee.

Research Programme

Four key research areas - supporting solid wood applications.

Research Proposals

SWI has a three year technical programme and within the framework of this programme will call for research proposals from R&D providers from time to time.

Best Practice & Trouble Shooting Guides

SWI has produced a series of Best Practise and Trouble Shooting Guides, listed below, for various industry protocols to provide an outline for development of best practises for selected key processing operations..

CEO - Keith Mackie
PO Box 1127, Rotorua, 3015, NZ
Tel: +64 7 921 0001
Fax: +64 7 921 1020
Mob: +64 21 921575
keith.mackie@wqi.co.nz

Solid Wood Innovation (SWI) is a research consortium that builds upon the initial research conducted by WQI. The focus of
SWI is to create value for it s shareholders (around 26 companies) in the area of solid wood processing. The value proposition for shareholders is in three areas:

Increased manufacture of appearance related wood products targeted at export markets
More efficient manufacturing through yield optimisation systems
Greater energy efficiency and reduced water useage in wood drying

SWI's research is focussed on radiata pine, the major softwood plantation forest species in New Zealand and Australia.
The company operates as a consortium and shareholders cash injections are matched by NZ Government funding via the
Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.

Our History

SWI commenced operation 1 May 2009. It was formed from the realignment of WQI Limited, the first consortium established
in NZ in Feb 2003 and which focused on the development of tools and technologies for segregating standing trees, stems,
logs and lumber based on wood quality features. WQI invested around $12 million NZD over 6 years and was considered a
success by its investors/stakeholders and sustained a focus on radiata wood quality R&D in Australia and New Zealand. Having
achieved much of what it set out to do, stakeholders in WQI supported a substantial shift in focus for the company and, with
the introduction of new shareholders from the wood processing sector, SWI was formed.

Through the FWPA, WQI limited (and now also SWI) has serviced its stakeholders in both Australia and New Zealand.