Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Grants - Wood Processing Innovation Program Funding Recipients and Projects

Aug 28, 2026

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Grants funded under the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Program support timber and sawmilling businesses to upgrade equipment, automate logistics, and improve processing efficiency. Projects focus on advanced automation and control software, log positioning and scanning systems, timber recovery improvements, modernization of milling machinery, and installation of new manufacturing facilities. Funding allocations are provided per recipient and project, covering upgrades for drying, firewood automation, sustainability initiatives, and new capability development across multiple sites.

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Funding Recipients and Projects

Project Goals and Funding Amounts

Grants funded under the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Program | Funding Recipient | Project | Funding | | --- | --- | --- | | A.J. Forster Pty Ltd | Pine Timber Recovery Optimisation Project-Advanced equipment and software upgrade
To enable the purchase and
installation of advanced automation and control software and timber handling equipment to grade, trim and sort pine timber for optimal production efficiency and resource recovery. | $1,421,112.00 | | AKD NSW Pty Limited | AKD Tumut Log Positioning Infeed and Optimisation
To automate the log loading and positioning of sawlog through the main breakdown line by utilising scanning and optimisation technology. | $5,000,000.00 | | AKD Queensland Pty Ltd | Project Straighten Up
To improve timber recovery in the Caboolture Green Mill, increase capacity of the mill and improve the quality of the product presented to the downstream processes and finished goods. | $5,000,000.00 | | AKD Victoria Pty Ltd | Project Log Positioner
To upgrade the main saw line with the latest technology in sawmilling equipment to ensure that the mill can maximise recovery of sawn timber from the available log resource. | $2,556,000.00 | | Albert Johnson Pty Ltd | Advanced Manufacturing Plant
To establish new premises, with new machinery and electrical infrastructure that will increase timber processing capacity and allow diversification of production capabilities. | $1,994,544.00 | | Ashborn Pty Ltd | New Sawmill in South Australia
To establish a new small diameter pulp log sawmill on-site to better utilise small diameter log. | $2,709,941.00 | | Funding Recipient | Project | Funding | | --- | --- | --- | | Bedford Services and Advisory Ltd | Advanced manufacturing facility
To install new automated, innovative machinery, upgrade the site layout and access and upgrade important operational amenities and facilities. | $3,140,000.00 | | CLTP Panel Products Pty Ltd | Scaling Cusp Building Solutions
To relocate to a larger facility and invest in new technology. | $2,070,000.00 | | Dja Dja Wurrung Clans Aboriginal Corporation (trading as DJAARA) | Galk-galk by DJAARA-a Dja Dja Wurrung sustainable timber business
To purchase innovative technology, machinery, and equipment to test and find the highest value use for sustainably harvested DJAARA timber products and heal Country. | $1,441,915.00 | | Duncan's Holdings Ltd | Dry Mill Upgrade and Firewood Automation Project
To construct and install a linear scanner and docker to replace the manually graded end trim system at Pentarch’s Herons Creek site. | $3,253,890.00 | | Dyna Group Australia Pty Ltd | Modernisation of Milling Machinery
To purchase and install a state-ofthe-art computer aided Scragg Mill to expand wood milling and processing capabilities. | $1,194,186.00 | | Gidarjil Development Corporation Limited | Zero net energy natural seasoning of Australian Cypress Pine
To improve processes for seasoning Australian Cypress Pine in order to produce a better product, in a shorter timeframe and to increase production through joint venture operations in Cairns, Gladstone and Bundaberg. | $3,217,000.00 | | Highland Pine Products Pty Limited | Greenmill Infeed Upgrade
To install a helix screw type log feeder, log scanning systems, extended length infeed, vee-rail canter, vertical feed rolls and optimisation software. | $4,019,325.00 | | Funding Recipient | Project | Funding | | --- | --- | --- | | Hurford Wholesale Pty Ltd | Sustainability improvement project
To invest in reducing the facility's carbon footprint and innovative processing of sustainably managed softwood into chemical free cladding. | $1,820,000.00 | | Hyne & Son Pty. Limited | Hyne Timber Efficiency, Diversification and Emission Reduction Project
To install a power generating heat plant and bark processing facility atthe Tuan Mill finger jointing equipment and rooftop solar on the Glue Laminated Timber plant and anew processing

FAQs

What types of projects are funded under the Accelerate Adoption of Wood Processing Innovation Program?

Funding supports timber processing projects such as automation upgrades, advanced equipment and software installations, log positioning and scanning, modernization of milling machinery, and facility expansions.

How is information presented in the grants list?

Each entry includes a funding recipient, a project description detailing the intended improvements, and the allocated funding amount.

Which areas of wood processing do the projects primarily target?

The projects primarily target processing efficiency and automation, maximizing timber recovery, improving product quality, expanding processing capacity, and enabling diversification or sustainability outcomes.

Aug 28, 2026

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