Juken will defend Red Stag court action over J-Frame; says rivalry at play

Juken will defend Red Stag court action over J-Frame; says rivalry at play
Tina Morrison
By Tina Morrison Nov. 21 (BusinessDesk) - Juken New Zealand will defend court action being taken against it by Red Stag Timber over its J-Frame product, saying the rival wood processor is trying to remove the growing competitive threat of laminated lumber. Rotorua-based Red Stag, which operates the country's largest sawmill, has filed proceedings against Japanese-owned Juken in the Auckland High Court, alleging it breached the Fair Trading Act by mislabelling its J-Frame laminated veneer lumber, failing to comply with the building code fo...