Red Stag Timber plans to lift production from its Waipa 'super mill' to meet demand

Red Stag Timber plans to lift production from its Waipa 'super mill' to meet demand
Tina Morrison
By Tina Morrison Aug. 30 (BusinessDesk) - Red Stag Timber, which developed New Zealand’s first ‘super mill’ a year ago, plans to step up production next year to meet demand in its local and overseas markets. The Rotorua-based Waipa Mill increased its production of sawn timber to an annual 550,000 cubic metres from 450,000 cubic metres after investing over $100 million in more efficient machinery, transforming the mill, and plans to lift production further to 600,000 cubic metres from next year, general manager Tim Rigter told BusinessDesk...