Business View Oceania - Mar 2024

to these challenges, Midway utilises the strength of their collaborative relationships and strict regulations surrounding best practices.The company fulfills certification requirements in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, Quality Management Systems,Australian Forestry Standards, AFS and FSC Chain of Custody Standards, and FSC’s Requirements for Sourcing FSC Controlled Wood. Full certification details can be viewed on their website. In marking themselves as unique amongst other forest product providers, Midway sites their broad suit of woodfibre products, producing a wide variety of woodchips that range in value from premium quality Tasmanian Blue Gum through to Acacia mangium from the tropics. The company is also the only listed integrated forestry provider in Australia. Mr. Price continues,“We really value the contribution that all of our service providers make to our success, particularly our operators who provide plantation establishment, harvesting and logistics services.We use external contractors for this, so they rely very heavily on us for their businesses, and obviously we rely very heavily on them for the efficiency of our operations. It’s a very collaborative arrangement. We also have an exceptional team that look after our marketing. Customer relations is fundamentally important in our sector and, given that many of us have been in the industry over two decades, we are very experienced and well known in the markets we operate. Maintaining those business relationships to be positive and mutually beneficial is crucial.” Midway holds memberships with a number of Australian associations, the Australian Forestry Products Association (AFPA) and its Victorian and Tasmanian state branches, FSC Australia, the Forest Industries Federation of Western Australia (FIFWA), Timber Queensland, and Responsible Wood (PEFC Australia). The company also works hard in regional communities to support local workers and sponsor trail locations, organisations, sports teams, and events. Midway fosters values that surround safety, equality, and sustainability. Internal operations are undertaken with honesty, integrity, and respect in mind. Mr. Price YOUR LOGGING HARVEST AND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY Ellen St Penola, SA 5277, AU (08) 8737 3438 103 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 06, ISSUE 03 MIDWAY LTD