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66 SPECIAL PUBLICATION Thursday May 23, 2024 .
2024 ELDERS FARMFEST GUIDE

Lucas Mill marks

30th anniversary

LUCAS Mill reached a major Lakes District in England."
milestone in March 2024, Their product range has
when the Australian family expanded over time to in-
owned company celebrated clude five Circular Blade
its 30th anniversary. Mills (with electric option for
A company spokesperson model eight and 10), three
said Lucas Mill had its de- dedicated Slabber Mills (in-
but in March 1994 and had cluding the Super Slabber
been an amazing success which can slab up to 2.8m)
story since that time. With a and a large range of optional
business plan to sell 50 Lucas extras complete planer kits to
Mills in its first 12 months weatherboard attachments.
they were blown away by its The company has interna-
instant success, when they tional distributors in all ma-
received orders for 50 Lucas jor countries, who have been
Mills in its first six weeks. with the company almost
"Thirty years on Lucas Mill since its inception.
continues to enjoy success Ian Schulz, who has spent
both in Australian and inter- his entire career working
national markets, with over with timber and was a train-
23,000 mills sold into over er on the Lucas Mill when he
100 countries," they said. worked at Creswick Forestry
"We have a huge diversity School, will be demonstrat-
of markets from the jungles ing at FarmFest. The Lucas Mill was used to recycle burnt trees from the Black Friday Bushfires into much needed timber to rebuild
of Papua New Guinea to the ■ Visit site: M/34 those communities ravaged by the fires. Picture supplied

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