Article: Wool council says Gattung's launch of new venture 'bizarre'.

A new wool company launched to reverse the ailing fortunes of the sector has been panned by the Wool Exporters Council.

Former Telecom chief executive Theresa Gattung was appointed this week to chair the Wool Company, which started operations yesterday.

Listed rural services business PGG Wrightson has agreed to combine wool operations with prospective co-operative Wool Grower Holdings.

Wool Exporters Council executive manager Nick Nicholson said the formation of the company involved little knowledge or experience in marketing wool.

"There is no support from any wool exporting company, no support from the wool broking or wool scouring sectors, private wool ...

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