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LATEST NEWS

UKTFA to rebrand as Structural Timber Association
23 May, 2013 The UK Timber Frame Association (UKTFA) has announced it is changing its name to the Structural Timber Association (STA) to widen its remit to other timber building systems including SIPs, glulam and cross-laminated timber.
  • Additional places for TTBS National Golf
    The 2013 TTBS National Golf day on Friday July 5 at the Northumberland Golf Club, High Gosforth Park, Newcastle has a limited number of places still available.

LATEST FEATURES

New species
18 May, 2013 Solid sales growth and some inspiring architectural projects have given Kebony a high profile in the modified wood market. Stephen Powney reports.
  • Prestige choice
    Accoya has become the prestige, default choice for Westgate Joinery. Stephen Powney reports.
  • Traction engines
    Accsys Technologies’ Accoya and Tricoya products are gaining traction in the market. Robin Meade reports.
  • Improving wood
    Making softwood perform like the best tropical hardwoods, while boosting dimensional stability, used to be regarded as one of the holy grails of the timber trade.


BLOGS

Charting the changes
18 May, 2013 Peter Latham, chairman of James Latham plc, congratulates TTJ on 140 years of serving the timber industry
  • Constructing a comfort zone
    Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber Opinion; editorial opinion; blogs

LATEST EVENTS

Wood2Build
05 Jun 2013 - 07 Jun 2013 An international trade show for timber construction
  • Global Timber Summit 2013
    27 Jun 2013 - 28 Jun 2013 An event for all senior executives from the entire timberland value chain including pension funds, endowment funds, hedge funds, TIMOs, private landowners, forestmanagement companies, law firms and banks.