Search Results: 'Coillte'

Coillte delivers strong 2019 results but warns on Covid-19 and timber availability
02 July, 2020
Irish state forester Coillte has posted strong 2019 financial results but warned that Covid-19, issues with approving felling licences and Brexit are impacting timber availability and economic performance this year.

Coping with COVID-19
17 April, 2020
The Irish timber sector was looking forward to a year of recovery following the trials of 2019, but coronavirus has changed everything. Sally Spencer reports

Pallet repair surpasses new production for the first time
05 February, 2020
Repair and reuse of wooden pallets has risen sharply for another successive year and now represents a greater volume of the market than new production, according to a joint report by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) and the Forestry Commission.

Tougher times ahead
18 December, 2019
An over abundance of European and Scandinavian softwood combined with Brexit worries have impacted demand and forced sawn timber prices down for Irish mills. Sally Spencer reports

MEDITE SMARTPLY embarks on an Irish road trip
03 October, 2019
MDF and OSB manufacturer MEDITE SMARTPLY is touring its home market of Ireland this autumn.

Moving on up
17 June, 2019
Three finalists from last year’s TTJ Career Development award made a visit to the Irish forest industry recently courtesy of award sponsor Glennon brothers. TTJ’s Stephen Powney went with them

MEDITE SMARTPLY on tour
31 May, 2019
Wood-based panel manufacturer MEDITE SMARTPLY is embarking on a road trip around the UK and Ireland this summer.

Hoping for the best
17 December, 2018
The future of Anglo-Irish trade is in the hands of the politicians at the moment, causing a great deal of uncertainty. Sally Spencer reports

On tour with Glennon brothers
25 June, 2018
TTJ Career Development Award sponsor Glennon Brothers recently hosted a tour of Ireland’s forest products sector for the 2017 award finalists. Keren Fallwell reports

The only way is up
25 April, 2018
Ireland’s timber industry is subject to the same pressures on supply as the rest of the world and prices for both logs and sawn timber are on the rise. Sally Spencer reports

Irish timber processors stay true to UK market
29 December, 2017
Ireland’s economy has made a good recovery but domestic demand for timber is still at a low level, making the UK a crucial and enduring export market. Sally Spencer reports

Ireland prepares for Brexit impact
21 April, 2017
Exports to the UK continue unabated but Ireland’s timber trade is keeping a watchful eye on Brexit negotiations. Sally Spencer reports

Coillte and Treemetrics announce €1m forestry data deal
18 April, 2017
Irish state forester Coillte and Treemetrics have announced a major €1m million agreement to roll out a pioneering real-time satellite communications and data-analytics platform for forestry harvest control.

Business as usual?
28 December, 2016
The Brexit vote shocked the Irish timber industry but the fundamentals of trade remain the same, it says. Sally Spencer reports

Smart Moves
21 November, 2016
MEDITE SMARTPLY’s new continuous press is producing what the company says is its “smartest OSB.” Keren Fallwell reports

ECC Timber Shining Bright
24 October, 2016
Irish sawmiller ECC Timber is looking ambitiously to the future after company founder PJ Fahy and family acquire the full shareholding in the company

Timber theft operation yields arrest
06 October, 2016
A joint operation between Irish police and the country’s state forestry company Coillte looking into timber theft has resulted in an arrest.

AHEC supports Irish Wood Awards 2016
31 August, 2016
The American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) is supporting this year’s edition of the Wood Awards Ireland (WAI) – an event that promotes wood usage and design among architects, engineers, designers and craftspeople.

On tour in Ireland
21 June, 2016
Glennon Brothers recently hosted a tour of Irish forest product operations for the six finalists of the 2015 TTJ Career Development Award, which the company sponsored last year. Sally Spencer reports

Modified Rapture
20 May, 2016
After several years of steady growth the modifi ed wood sector is on the brink of major expansion. Sally Spencer reports