Search Results: 'IKEA'

European perspectives
22 November, 2018
The 11th European Wood Based Panels Symposium was jointly organised by the European Panel Federation and Fraunhofer WKI. Mike Botting, editor of sister title Wood Based Panels International, shares some highlights

Design relates red oak story
28 August, 2018
One of Poland’s leading designers has created a collection of contemporary furniture informed by the supply and production process of America’s most populous hardwood. Mike Jeffree reports

Changing ownership
26 July, 2018
For the latest MDF report, we give a global picture of MDF mill developments. This extract from the first part of an annual survey of the global MDF industry by independent consultant Geoff Rhodes for sister title Wood-Based Panels International looks at expanded capacity

Kitchens go a la carte
21 March, 2018
Producers see the kitchen sector continuing to show healthy growth, while becoming ever more diverse in design and materials selection as consumers aim to create a statement room. Mike Jeffree reports

Vida growth continues
20 June, 2017
TTJ’s south Sweden sawmill visits kicked off with a trip to privately-owned group Vida, a Swedish timber producer with significant activity on the UK market. Stephen Powney reports

Hot Prospects
21 June, 2016
Kiln manufacturers are optimising the drying process to improve product quality and reduce their customers’ costs. Keren Fallwell reports

Limiting Exposure
24 February, 2016
Tightening EU formaldehyde regulations have seen coatings and adhesives companies such as AkzoNobel develop new compliant systems

Timber Champion
20 August, 2015
Timber is now pretty much a standard material for Arup. The engineering firm’s timber specialist, Andrew Lawrence, talks to Keren Fallwell.

Big Brands back EU Battle against Illegal Timber
20 June, 2015
Some of Europe’s biggest consumer brands in timber products not only back the EU Timber Regulation and wider anti-illegal timber measures, they want them to be tougher and wider ranging. Mike Jeffree reports.

The Finish Line
20 May, 2015
Stephen Powney presents news and developments from major wood coatings manufacturers

Ideas for innovation
20 January, 2015
Representatives of the global wood panel industry converged on Hannover to hear market reports and technical papers on research and innovation. Stephen Powney was there to bring this report.

The wood we’ll need in the future
22 December, 2014
The European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition is making efforts to increase demand for sustainable tropical timber. Iris Tzur, communications manager, explains

The wood we’ll need in the future
22 December, 2014
The European Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition is making efforts to increase demand for sustainable tropical timber. Iris Tzur, communications manager, explains

Kingfisher joins initiative to boost FSC
03 October, 2014
B&Q owner Kingfisher has joined IKEA and Tetra Pak to get behind a new initiative to promote long-term moves to provide responsibly sourced and sustainable timber.

Full marks for Ochil Timber
16 July, 2014
British-grown timber frame provided the solution for a challenging primary school extension. Anne McDonald reports

IKEA forestry arm’s FSC certificate reinstated
12 March, 2014
The suspension of Swedwood’s FSC certificate for its Karelian forest operations has been ended.

Certification can do better
08 March, 2014
We've had the range of timber eco certification stories recently. The mixed, the good and the not so sure. Initially the first of these had looked like unmitigated bad news for the industry; IKEA's forestry arm, Swedwood, losing its FSC certificate in Karelia, prompting the screaming Sunday Times headline: "IKEA cut down to size as 600-year-old trees used for flatpack" .

Swedwood urgently seeks reinstatement of FSC certificate
27 February, 2014

Hot tropical topics
24 August, 2013
TTJ asked suppliers, major buyers and an NGO for their views on tropical timber and wood product procurement and use and found they were topics under scrutiny as never before.

Common-sense approach
13 July, 2013
Peter Feilberg, executive director of NEPCon, gives his views on how businesses can meet today’s demands for legal and sustainable timber – and come out stronger