Career Development Award Sponsor

The Builders Merchants Federation Ltd (BMF) is the trade association representing and protecting the interests of builders' merchants and suppliers in the UK. The BMF has 450 members, including some of the biggest names in the industry, including well known timber merchants. Its members together have combined sales in excess of £12.5bn and employ over 80,000 people in the building materials industry. BMF's 300 merchant members operate in excess of 2500 branches in the UK

The BMF is committed to training and skills development and is the primary provider of industry specific training from apprenticeships through to a Diploma in Merchanting, Foundation Degree, Post Graduate Diploma and Masters Degree.

Panels Trader of the Year sponsor
As a leader in the panels market, CPP recognises the importance of continual innovation and this has never been so significant with the recent introduction of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) and the move fromthe Construction Products Directive (CPD) to the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). CPP has embraced these developments and the opportunities they provide by continually innovating to meet the growing technical requirements of the construction industry.

A recent innovation, SmartPly’s ToughPly, is a fully certified, legal and sustainable OSB3 alternative to tropical plywood. The general builders’ board provides a solution for a variety of applications such as roofing, sheathing and boarding. The product can also be used where a structural solution is required by the Building Regulations.

Excellence in Marketing Award Sponsor

Combilift’s range of 4-way forklifts provides space saving, safe and more productive handling and storage procedures for long and bulky loads, and this specialist manufacturer has been at the forefront of innovation in the materials handling sector since the company was established fifteen years ago. Now the acknowledged leading global supplier of customised handling solutions, Combilift has a worldwide network of dealerships and sells to around 75 countries, It has produced over 20,000 units of its ever expanding product portfolio which operates across a wide range of industries, with the timber sector being one of its largest customer bases.

Environmental Achievement Award

The Timber Trade Federation is growing the use of wood through innovative representation and a raft of business services for its 250+ members. Regarded as a leading advocate of modern trade association practice, the TTF is consulted widely by all stakeholders from Government to its members’ own customers across the timber industry supply chain. Whether it is breaking down barriers to the greater use of wood in the construction sector, supporting education, training and skills, or lobbying Ministers, the TTF has a track record of success in developing the market for wood and wood products.

Website of the Year Award Sponsor

Epicor Software Corporation is a global leader delivering inspired business software solutions to the manufacturing, distribution, retail, and services industries. With over 40 years of experience serving small, midmarket and larger enterprises, Epicor has more than 20,000 customers in over 150 countries. Epicor enterprise resource planning (ERP), retail management, supply chain management (SCM), and human capital management (HCM) software enable companies to drive increased efficiency and improve profitability. With a history of innovation, industry expertise and passion for excellence, Epicor provides the single point of accountability that local, regional, and global businesses demand.

Small Timber Business of the Year Award Sponsor

Through our plants in Ireland and Scotland, Glennon Brothers offers a one stop shop solution, for sawn softwood in the British Isles, with products for the construction, packaging and fencing industries. Having celebrated 100 years in business in 2013, Glennon Brothers is now the premier name in the Irish and UK timber processing industry. The Small Timber Business Award is an ideal opportunity to showcase the importance of ambitious small companies to our industry. Glennon Brothers is delighted to be sponsoring the Award, for the second consecutive year, which recognises companies who have displayed, innovation, determination, and business excellence.

Softwood Trader of the Year sponsor
Formerly Arch Timber Protection, Lonza Wood Protection, is the leading European supplier of products and processes for the effective preservative and fire retardant protection of timber. Leading brand preservative products such as TANALITH E and VACSOL Aqua can be used to pressure treat timber and provide long term protection against decay and insect attack. A choice of DRICON and NON-COM Exterior proven fire retardant treatments is available for timber used in both interior and exterior situations, providing a very effective surface spread of flame protection and more time in a fire situation.

Achievement in Engineered Timber Award

"Based in Dudley in the West Midlands, MiTek specialises in the development of software solutions for structural timber engineering and the provision of steel connector products for our floor and roofing systems.

Our Midlands manufacturing facility supplies our customers throughout the UK, Ireland, France and Germany. An additional three European production facilities supply the rest of our European customers in Scandinavia and throughout Eastern Europe. Further afield, MiTek is the leading provider of software solutions and supplier of building components throughout the Americas, Africa and Australasia. MiTek is proud to have been part of the Berkshire Hathaway group of companies since 2001.

Post-Awards Drink Sponsor

Speed, skill and service: Snows Timber focus on the strengths that merchants most value. Four high speed production mills, its own delivery fleet, and highly skilled staff enable Snows Timber to deliver swiftly, ex-stock, a range stretching from machined softwood Trade Packs, sawn joinery, carcassing and sheet materials to Specialist Products, including cedar and modified claddings, and anti-slip decking. Snows’ Specialist Products team works closely with merchants to help you clinch contracts for local developments requiring non-standard wood materials. All products, including bespoke machining, are available from every Snows Timber site. Snows Timber: strength, speed and skill, at your service.

Flooring Trader of the Year Award Sponsor

‘Don’t spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity, that you miss the right opportunity ‘....Michael Dell. Fifty years of timber trading and Taylor Maxwell are still creating the right opportunities to supply quality products into our national customer base.Working from four strategic offices, we represent some of the best UK and European producers selling construction, pallet, fencing, hardwoods and flooring. We will continue to focus on bringing the right products to market, developing in tandem with our customers and suppliers, to improve qualities and service in our vision of making Taylor Maxwell ‘The Mark Of Choice’.

Plywood Trader of the Year sponsor
W.Howard Limited – The Leading Edge in MDF Moulding. W. Howard Limited are manufacturers of MDF mouldings, products include skirtings, architraves, window boards, door casings and door linings. The product range consists of over 160 profiles and sizes and finishes in white primed, veneered and laminated and Extreme MDF made from Medite Tricoya. As well as a vast core range offering we are also able to manufacture bespoke products.Our main site in Manchester handles all manufacturing, administration and deliveries. We also have a further manufacturing site in Powys which produces the veneered and laminated products and a collection and distribution depot in London.

Innovation Award Sponsor

Timber Expo and TRADA have teamed up once again to sponsor the prestigious Innovation Award in 2014.

Both organisations are working closely together to drive innovation which is vital if the timber industry is to grow, develop and compete against alternative materials and technologies in the market.

Timber Expo is the UK’s leading event dedicated exclusively to timber, its associated technologies and its many applications. At the heart of the show is Timber Focus; the most comprehensive and in-depth seminar programme featuring an unrivalled collection of high calibre speakers all co-ordinated by TRADA. The shortlisted entries for the Innovation Award will not onlybe awarded a prestigious trophy, they will also be given the opportunity to feature their entries within the exhibition hall at Timber Expo, held at the NEC, Birmingham on 07 and 08 October. Successful entrants will also be granted exclusive speaker slots within the Timber Focus seminar programme, enabling a lucky few to present the secret of their success to a wide audience.

Innovation Award Sponsor

Timber Expo and TRADA have teamed up once again to sponsor the prestigious Innovation Award in 2014.

Both organisations are working closely together to drive innovation which is vital if the timber industry is to grow, develop and compete against alternative materials and technologies in the market.

Timber Expo is the UK’s leading event dedicated exclusively to timber, its associated technologies and its many applications. At the heart of the show is Timber Focus; the most comprehensive and in-depth seminar programme featuring an unrivalled collection of high calibre speakers all co-ordinated by TRADA. The shortlisted entries for the Innovation Award will not only be awarded a prestigious trophy, they will also be given the opportunity to feature their entries within the exhibition hall at Timber Expo, held at the NEC, Birmingham on 07 and 08 October. Successful entrants will also be granted exclusive speaker slots within the Timber Focus seminar programme, enabling a lucky few to present the secret of their success to a wide audience.

Hardwood Trader of the Year Sponsor

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