Features Archive
Archive of features from the global ttj industryFeatures By Date
December 2019
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On a Roll
BS Handling Systems has installed a pallet conveyor at SCA Wood UK
Totally Tropical
The TTF’s Tropical Timber Forum featured presentations from companies on the ground in the tropical forestry belt. Sally Spencer was there
Present Problems, Positive Prospects
Insect pest, storm damage and over production are impacting the softwood sector, but soaring global housing demand presents exciting opportunity. Mike Jeffree reports from the International Softwood Conference 2019
Pressing on
Production of wood briquettes from waste wood material is helping a Croatian pallet producer boost its revenues significantly
Heating up
Use of waste wood and forest biomass material continues to be an important focus for the timber industry in reducing costs, for product manufacture and power/heat generation. Stephen Powney reports
Yule Tidings
A Mercedes-Benz Arocs truck will be hauling Yule logs this Christmas
Lawsons takes five
The first electric-powered Teletruks are getting to work in the UK as independent builders’ merchant Lawsons orders five new machines
Timing is everything
Significant time savings and improved efficiency have been achieved at RH Wilson with the help of Combilift
Rental fundamentals
Businesses are under increasing pressure to respond flexibly and efficiently. But how can materials handling operations provide the agility needed, with minimum exposure to risk? Alan Clark, asset manager at Doosan Industrial Vehicle UK, provides a five-point guide to flexing your assets
Flexible friends
As Steve Purvis, operations director at Bis Henderson Space reports, Brexit uncertainty has highlighted the need for a flexible logistics strategy
Knowledge Partners
Tilhill and Jewson are both improving the knowledge base by partnering with training and education institutions
Imports Slide in Second Half
While import volumes over the first eight months are up on 2018, they started to fall in August
Timber Sales decline
TTJ’s monthly column in partnership with the Builders Merchant Building Index
November 2019
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Standards life
Vic Kearley looks at the career of another of wood science’s ‘unsung heroes’, John Dinwoodie
Another Strand
European Laminated Strand Lumber (LSL) manufacturer Tabsal SCL has been investing in R&D at its Spanish base as it plans to make further inroads into new markets and applications. Stephen Powney reports
Creating a legacy
Technical benchmarking has helped deliver a creative legacy for red oak. Mike Jeffree reports
Timber Integrates into UKCW
Timber sector exhibitors became a fully-fledged part of the UK’s biggest construction show at the Birmingham NEC. Mike Jeffree reports
Harnessing the Market to sustainability
The Sustainable Tropical Timber Coalition is committed to increasing European consumption of sustainably sourced tropical timber – and its strategies and ambitions continue to evolve. Mike Jeffree reports
Moving forward with FLEGT
The EU FLEGT VPA programme is undoubtedly one of the most ambitious timber legality assurance initiatives worldwide. Mike Jeffree reports on its progress
Testing times in Tropical
UK tropical timber imports were ahead in the first half of 2019, but political and economic uncertainty are making for a competitive, unpredictable market. Mike Jeffree reports
