SCA becomes first wood producer to sign waste agreement

25 June, 2010

SCA Timber Supply says it has become the first wood producer to sign up to the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s "Construction Commitments:...

Appointment at SCA Timber Supply

19 May, 2010

Spencer Payne has joined SCA Timber Supply’s expanding southern region team, working as builders merchant account manager under regional sales manager Simon Larham.

Mr...

Award goes to industry/academic venture

March 20 2010

Nottingham University won the first Timber at Ecobuild Award, with support from the Saint-Gobain group, including International Timber and...

Nottingham University wins TTJ Ecobuild award with Saint-Gobain's backing

8 March, 2010

Nottingham University's H.O.U.S.E timber-based building project won the inaugural TTJ/Timber & Sustainable Building Timber at Ecobuild prize.

Sawmill changes

3 March, 2010

Anders Nilsson has been appointed sawmill manager at SCA’s sawmill in Munksund, Piteå. He was previously sawmill manager at Södra Timber Mönsterås....

SCA Timber and Persson Invest form new company

1 March, 2010

SCA and the Persson Invest Group have announced plans to form a joint sawn timber products company called Gallo AB.

TTJ launches Ecobuild award

25 January, 2010

TTJ, in conjunction with sister title Timber & Sustainable Building, is launching a new award for the best promotion of timber and wood products at the Ecobuild show.

SAM Mouldings and SCA form supply partnership

11 January, 2010

Leading mouldings manufacturer SAM Mouldings has formed a new partnership with SCA Timber...

SCA transfers some production after fire at Stoke

21 December, 2009

SCA Timber Supply says it’s business as usual despite a fire at its Stoke-on-Trent premises on Friday that could have threatened customers’ supply.

SCA launches carbon mapping tool

25 November, 2009

SCA Timber Supply has unveiled a tool that enables its merchant customers to gauge – and reduce – their carbon footprints.

Huws Gray secures FSC chain of custody

29 September, 2009

Welsh builders merchant Huws Gray has gained Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) chain of custody...

SCA aims to shrink carbon footprint

12 June, 2009

SCA aims to cut its total carbon footprint by 20% by 2020 through a range of strategies expected to include more fossil fuel substitution, packaging reduction, cutting waste and boosting delivery...

Certification: the next decade?

May 30 2009

This year SCA celebrates the 10th anniversary of its FSC forest management certification. What might await the trade in the decade ahead?

TTJ Awards' French connection

3 April, 2009

The French timber industry exhibition Carrefour International du Bois is sponsoring the Small Business of the Year category at this year’s TTJ Awards.

The...

SCA's logistics move

2 April, 2009

SCA Timber Supply’s operations director, Neil Emsley, has been awarded Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport.

SCA champions timber graduates

18 March, 2009

The latest batch of graduates from the SCA Institute of Wood Science (IWSc) course have...

SCA invests at Vilhelmina

24 January, 2009

SCA Timber has invested SKr4m in sorting and storage equipment at its Vilhelmina sawmill to boost productivity.

SCA Severn Timber founder retires

22 January, 2009

Alun Gape, founder of Severn Timber Products at Welshpool, now part of the SCA Timber group,...

Short-term pain, long-term gain

17 January, 2009

The Swedish timber industry is bracing itself for a difficult year or two, but is still investing in the longer term

Transport is industry's next sustainability challenge

9 January, 2009

Many thanks to Harry Morrison at The Carbon Trust Standard Company for correcting the information from the Institute of Directors featured in “Climate of change”. Taking up the Carbon Trust Standard, or putting products through the carbon...