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House maker opts for OHRA
22 December, 2022
Prefabricated timber house manufacturer Ubrankovics turned to OHRA for its storage solutions

AHEC unveils certification project
22 December, 2022
With certified sustainability and legality increasingly a default requirement in the global timber trade, a new approach to certification is evolving in the US. Mike Jeffree reports

The scientific approach
22 December, 2022
Mike Gorman, sales director of East Yorkshire racking specialist Filstorage, looks at the scientific approach to timber yard design and how this can benefit merchants

Fire protection hots up
22 December, 2022
Fire retardant wood-based panels are a subject of keen market interest. One FR technology specialist – Zeroignition – recently showed its capabilities to international global producers in Germany. Stephen Powney talked to Martin Dickie of Zeroignition

From tropical surge to slowdown?
22 December, 2022
After a strong start to 2022, deteriorating market conditions threaten to slow the UK tropical timber trade. That’s according to latest reports from Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence (www.forestindustries.info) for the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s market information service (www.itto.int), of which the following is a summary

FLEGT stakeholders urge continued monitoring
22 December, 2022
As it reports on its website, www.flegtimm.eu, the EU FLEGT Independent Market Monitor (IMM) has held consultations with industry stakeholders to gauge their views on the value and future of its role tracking timber trade flows from FLEGT VPA partner countries and canvassing market opinion of FLEGT and FLEGT licensing

Driving tropical diversity
22 December, 2022
Using more lesser known tropical species makes increasing sense from multiple perspectives, says Ecochoice. Mike Jeffree reports

Symposium charts changing markets
22 December, 2022
Panels manufacturers from across the world gathered in Hamburg for the 12th European Wood-based Panels Symposium, hearing the latest economic forecasts and technical updates for the industry. Stephen Powney was there to bring this report

Agent of change
22 December, 2022
Del credere agent NHG Timber operates globally, with its range including temperate hardwoods and clear softwoods. But it is perhaps particularly known for tropical timber. TTJ asked director Stuart McBride about developments and the role of an agent in this part of its business

Recovering from standards set back
22 December, 2022
Closing out 2022, Shaun Revill, trading director at SR Timber reflects on the year and what we can expect heading into 2023

Your waste could be treasure to schools
22 December, 2022
Gervais Sawyer says schools are crying out for wood materials

Fine tuning forklifts
21 December, 2022
Robert O’Donoghue, vice-president marketing and solutions for Hyster Europe, explains why considering the operator and the environment are of particular importance when selecting materials handling equipment

Two’s company
21 December, 2022
This summer saw the launch of two new wood protection products. Sally Spencer reports

Pick and mix
21 December, 2022
At Joyce’s Hardware and Home in Galway, four different Combilift products are now hard at work handling the vast range of over 30,000 products that are in stock

Tackling toxicity continues
21 December, 2022
Ian King, chief operating officer at Zeroignition, explains how innovation has led to a generation of low-toxicity fire retardants and why this should lead to an uptick in the use timber for construction

A question of safety
21 December, 2022
It’s one thing to grow, harvest, process and sell timber products, somewhere along the line you have to handle, store and transport them – safely. Tony Benson, global marketing manager at Baumann Sideloaders offers some advice

Independent Builders Merchants Group launches ‘cost of living package’
20 December, 2022
One of the largest groups of independent builders merchant in the UK, with in excess of 170 branches throughout the south of England, has launched a comprehensive cost of living support package for its employees.

Rushlift wins £45m extension to Saint-Gobain UK & Ireland contract
20 December, 2022
Rushlift, the national full-service provider of materials handling equipment (MHE), has secured a major three-year extension to its successful, long-running MHE contract with the UK and Ireland business of international building solutions and materials manufacturer and supplier, Saint-Gobain. At the end of the three-year arrangement Saint-Gobain (UK&I) has the option to further extend the contract by two more years.

Toyota forklift donation boosts flow of aid to Ukraine
20 December, 2022
Boxes of Hope, a humanitarian aid charity that was established to send food, clothing, medicine and other essential items to the people of Ukraine following the country’s invasion by Russia, has taken delivery of a vinyl-wrapped forklift truck donated free-of-charge by Toyota Material Handling (TMH) UK Ltd.

BMF welcomes extension to CE Mark
20 December, 2022
The Builders Merchants’ Federation (BMF) has welcomed the government’s decision to continue to recognise the CE Mark for construction products until June 30, 2025 to give businesses in Great Britain more time to prepare. This is a two-and-a-half year extension on the planned date of transition to UKCA conformity assessment certification and labelling, which had previously been set for January 1, 2023.