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Safety matters
20 December, 2023
Robert O’Donoghue, VP marketing and solutions, EMEA for Hyster looks at the issue of creating a culture of safety in wood handling operations
Driving change
20 December, 2023
Two of the big names in the UK timber industry are opting for electric sideloaders, as Tony Benson, global marketing manager at Baumann Sideloaders highlights
Combilift hits 25- year mark
20 December, 2023
Irish multi-directional forklift truck manufacturer Combilift has celebrated its 25-year anniversary with press, customers and dealers. Stephen Powney attended the celebration and press conference updating on Combilift’s plans for the future
Governance guidance
20 December, 2023
Wood preservation is a highly regulated sector. To help bring to life the governance that allows pressure treated timber to be sold across Europe, we caught up with Dr Olivia Allen, regulatory manager for Arxada
The fully automated sawmill
20 December, 2023
Installing Kallfass technology has enabled best wood SCHNEIDER to carry out sorting, drying, and packaging without the use of forklifts
Construction weakens markets
20 December, 2023
After two exceptional years, the German sawmill and timber industry is facing challenges. With the domestic construction industry, the most important customer market is in crisis. As a result, companies are reducing production. Julia Möbus, managing director of the German Sawmill and Timber Industry Association (DeSH), explains the economic development in the industry and gives an outlook for the future
High and mighty
20 December, 2023
Nick Glaves highlights some recently completed jobs that prove the flexibility of cantilever racking
Efficient and compliant
20 December, 2023
Koppers Performance Chemicals’ Darlington facility now includes part of the company’s research and development function, as well as large-scale production, as plant manager Graeme Jinks explains
Lavers’ Labours Last
20 December, 2023
Dan Ridley-Ellis looks back at the work of Gwendoline M Lavers
Past, present and future
20 December, 2023
In the year that TTJ celebrates its 150th anniversary, materials handling manufacturer Combilift looks at how things have changed over the past century or so when it comes to lifting and moving timber products
A year of industry collaboration
20 December, 2023
The Timber in Construction Group is helping co-ordinate industry input into strategies for driving use of timber in building, writes Structural Timber Association chief executive Andrew Carpenter
Uplifting experience
20 December, 2023
Forklift manufacturers continue to bring new products and technologies to the market, with HUBTEX no exception. Sally Spencer reports
Preserving a good reputation
19 December, 2023
The WPA looks at third party accreditation and why it should matter to timber treaters
Ireland bound
19 December, 2023
Geoff Rhodes, independent consultant and former long-serving marketing and sales director at MEDITE looks back 40 years to Medford Corporation’s multi-million dollar investment in the Clonmel factory
Interholco into the future
19 December, 2023
The leading tropical hardwood supplier acknowledges market challenges, but is building for exciting times ahead. Mike Jeffree reports
Lithuania’s First LVL plant opens
19 December, 2023
VMG Lignum as a part of VMG Group incorporates a wide range of wood product operations in Lithuania and now it has added LVL and I-joist production to its capabilities, reports Stephen Powney
Sustainable tropical forestry
19 December, 2023
The BMRC has been formed to underpin international market access and boost the investability of tropical timber producing countries with independently endorsed sustainable forestry systems. Mike Jeffree reports
UK tropical wood imports down
19 December, 2023
After a buoyant couple of years, UK tropical timber imports have trended lower this year, reports Sustainable Wood
The world will need tropical timber
19 December, 2023
There are challenges for the tropical timber sector, but the future is one of opportunity, says Precious Woods. Mike Jeffree reports
Rising to eco regs challenge
19 December, 2023
The EU Deforestation Regulation will put the European tropical timber trade to the test, but Vandecasteele sees potential positive outcomes
