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James Jones & Sons launches ‘Innovating for a Greener World’ campaign
29 April, 2024
Last week James Jones & Sons launched an ‘Innovating for a Greener World’ campaign in celebration of Earth Day on April 22. The week-long campaign opened with a film to showcase a number of environmental initiatives that have recently taken place across the Group.

IBMG’s ProRange private label grows
29 April, 2024
The Independent Builders Merchant Group (IBMG) has announced the latest addition to its ProRange own-label: ProRange plywood.

Metsä integrates maintenance operations of ply and Kerto LVL mills
29 April, 2024
Metsä Group is to integrate maintenance operations of its plywood and Kerto LVL mills as part of its own organisation.

TRA announces 2024 Roofscape Design Award winners
25 April, 2024
A packed audience of Trussed Rafter Association members gathered this week to see who would win the hotly contested Roofscape Design Awards 2024.

Stora Enso reports continuing challenges for wood product division
25 April, 2024
Stora Enso says its wood products division continues to face challenges due to low demand, prices, volumes, and high wood costs.

EcoReFibre fibreboard recycling project takes decisive step forward
25 April, 2024
The EcoReFibre consortium has met at Dieffenbacher’s Eppingen base to demonstrate and discuss interim results of the research project which aims to to recycle waste fibreboards and use the material in the manuacture of new fibreboards.

Woodsafe Research & Development welcomes Lazaros Tsantaridis
24 April, 2024
Woodsafe Research & Development AB (WRD) has appointed Lazaros Tsantaridis as head of research for the WRD Fire Impregnated Wood Research Centre in Västerås, Sweden.

DTE appoints new business systems director
24 April, 2024
Donaldson Timber Engineering Ltd (DTE) has promoted Anya Mayor to business systems director, as the business continues to invest in developing talent from within.

SDL Solutions to double wood pellet production
24 April, 2024
SDL Solutions has started work on the installation of a high-capacity wood pellet production line and press at its facility in the Cotswolds. Manufactured by Rudnick and Enners, the new line will mirror the SDL Pellets existing line, effectively doubling production capacity to enable production of over 60,000 tons of En Plus A1 wood pellets annually. Construction of the pellet line and press is expected to be operational by July this year.

Timber to make a splash at Paris Olympics
23 April, 2024
The Aquatics Centre at the Paris Olympics is the only permanent new building for the games, promising a lasting legacy for the neighbourhood and beyond.

TIMCON says government reuse incentive is a must
23 April, 2024
The Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) says discussions with Defra on the implementation of a reuse incentive scheme for wooden packaging have been “extremely positive”.

Travis Perkins joins TDUK
19 April, 2024
Travis Perkins is celebrating its 20th consecutive year of certification of timber chain of custody and has also recently joined Timber Development UK (TDUK).

Pfeifer Group optimising facilities in response to market demand
18 April, 2024
European sawmilling giant Pfeifer Group has optimised its manufacturing processes in response to a difficult construction products market in Europe.

Vietnam wood product exports grew in March
18 April, 2024
The value of Vietnam’s timber and wood products exports grew by 46% in March compared to the previous month but are lagging year ago rates, according to Vietnam’s Customs Office figures cited by the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s latest market bulletin.

New Brazil forest management standard to boost international trade
17 April, 2024
A new Brazilian forest management standard is billed as guaranteeing certification of the origin of products by the Brazilian Association of Technical Standards (ABNT), according to the International Tropical Organisation’s (ITTO) latest update.

Postsaver introduces 40-Year post replacement guarantee for agricultural fencing in Ireland
17 April, 2024
Postsaver, the protective sleeve product designed to extend the lives of fence posts, has introduced a 40-year post replacement guarantee for agricultural fencing in Ireland.

Firedoor producer Sentry named one of UK’s fastest growing businesses
17 April, 2024
Fire safety and security doorsets manufacturer Sentry Fire Safety Group has been named as one of the UK’s fastest growing businesses.

Sykes Timber in major retrofit of headquarters building
17 April, 2024
UK timber merchant and distributor Sykes Timber has received permission to re-design its headquarters building with extensive use of timber products.

Saint-Gobain sells Calders & Grandidge
17 April, 2024
Saint-Gobain has signed a binding agreement for the sale of its treated timber products (utility poles, fencing and railway sleepers) manufacturing brands: PDM in Ireland and Calders & Grandidge in the UK – to the Livari Mononen Group.

Zest teams run for charity
17 April, 2024
Garden furniture, grow your own and decorative garden structure specialist, Zest, part of the P&A Group, fielded a team to take on the Manchester Marathon on Sunday April 14 to raise money for North East Wales Mind, the P&A Group’s charity for 2024. Nine employees took part.