Search Results: 'BWF'

Demand acceptable but competition quells price rises
20 December, 2003
Orders remain fairly healthy into the new year although rising costs and little chance of improving prices means margins remain tight

Catching the crest of a wave
13 December, 2003
Camilla Hair of SCA Timber looks at ways of finding and harnessing new markets for timber products

Information super freeway
29 November, 2003

Strong sales forecast
29 November, 2003
The British Woodworking Federation's CERTIFIRE Fire Door & Doorset scheme has sponsored market analyst Michael Rigby Associates to produce a quarterly trends report on timber fire doors. Its findings are summarised here

Shining moments for timber
18 October, 2003

Prices rises will be of little benefit for joinery margins
04 October, 2003
Some window manufacturers are expected to raise their prices soon but it will add little to the bottom line

Get the media to get the message
06 September, 2003

Good weather brings litte warmth for joiners
28 June, 2003
Although trading may be on the lean side, demand for factory-finished products is boosting turnover

Astroflame joins BWF
21 June, 2003

Glass rooms
03 May, 2003
Timber conservatory manufacturers have been quick to adopt new technologies

Confident on quality
03 May, 2003
Ambass-A-Door of Norwich was always sure of the quality of its windows, but managing director David Lomax says membership of the BWF's Timber Window Accreditation Scheme gives customers invaluable added assurance

In a glass of its own
03 May, 2003
According to Matt Buckley, head of sales and marketing for Pilkington Processing and Merchanting UK, timber windows can combine their traditional strengths with the capacity to take the latest in highly energy-efficient glazing units

Striving for the perfect finish
03 May, 2003
Joinery giant JELD-WEN UK Ltd reports that timber is once again being perceived as a quality product

Time to return to timber?
03 May, 2003
Window manufacturers are seeing a marked increase in the demand for timber windows for social housing

Joiners struggle to recoup higher production costs
05 April, 2003
The joinery sector seems to have accepted higher timber prices but there is only narrow scope to add these costs to margins

UK sees the light in wood windows
05 April, 2003

Solid foundations for business
24 March, 2003
Timber is continuing to bite into carpet's share of the UK flooring market. Mike Jeffree reports from the Contract Flooring Show

Hodgson Sealants wins BWF approval
24 March, 2003

Industry must enforce its laws and codes, writes Dr John Bellamy
20 March, 2003

LS Group drives new Euro standard
05 March, 2003