Search Results: 'Coillte'

Margins under pressure
28 December, 2013
Ireland’s mills have enjoyed an increase in demand but high log prices are eating into margins. Keren Fallwell reports

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
This increasing positivity has been apparent in the timber sector for a while and, although people remain wary of talking about green shoots, for fear the mere mention will make them shrivel, even these have recently begun to sprout in the occasional conversation.

Positive talk turns to action
14 December, 2013
Economic upturns start with a feeling. It's a slow and initially barely discernible mood swing, but gradually you start to notice that not every business discussion is a gloom contest, as it seems to have been through the slump, where everyone tries to outdo each other with tales of corporate woe.

Smartply OSB mill to invest in additional continuous press
06 December, 2013
A major new investment by Coillte Panel Products in the Waterford-based SmartPly OSB mill will “dramatically” increase production capacity to meet future OSB supply requirements of customers.

Timber Expo: Coillte and Enterprise Ireland host Irish mills
05 October, 2013
Irish forestry company Coillte, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, played host to three Irish sawn timber exporters on their stand – Glennon Brothers, Murray Timber and GP Wood.

Timber Expo: Coillte Panel Products’ winning ways
05 October, 2013
Coillte Panel Products’ stand had its first outing at Ecobuild earlier this year, where it won the UK Green Building Council’s Sustainable Stand Award.

A good year for TTBS
05 October, 2013
There have been some positive developments for the TTBS this year. General manager Ivan Savage explains

TTJ Awards 2013 – The Winners
21 September, 2013
Chris Sutton of James Latham displays the 2013 TTJ Timber Trader of the Year Award, announced by guest speaker Huw Edwards. This year's Awards, held at The Savoy in London, were enjoyed by around 330 guests from across the timber and related industries. They finished the day with post-Awards drinks at the Coal Hole pub, sponsored by Snows Timber. Accsys Technologies and Coillte Panel Products supplied the trophies while English Woodlands Timber supplied the table centres.

Continuity and commitment
07 September, 2013
Timber Expo may have a new home this year but at least one element will remain familiar – the presence of the Irish pavilion. Sally Spencer reports

Coillte reports €35m operational profits
30 July, 2013
Coillte, the Irish state-owned company with interests in forestry, panel manufacturing, biomass/renewable energy and land management, has reported annual operating profits before exceptional items of €35m.

Golden rule
13 July, 2013
Malcolm Cowley, Coillte Panel Products’ UK sales manager, is retiring next month after 50 years in the timber industry. He talks to Keren Fallwell about his career and his latest role as TTBS national president

OSB highlights natural refuge
11 July, 2013
The dramatic curving timber form of the Embassy for Refugees Pavilion illustrates the natural refuge that tree canopies provide – but in OSB.

Coillte scoops European business prize
10 July, 2013
Coillte was Ireland’s only winner at the European Business Awards, with the company scooping the Environment and Corporate Sustainability prize.

Panel producers converge on Dublin for EPF AGM
08 July, 2013
Coillte Panel Products hosted the European Panel Federation’s AGM in Dublin on July 3-5.

Irish government shelves Coillte harvesting rights sale
20 June, 2013
Irish sawmillers have let out a huge sigh of relief after the government announced yesterday that it was shelving the proposed sale of state forester Coillte’s harvesting rights.

Carry on with confidence
15 June, 2013
It’s a mixed picture in the wood-based panels market but continuing investment demonstrates the sector’s confidence in the future. Robin Meade reports.

Product generation game
15 June, 2013
Joanna Crown, marketing manager of Medite and SmartPly from Coillte Panel Products, takes a look at some of the key milestones for the industry in recent months, which mark the next generation of wood-based panel products

CPP employees go the distance for TTBS
31 May, 2013
Becca Smith and Harriet Heardman of Coillte Panel Products have raised £2,800 for the Timber Trades' Benevolent Society (TTBS) by taking part in the ultra-distance London 2 Brighton Challenge.

Irish mill lobbies minister on Coillte harvesting rights fears
23 May, 2013
Irish sawmiller Glennon Brothers has underlined the importance of the wood-processing sector to the Irish economy during a visit by the minister of state for research and innovation Sean Sherlock on Monday.

Traction engines
18 May, 2013
Accsys Technologies’ Accoya and Tricoya products are gaining traction in the market. Robin Meade reports.