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Brash gets Benchmark approval
12 December, 2013
John Brash has received Wood Protection Association (WPA) Benchmark accreditation for fire treatment.

Glulam gridshell roof nearing completion
09 December, 2013
The massive 300m-long glulam gridshell structure covering the new Crossrail station at Canary Wharf is nearing completion.

TTF in talks to improve Red List species risk assessment
20 September, 2013
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has held initial talks with the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) with a view to helping update its Red List on the conservation status of tree species and to enable members to use it more effectively in environmental risk assessment.

Fencing contractors launch certification scheme
22 August, 2013
The Fencing Contractors Association has rolled out its own certification scheme to provide specifiers and customers with a pool of industry-accredited contractors.

Firefighters save Wigan timber business
15 July, 2013
Firefighters managed to save the manufacturing side of a Wigan timber products business during a massive fire on Saturday.

BM TRADA rebrands to stop name confusion
05 July, 2013
Timber certification and testing body BM TRADA Group is rebranding in a move that will see all group companies trading under the same BM TRADA name.

SCA UK builds new plant and forecasts major growth
25 June, 2013
SCA Timber Supply UK says its business is set to double in size, after announcing plans for a £5m new planing plant and, in a related development, a new supply contract with Travis Perkins.

Metsä Wood pre-packages for BIM
18 May, 2013
Metsä Wood has had a range of building information modelling data (BIM) created for its construction product system ‘families’ to make them easier and more attractive for architects, designers and builders to specify and use. It claims to be the first timber company to offer the service.

Horsemeat scandal a warning for wood, says TTF CEO
22 February, 2013
Breaches of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) could cause as much reputational damage to the timber sector as the horsemeat contamination scandal has to the food industry, said Timber Trade Federation chief executive John White.

TM Machinery distributes Viet sanders
25 January, 2013
TM Machinery Sales, UK agent for Striebig vertical panel saws, iis to distribute the artisan range of Viet S1 and S2 wide-belt sanders.

Egger boosts profits 22% to €156m
20 January, 2013
Egger has recorded a 22% growth in profits to €156m before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in half-year result released recently.

NEPCon EUTR training in London
12 January, 2013
An international training programme designed to prepare businesses for the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) will include an intensive one-day course in London.