Search Results: 'Covers'

Australia passes illegal timber law
23 November, 2012
After five years of negotiation and development, Australia’s parliament this week passed the country’s Illegal Logging Prohibition (ILP) bill, its equivalent of the EU Timber Regulation and America’s Lacey Act.

Asians buy NZ forestry land
16 November, 2012
More than 4,000ha of land in Marlborough in New Zealand’s South Island has been sold to Asian timber processors in the past two months.

Trade’s first apprenticeships launched at Timber Expo
10 October, 2012
On the first day of Timber Expo, training providers and timber industry leaders marked the launch of the industry’s first formal Apprenticeship Frameworks, covering timber and wood product supply and wood processing.

FSC certificate for Metsä forests
12 September, 2012
Metsä has been awarded an FSC group certificate that covers company-owned forests in Finland.

Independents grasp opportunity of Build Center branch sell-offs
20 August, 2012
Independent timber and builders merchant groups are making acquisitions across the country as Jewson sells off Build Center branches to remedy competition concerns created by its recent takeover of the latter.

Covers expands into Kent
10 August, 2012
Covers Timber & Builders Merchants opened its first Kent branch on August 13 in Tunbridge Wells.

Rain screen a clear winner
06 August, 2012
Lonza Tanalised Clear pressure-treated timber has been used to create a rain screen system that curves around part of the Gateway section of a major redevelopment at Durham University.

Obituary – Frank Hellyer
20 July, 2012
Frank Hellyer, a former timber director with Covers Timber & Builders Merchants, died on July 9.

Weyerhaeuser procurement favours Tree Farm System
12 July, 2012
Weyerhaeuser has announced its preference for purchasing wood certified under the American Tree Farm System. The American Forest Foundation’s scheme covers more than 89,000 family forest owners sustainably managing 27 million acres of forestland.

TFT in new teak and mahogany project
25 May, 2012

Leading contractors strike PEFC/FSC balance
28 April, 2012

Indonesian timber trade wood legality commitment
31 March, 2012

Gabon Special Economic Zone to process timber
16 March, 2012

Covers opens revamped Horsham branch
13 March, 2012

Timber industry makes the grade for Forest Footprint Disclosure
16 February, 2012

Sense of justice
04 February, 2012
The Malaysian Timber Council’s Sheam Satkuru-Granzella tells Keren Fallwell how a love of the law is the foundation of her career

Metal thefts benefit timber
13 January, 2012

Dubai WoodShow a strategic opportunity
11 January, 2012

Metsäliitto trials FSC standard
10 January, 2012

BM TRADA door energy ratings first
05 January, 2012