Search Results: 'EU'

Building the future
15 December, 2001
Finland sees huge potential in building with wood. With an abundancy of forest resources, innovation in construction and the increasingly green credentials of timber it's not surprising the country is talking up the future.

Under the weather
15 December, 2001
The Baltics timber industry is getting into a cold sweat over the wet and mild weather which is interrupting harvesting

Pickings remain too thin
01 December, 2001
Activity in the hardboard sector is reasonably healthy but there is a dwindling number of supply options for users

Confidence in a crisis
10 November, 2001
Delegates at the American Hardwood Export Council's ninth European Convention acknowledged current difficulties in the international market. But they also expressed confidence in the longer term for timber generally, and American hardwood in particular.

Silly season
10 November, 2001
Substantial quantities of plywood in the UK mean that some sales are at low prices in order to maintain cash flow

Creosote ban puts 100 UK jobs at risk
10 November, 2001

Ronseal trades places
20 October, 2001
Legislative pressure from the EU and shifting trends in the market have been a driving force behind Ronseal's efforts in recent years to develop a new strategy for the trade.

Easing suspicion
20 October, 2001
Dr Chris Coggins, director of the British Wood Preserving and Damp-proofing Association, looks at some of the issues facing the treatment industry

Snow's drift
20 October, 2001
Mike Snow, executive director of the American Hardwood Export Council, explains how the organisation is developing markets in the UK

IWSc champions innovation
20 October, 2001
This year's IWSc conference appealed to a broad audience including manufacturers, designers, architects and engineers.

Sweden braces for reforms
06 October, 2001
Sweden is not having the best of times, with oversupply and low prices affecting the sawn timber market and fungus and bad weather affecting logging

A champion for timber
22 September, 2001
Clifford Champion, chairman and formerly managing director of AW Champion Ltd, is set to take his bow from the trade this month. Stephen Powney spoke to him about his illustrious career

Facing fierce competition
22 September, 2001
UK demand for plywood has been better than expected, with product from the Far East and the Baltics making a particular impact

Counting the cosmic costs of industry waste
01 September, 2001
Ian Gillett of the TRADA Technology Business Solutions Group, explains what Mass Balance is and why everyone in the timber industry needs to be aware of the practical consequences of ignoring it

Rate cuts to keep Celtic tiger purring
01 September, 2001
Ireland's booming housing sector may be taking its foot off the accelerator but the government has been praised for cutting interest rates and introducing other fiscal measures to ensure that the still growing economy as a whole stays on an even keel

Hard landing for hardboard
11 August, 2001
There is little excitement in the hardboard market and it is generally considered that, in the long term, the product is in decline – helped on its way by increasing competition from thin MDF

On the FIRA line
04 August, 2001
Besides testing beds, bookcases, chairs and tables to destruction, FIRA also helps the UK furniture industry shape up for a global market place.

Making a noise about noise
21 July, 2001
Most sites involved with timber processing will have issues associated with noise.

Handcrafted homes
21 July, 2001
Log home building is a steadily growing industry in BC – and one which the Canadians are keen to find a market for in Europe.

Enterprising Ireland
07 July, 2001
Ireland's timber industry is enjoying a new level of co-operation. Keren Fallwell reports on two of the organisations that are involved