Search Results: 'EU'

Finding that feel-good factor
17 December, 2012
A hardwood importer recently summed up 2012 to TTJ as the year that “OK became the new norm”. Trade was better than in the darkest days of recession, but still wasn’t floating anybody’s boats.

60 years and going strong
10 December, 2012
The Plywood Club of London is as relevant today as it when it was established 60 years ago, says chairman Peter Lapage

Seeing the wood from the trees
29 November, 2012
It was the government’s worst nightmare. Dealing with obstreperous opponents in the Commons and the slings and arrows of prime minister’s questions was one thing. Facing the antagonism of the mass ranks of steely-eyed middle England was something else entirely. This was opposition of a different magnitude – and it was, of course, what ministers faced over their idea to sell off the Forestry Commission’s English woodlands.

Spreading the EUTR word
12 November, 2012
I’m afraid I used the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) to unsettle a sash window repairer giving us a quote the other day. He deserved it for all the teeth sucking, and telling us that the work we needed would take longer, cause more mess and cost more than we’d anticipated.

Spread the word on timber’s qualities
27 October, 2012
Concerns about formaldehyde in wood-based panels are misguided, says Mike Botting, editor of TTJ sister magazine Wood Based Panels International

Cut duplication, join up thinking
27 October, 2012
It’s a refrain that has echoed down the years. The timber industry needs more joined-up thinking and collaboration, both to do battle with more cohesive rival materials sectors and defend and promote its environmental performance to counter criticism from media savvy harder line green NGOs.

Global show for globalised trade
13 October, 2012
Globalisation of the timber industry benefits all, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Gibson strikes a chord for Europe
18 August, 2012
It’s 18 months from now, 7.30am on an ordinary working day at a timber importer and distributor somewhere in the UK. An artic has just pulled up fresh from the port laden with plywood. A fork lift is packing a box truck with a load of mixed hardwoods for the first deliveries. Inside the warehouse, staff are checking inventory, drinking that first mug of tea. Nothing seems untoward.

Testing times ahead
23 July, 2012
The timber industry must prepare for the upcoming Construction Products Regulation, says Meyer Timber market executive Stephen Cope

LCAs the eco ace in the pack
26 May, 2012

Modifying the timber market
12 May, 2012
Modified timber is gaining market acceptance

ETTF a united voice for European timber industry
12 May, 2012
The European Timber Trade Federation gives the industry stronger representation, says its president Andreas von Möller

Timber Expo seminar programme revamped
14 April, 2012
Changes to this year's Timber Expo seminars are aimed at attracting more construction professionals. TRADA marketing manager Rupert Scott explains

Proposed ISPM15 extension brings fundamental change
31 March, 2012
TIMCON is ensuring that any expansion of ISPM15 coverage does not disadvantage its members, says president John Dye

Prime venue for?new NVQ launch
17 March, 2012
The timber industry's new NVQs will be launched at Ecobuild

Sustainabilty makes business sense
03 March, 2012
Traceability and sustainable supply are key business issues, says James Hulse of Forest Footprint Disclosure

Cashing in on natural capital
18 February, 2012
Companies' eco impacts are coming under increasing scrutiny from the financial sector – and timber has a natural advantage

Don't mess with the orangutans
04 February, 2012
Strict enforcement of the rules is the only way to address timber's environmental vulnerability

Airtime and accolades
07 January, 2012
Timber's contribution to the UK economy is now being recognised