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Irish Growth
21 December, 2015
Following on from our coverage on the recent FEFPEB pallet congress in Ireland, we ask pallet entrepreneur Sean Lehane, owner of Mid Cork Pallets, about the development of his business and how he sees the wider market situation in Ireland.

Mills hold price solidarity
20 November, 2015
West and Central African hardwood producers have held their price solidarity in spite of several negative market factors

Stability creates positive market sentiment
20 October, 2015
Chipboard demand in the UK is not breaking any records but the market is stable and traders have a positive outlook. Keren Fallwell reports.

Demonstrate legality, or lose your markets
21 September, 2015
Proving timber is not illegally sourced is a demanding process. But European markets for tropical timber will continue to shrink and become more specialised if legality measures are not broadly adopted, says Robert Simpson, programme manager at the UN FAO for the Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Initiative.

Plywood demand remains on even keel
21 September, 2015
The plywood sector is expected to remain on a stable course for the remainder of the year but there are still some issues causing concern. Keren Fallwell reports.

Changing Times
20 July, 2015
The first two months of 2015 brought a change in markets for West & Central African timbers, ending the 2014 general upwards trend in both price and demand.

Whitewood market oversupply dominates sector
20 April, 2015
Since last autumn, whitewood carcassing production in southern Sweden has continued to flow, and sawmills with growing inventories began to place as much volume as possible anywhere prepared to take it. But trying to ram more volume into an overflowing market has depressed prices, reports Jerry Wilson

Asia Prospects
20 March, 2015
Traders in timber products from Asia saw an improved market in 2014 but prospects this year are less clear

Diversity Drivers
20 February, 2015
A range of market factors are coming together to drive choice and variety in the hardwood market. Mike Jeffree reports

Hardwood Health
20 February, 2015
The hardwood business is not without its issues, but continuing demand growth and slowly but steadily improving supply are ingredients for a positive market outlook. Mike Jeffree reports

Price rises tell the story
20 January, 2015
Some of the main African hardwood species saw strong price rises in 2014 and, as we enter 2015, supply and demand remain broadly in balance