Search Results: 'EU'

Optimum automation
13 December, 2021
The shortage of forklift operators in the UK is helping drive up sales of automated handling solutions, says Toyota Material Handling UK

Strengthen governance now
10 December, 2021
The Timber Trade Federation unveiled a new deal at the UN Climate Change Conference to incentivise the sustainable and legal tropical timber trade through preferential international market access. Mike Jeffree reports

ISC identifies positive post-Covid prospects
10 December, 2021
The softwood sector is hoping for a calmer market environment in 2022, but demand is forecast to continue to outstrip output. Mike Jeffree reports from the International Softwood Conference

Record-breaking timber and joinery sales in Q2
09 September, 2021
The latest figures from the Builders Merchants Building Index (BMBI), published in August, reveal that record-breaking value sales in June 2021 helped builders’ merchants hit their best ever quarter since the Index began in July 2014. Timber and joinery products recorded its highest monthly sales (+57.5%), despite continuing material shortages.

Don’t drop flegt, pleads NGO
21 July, 2021
NGOs and the TTF have spoken out for FLEGT following suggestions FLEGT licensing and VPAs may be dropped. Mike Jeffree reports

The ABC of UKTR
21 July, 2021
A TTF webinar laid out the operation and implications of the UKTR. Mike Jeffree reports

Five into one go
21 July, 2021
The UK accounts for 50% of Normandy mill group NBE’s sales and business is still growing. Mike Jeffree reports

Olympian efforts in wood building
21 July, 2021
Timber construction has its sights set on gold at the Paris Olympics. Mike Jeffree reports

Marking time
21 July, 2021
The TTF’s Nick Boulton discusses whether UKCA marking is a duplication, an essential requirement, or both

Jargon Busting
15 June, 2021
WJ Group explains how understanding the jargon relating to fire retardant timber treatments (Reaction to Fire) helps protect the supply chain

Innovation for the future of wood
15 June, 2021
Andy Hodge, marketing director at Lonza Wood Protection, explains why timber treatments need to evolve

Turbulent Times
15 June, 2021
The pandemic saw UK+EU imports of US hardwoods fall to a 30-year low in 2020, but market indicators for 2021 and beyond are more promising, says AHEC’s latest review

Roller Coaster Year for Softwood
15 June, 2021
The TTF’s softwood conference provided delegates with some insight into the extraordinary supply and demand dynamics of 2020 and made some predictions for 2021. Sally Spencer reports

Imports recovery continues in Uk
15 June, 2021
The latest TTF statistics show the recovery in imports continued into the new year

Plywood revisited
30 April, 2021
Plywood should be fit for purpose and its credentials should be indelibly marked and legible, but as John Park points out, this is not always the case

Combilift Confidence
30 April, 2021
Combilift has survived and thrived during the pandemic thanks, in part, to the rise in ecommerce. Sally Spencer reports

Riding the RMI rebound
30 April, 2021
After the initial impact of the pandemic, the mouldings market turned around and the challenge for manufacturers has been keeping up with demand. Mike Jeffree reports

Supply strains to meet soaring sales
30 April, 2021
The hardwood trade is bullish about demand, but sourcing enough timber is another question. Mike Jeffree reports

Forestry rises up the agenda
24 February, 2021
The annual Forestry Conference, held during Grown in Britain week and chaired by the organisation’s chief executive, Dougal Driver, heard how forestry is rising up the agenda for politicians and investors alike. Sally Spencer reports

For better or for worse?
24 February, 2021
2020 was a tumultuous year, but will 2021 be better or worse? TTJ asked key players in the industry how they think the year may pan out