Search Results: 'EU'

Lower consumer spending subdues pallet demand
11 December, 2005
The fencing and pallets sectors are finding little reason to celebrate as a difficult year draws to a close

Made in China
10 December, 2005
The TTF addressed growing concern over the influx of Chinese timber products by hosting a seminar in London in November

WWF under analysis
10 December, 2005
On November 22, WWF released its report Failing the Forests: Europe's Illegal Timber Trade alleging that a high proportion of timber entering the EU derives from illegal sources. Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence Ltd suggests that the WWF analysis is flawed

Battling for the finish
10 December, 2005
The UK finishes sector may be facing challenging times but it is not letting its products stand still

Putting the green record straight
10 December, 2005

Europe sets valuable hardwood trends
12 November, 2005
The American Hardwood Export Council convention in Barcelona highlighted the influential role Europe still exercises in the global hardwood market

Get behind government and industry illegal logging action
29 October, 2005

Domestic bliss?
29 October, 2005
ConFor, with input from FTA and UKFPA, reports on the domestic timber sector and forecasts "cautious optimism" for 2006

Sitka sights set high
29 October, 2005
A £1bn enterprise is taking shape in Scotland as Forscot prepares to build an integrated sawmill, pulp and paper mill and renewable energy generation plant. Forscot's Isobel Norwell provides an update

A week of flak and festivities
29 October, 2005

Beetle found in dunnage
17 October, 2005

Lights, camera, Action Plan
15 October, 2005

Counting the cost of Gudrun
15 October, 2005
Södra is waiting to see what the long-term effect of January's storm will have on its business

A revolution in preservation
01 October, 2005
Two EU directives have brought major changes to the treatment sector. Dr Chris Coggins, director of the BWPDA, the umbrella organisation for wood preservation and treatment, looks at the UK's response

Fencing fortunes as mixed as the summer weather
17 September, 2005
The fencing sector has seen varying levels of business this year, but for the pallet industry it's been a more consistent story of low demand and high costs

Ideas abroad
03 September, 2005
The UK trade has postponed the idea of a promotional levy, while Ireland is creating a Wood Marketing Federation. How have other generic wood campaigns fared, and what can we learn from their experiences? Camilla Hair, of SCA Timber Supply, reports

Chatham House debates illegal logging
20 August, 2005
The Royal Institute for International Affairs has just held the latest in a series of forums on illegal logging at London's Chatham House

Coatings advice online
10 August, 2005

Keep on the right track
06 August, 2005
Helveta says its new TracElite technology can make chain of custody schemes watertight

Welsh set store by wood
06 August, 2005
The Pembrokeshire Timber Store is promoting the use of native Welsh hardwoods and is gaining ground in high places