Search Results: 'EU'

Fire alert sounded
28 December, 2013
Latest research underlines the need for specifiers to scrutinise fire retardant coating performance claims carefully, says Wood Protection Association director Steve Young.

KVH hopes rise
02 December, 2013
German builders have long appreciated the advantages of using KVH timber and now German sawmillers’ hopes are rising that they can crack the UK market. Stephen Powney reports

Anglo-German trade ties strengthen
02 December, 2013
A shift in the market has made the UK a more attractive destination for German softwood products. Stephen Powney reports

Big challenges, bold steps
16 November, 2013
The AHEC European Convention highlighted the range of initiatives under way to make maximum use of the abundant US hardwood resource. Mike Jeffree reports

Passport to trade
02 November, 2013
Helveta says its new online traceability platform will support importers’ due diligence. Keren Fallwell reports.

Softwood shows a sense of collective optimism
02 November, 2013
The International Softwood Conference in Edinburgh found the sector upbeat about medium to longterm prospects. Mike Jeffree reports.

Back to the future
19 October, 2013
Tough decisions have been taken at Timbmet, but its turnaround specialist CEO says one of the big names of UK timber is back on track. Mike Jeffree reports.

Timber Expo: EUTR enquiries keep Bureau Veritas busy
05 October, 2013
International certification body Bureau Veritas was at Timber Expo for the first time, highlighting its timber legality auditing and verification services following the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).

Timber Expo: Bolivians see UK market prospects
05 October, 2013
Bolivia may not be the biggest timber supplier to the UK, but as its national pavilion at Timber Expo revealed, it believes it has the products and environmental credentials to increase its presence.

Timber Expo: Seismic debut
05 October, 2013
Suteki’s presence at Timber Expo underlined the growing overseas interest in the developing UK timber construction market.

Protection plan
21 September, 2013
Developments in the WPA Benchmark QA scheme and an industry getting to grips with a series of EU regulations are likely to make 2013 a landmark year for the wood preservation industry. Steve Young, director of the Wood Protection Association, explains.

Restoring confidence
21 September, 2013
The market for wood preservatives has improved and manufacturers are beefing up their products’ performance credentials. Robin Meade reports

VPA vision for legality
07 September, 2013
Implementing EU FLEGT Voluntary Partnership Agreements is taking longer than hoped, but supplier countries signed up to the initiative have already made major progress on legality assurance. Mike Jeffree reports.

Good, but can do better
24 August, 2013
The FSC is the biggest player in tropical forest certification, but acknowledges it has more to do in this area says director general Kim Carstensen.

Malaysia makes its legality mark
24 August, 2013
Malaysia’s MYTLAS legality assurance system is bedding in well and helping challenge perceptions that tropical timber is inevitably high risk of illegality, says Malaysian Timber Council London director Sheam Satkuru- Granzella.

Hot tropical topics
24 August, 2013
TTJ asked suppliers, major buyers and an NGO for their views on tropical timber and wood product procurement and use and found they were topics under scrutiny as never before.

Yield and Value Added
24 August, 2013
There is potential for value-added tropical timber products. Mike Jeffree reports.

Making the sapele switch
24 August, 2013
Increasing demand and environmental pressures are combining to force the market to look to an ever wider range of tropical species. Mike Jeffree reports

Regulation and recession
24 August, 2013
The global tropical timber market has been a tough place to do business of late, but it has its brighter spots, report Steve Johnson and Mike Adams of the International Tropical Timber Organisation.

The EUTR: cause and effect:
10 August, 2013
A Timber Trade Federation survey suggests the EUTR is impacting on timber companies’ purchases but Anand Punja, head of sustainability, says there are also other influences.