Search Results: 'EU'

Panel discussions
17 December, 2018
Sally Spencer reports from the TTF’s first UK Wood Panels Conference, which took place in London last month

Going Electric
17 December, 2018
Materials handling and logistics are in firm focus as companies seek to maintain product availability and operational efficiency in light of Brexit, Stephen Powney reports

Hardwood calm amid brexit storm
17 December, 2018
Brexit may make the hardwood sector’s outlook unpredictable, but traders are “still hitting good numbers”. Mike Jeffree reports

Are you ready for Euro-Stage V?
17 December, 2018
Emission standards for diesel forklift trucks are about to get a lot stricter and, for the first time, LPG trucks are affected too. What are the implications for buyers planning their future strategic fleet purchases? asks Paul Watson, UK commercial director at Doosan Industrial Vehicles UK Ltd

Softwood Soothsaying
17 December, 2018
The annual International Softwood Conference (ISC) is always a great window on performance and prospects of the European softwood sector. This year’s event detailed both opportunities and risks facing markets

Marine potential
22 November, 2018
More market education, performance data and greater use of lesser-known species are needed to sustain and grow tropical timber’s place in the marine products sector. Mike Jeffree reports

Austria boosts timber output
22 November, 2018
The Austrian sawmill industry and its timber products trade are punching their weight in the international timber products sector

Record German mill production
22 November, 2018
The German softwood sawmilling industry is likely to achieve record production levels, reports Lars Schmidt, CEO of the German Association of the Sawmilling and Timber Industry (DeSH)

European perspectives
22 November, 2018
The 11th European Wood Based Panels Symposium was jointly organised by the European Panel Federation and Fraunhofer WKI. Mike Botting, editor of sister title Wood Based Panels International, shares some highlights

Recovery and recycling in TIMCON’s sights
29 October, 2018
Delegates at TIMCON’s AGM last month heard the organisation is committed to tackling high prices and packaging targets

Look east
29 October, 2018
ABP’s East Anglian ports are supporting a thriving timber trade

Making the most of it
25 September, 2018
Grown in Britain’s chief executive, Dougal Driver, explains why more should be made of British timber

GREENJOIST shows potential
28 August, 2018
A number of international players are backing the GREENJOIST project, which aims to open up applications in industrial logistics markets for a recycled wood beam to replace solid wood

Record Carrefour reflects buoyant market
26 July, 2018
France’s flagship exhibition has reinforced its claim to be Europe’s leading purely timber trade fair. Mike Jeffree was there

Napier’s MSc First
23 July, 2018
Edinburgh Napier University has introduced an MSc on Timber Architectural Design and Technology – the first programme of its kind in the UK

On tour with Glennon brothers
25 June, 2018
TTJ Career Development Award sponsor Glennon Brothers recently hosted a tour of Ireland’s forest products sector for the 2017 award finalists. Keren Fallwell reports

Offsite on target
25 June, 2018
UK housebuilders don’t underestimate the challenges their industry faces, but are investing in meeting them, including in offsite prefabrication. Mike Jeffree reports.

China Growth
20 June, 2018
China continues to exert a massive influence on global timber markets, reports Stephen Powney

Mod Cons
20 June, 2018
Accsys Group invited the trade press to see its Accoya wood factory in Arnhem and view some landmark uses of the modified wood. Stephen Powney reports from the Netherlands

Plywood: Seeing Through
20 June, 2018
TTF managing director David Hopkins stresses the need for greater clarity in the Chinese plywood trade