Search Results: 'EUTR'

Home-grown timber on agenda at EUTR seminar
19 December, 2012
Home-grown timber buyers and growers can find out what the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) will mean for them at a London seminar on January 24.

OSB could benefit from EUTR
17 December, 2012
Plywood buyers could turn increasingly to OSB once the EUTR comes into force

Plywood sector “in limbo” as trade awaits EUTR
17 December, 2012
Plywood sales in the UK have been slow, held back partly by an unwillingness to buy forward while the sector awaits the impact of the EU Timber Regulation, which comes into effect in March. Ian Martin reports

Legality schemes still working on EUTR compliance
10 December, 2012
A report from the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) concludes that no leading third-party legality verification or certification body currently fully complies with the upcoming EU Timber Regulation on illegal timber “risk mitigation”.

Guide to due diligence launched
03 December, 2012
A new fast track guidance standard to tackle forestry supply chain risks has been produced ahead of the EU Timber Regulation which comes into effect in March.

Illegal timber law is opportunity
26 November, 2012
The upcoming anti-illegal wood EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) represented a “real opportunity” for the plywood and wider timber industry to demonstrate its environmental commitment, Chris Sutton, president of the Timber Trade Federation’s (TTF) National Products Division, said at the division’s annual dinner last week.

German traders could face EUTR fines of up to €50,000
18 November, 2012
Germany’s federal government has incorporated the EU Timber Regulation into its law.

Indonesia’s legality milestone
12 November, 2012
It once topped the world league table of illegal timber suppliers, but Indonesia has taken radical steps to shed that status. Andy Roby, DFID-funded industry adviser in the country, reports on latest significant developments

Stability expected to continue
12 November, 2012
There has been some movement in sawn timber prices but the log market has held no surprises this year

Spreading the EUTR word
12 November, 2012
I’m afraid I used the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) to unsettle a sash window repairer giving us a quote the other day. He deserved it for all the teeth sucking, and telling us that the work we needed would take longer, cause more mess and cost more than we’d anticipated.

Altripan achieves VLC plywood milestone
12 November, 2012
Altripan UK says it has become the first UK supplier of Verification of Legal Compliance (VLC) legally verified plywood as it readies itself for implementation of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).

Plywood rises to EUTR challenge
12 November, 2012
The EU Timber Regulation may cause some disturbance for the tropical plywood trade, but long term it will benefit the sector and its image, according to three leading importers

EUTR - the supplier’s view
12 November, 2012
Tropical timber suppliers still have concerns about the EU Timber Regulation, but they’re working hard to ensure compliance, says Malaysian Timber Council London director Sheam Satkuru-Granzella

Testing tropical times
12 November, 2012
According to one supplier, OK is good enough for business in a tropical timber sector facing continuing tough market conditions and major new anti-illegal logging legislation. Mike Jeffree reports

TTF gears up for EUTR
08 November, 2012
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has announced further workshops to help the industry gear up for the anti-illegal wood EU Timber Regulation.

Tackling illegal timber
27 October, 2012
A major conference in Malaysia highlighted both the achievements of anti-illegal timber measures, and trade anxieties around them. Mike Jeffree reports

Two-way trading street
27 October, 2012
The Global WoodMart in Malaysia underlined South-east Asia’s growing significance as a wood importer, as well as a supplier of timber and wood products worldwide. Mike Jeffree reports

Cut duplication, join up thinking
27 October, 2012
It’s a refrain that has echoed down the years. The timber industry needs more joined-up thinking and collaboration, both to do battle with more cohesive rival materials sectors and defend and promote its environmental performance to counter criticism from media savvy harder line green NGOs.

Tropical timber workshp
21 October, 2012
The Timber Trade Federation’s EU Timber Regulation/Responsible Purchasing Workshop, focusing on sourcing from temperate regions will be held, on October 31 at the Building Centre in London.

Timber Expo visitor numbers increase by 15%
13 October, 2012
As the doors shut on this year’s Timber Expo, organisers reported delight at a provisional 15% growth on visitor numbers.