Search Results: 'Ecobuild'

Expo comes of age
19 November, 2014
Last month’s Timber Expo saw an increase in visitor numbers and there was a buzz of optimismamong exhibitors. Sally Spencer reports

Ecobuild to host BIM training
18 September, 2014
The first live event to provide free information on Building Information Modelling (BIM), the government initiative for joined-up thinking on sustainable construction, is to be held as part of Ecobuild.

Closer Customers work smarter
16 July, 2014
Metsä Wood today sees itself in the service industry, to the extent of providing product installation instruction by smartphone. Mike Jeffree reports.

Five designs on diversity
16 June, 2014
A London design exhibition underlined the untapped manufacturing and creative strengths of under-exploited US hardwoods. Mike Jeffree reports.

Modified momentum
19 April, 2014
The market’s light bulb moment for the potential of thermally-modified US hardwood is just around the corner, writes Neil Summers of Timber Dimension, which is working with the American Hardwood Export Council to test and validate the material’s performance.

Larch makes the grade
05 April, 2014
Research work could help lead to a new wave of engineered wood products in Scottish larch. Stephen Powney reports.

On the rail road
05 April, 2014
Louisiana-Pacific’s laminated strand lumber products are being trialled in the UK, including as a rail product.

Wood First Plus LCA database draws Ecobuild crowd
22 March, 2014
A 'soft launch' for Wood for Good's ground breaking Wood First Plus timber life cycle assessment online database packed out TRADA's seminar theatre on its Ecobuild stand.

Ecobuild:DTE sells Safestep system on the hoof
22 March, 2014
Donaldson Timber Engineering (DTE) may not have taken a stand at this year’s Ecobuild, but managing director Jonathan Fellingham was making the most of his tour of the show to tell fellow visitors and exhibitors about SafeStep, the company’s new contribution to working safely on tall roof trusses.

Ecobuild: Havwoods makes Ecobuild debut
22 March, 2014

Ecobuild:Coillte Panel Products launches two boards
22 March, 2014
Coillte Panel Products launched two products at Ecobuild - SmartPly DryBacker and MediteVent.

Ecobuild: Pasquill focuses on market turnaround
22 March, 2014
Engineered timber product manufacturer Pasquill highlighted the benefits of its close partnership with other parts of the Saint-Gobain Group, new moves on sustainability and its response to help customers keep pace with the market upturn.

Ecobuild: Sustainable materials platform launched
22 March, 2014
Ongreening, a new online green building platform, chose an eyecatching timber structure for its launch at Ecobuild.

Ecobuild: TRADA quizzes visitors on wood knowledge
22 March, 2014
Quizzes testing visitors' knowledge of hardwood and softwood and how to identify marine grade plywood were a tactic employed by TRADA to draw visitor interest towards wood products.

Ecobuild:Demand for Kebony continues to grow
22 March, 2014
Adrian Pye, international sales director at modified wood producer Kebony, was in upbeat mood, reporting that the company enjoyed 80% growth globally last year.

Ecobuild:Grown in Britain inspires businesses and Defra
22 March, 2014
Government and blue-chip company approval for Grown in Britain was aired at an Ecobuild conference tackling the issue of nature's relationship with business.

Ecobuild: KLH looks to grow and widen UK CLT prospects
22 March, 2014
The UK may have been through five years of construction downturn, but KLH UK has completed 120 cross-laminated timber (CLT) building projects here in that time.

Ecobuild: Arden flies the flag for British manufacturing
22 March, 2014
After positive feedback at last year's Ecobuild, Arden Windows was back to launch its new Kinward sliding sash with concealed slider.

Ecobuild:LP on engineered wood mission
22 March, 2014
Louisiana-Pacific, supported by UK importer MBM Forest Products, used Ecobuild to continue its crusade to convert specifiers and construction end users here to its engineered timber solid wood building product alternatives.

Ecobuild: STA discusses key issues
22 March, 2014
The Structural Timber Association hosted two industry luncheons where its members and others from the sector could network, hear from key decision makers and discuss key issues.