Search Results: 'European Timber Trade Association'

ISC to be hosted in Sicily
08 March, 2024
The International Softwood Conference (ISC) will this year be held in Sicily on October 17-18.

Timber industry predictions: 2024
30 January, 2024
TTJ asks a broad section of the trade for their opinions about trade prospects, issues and developments in the year ahead

TIMCON highlights collaboration and data as key to success
25 January, 2024
Collaboration between different sector organisations is increasingly important to achieving shared targets for the timber industry, according to John Dye, president of the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON).

Just getting across the line
10 January, 2024
The UK hardwood sector is experiencing testing times. Mike Jeffree reports

Ireland bound
19 December, 2023
Geoff Rhodes, independent consultant and former long-serving marketing and sales director at MEDITE looks back 40 years to Medford Corporation’s multi-million dollar investment in the Clonmel factory

UK tropical wood imports down
19 December, 2023
After a buoyant couple of years, UK tropical timber imports have trended lower this year, reports Sustainable Wood

Softwood sector seeks glimmers of light
18 December, 2023
The International Softwood Conference convened in challenging times for the industry looking for prospects of market improvement. Keith Fryer of Fort Builders Merchants, who moderated the event, reports

Softwood sector seeks glimmers of light
18 December, 2023
The International Softwood Conference convened in challenging times for the industry looking for prospects of market improvement. Keith Fryer of Fort Builders Merchants, who moderated the event, reports

Securing the future of timber decking
25 April, 2023
Janet Sycamore, director of the Timber Decking & Cladding Association provides a market update on the decking sector

No time to speculate
25 April, 2023
Views vary on prospects for the hardwood trade through 2023, but it won’t be the bull market of the last two years, say businesses. Mike Jeffree reports

2023 - Plotting a course through choppy waters
15 February, 2023
A relative degree of calm may have returned to UK politics. The economic picture is less than pretty, however, with forecasts for 1.3% shrinkage in GDP over the year. Consequently representatives of timber and related businesses and industry associations asked for their outlook by TTJ see challenges for the sector and its markets through 2023. But, at the same time, they identify opportunities and highlight their plans and projects for making the most of them. Mike Jeffree reports

From tropical surge to slowdown?
22 December, 2022
After a strong start to 2022, deteriorating market conditions threaten to slow the UK tropical timber trade. That’s according to latest reports from Rupert Oliver of Forest Industries Intelligence (www.forestindustries.info) for the International Tropical Timber Organisation’s market information service (www.itto.int), of which the following is a summary

International Hardwood Conference discusses market stresses
09 November, 2022
The International Hardwood Conference, organised in Lyon by the French National Wood Federation (FNB), the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF), took place on October 28.

Ambition undimmed after 70 years
24 August, 2022
Forum highlights tropical timber market development initiatives. Mike Jeffree reports

ATIBT ever more active at 70
10 June, 2022
The environmental, economic and social development of the tropical forest industry is more important than ever, says ATIBT. Mike Jeffree reports

Making a stand on red oak
10 June, 2022
A leading furniture manufacturer decided to drop European oak for its new designs due to price and supply issues. Mike Jeffree reports

WPCS gain more market share
11 April, 2022
Recent years have been a story of wood plastic composites gaining increasing market share in the UK decking market and also tapping the cladding and fencing sectors. The pandemic has accelerated their use further, according to players in the market. Stephen Powney reports

Healthy Demand Meets Supply Stress
08 April, 2022
UK hardwood sales may be ‘normalising’, but importers say the challenge ahead will be getting hold of timber. Mike Jeffree reports

Some seasonality returning, says TIMCON
21 March, 2022
There are early signs of wood availability returning to established seasonal patterns, according to the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) – although significant challenges in the market remain.

ISC identifies positive post-Covid prospects
10 December, 2021
The softwood sector is hoping for a calmer market environment in 2022, but demand is forecast to continue to outstrip output. Mike Jeffree reports from the International Softwood Conference