Search Results: 'European Timber Trade Federation'

Overproduction haunts whitewood market
17 December, 2012
Too much supply chasing weak demand has unbalanced the market, particularly for whitewood, but if Swedish mills reduce production shortages could emerge

Flying the flag
17 December, 2012
Supplying the Olympic Park with anti-slip decking and getting the industry talking about roof batten quality have been major features of John Brash’s year. Stephen Powney 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”.

Sonae closure reinvigorates some market sectors
29 November, 2012
Suppliers of T&G and melamine-faced chipboard have noted some market improvement since Sonae’s UK factory closed but chipboard is still generally under pressure and under priced. Ian Martin 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.

Global show for globalised trade
13 October, 2012
Globalisation of the timber industry benefits all, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Governments and green woods
29 September, 2012
Governments are increasingly taking a leading role in controlling the international trade in wood products but, according to wood industry consultant Michael Buckley, they need to do much more than that

A Woodmart for the world
17 September, 2012
Malaysia’s Global Woodmart promises to be bigger, better and more international in 2012. Mike Jeffree reports

Shutdowns confined to scheduled maintenance
01 September, 2012
Demand for chipboard has held up over the summer and, although the market is still tough, producers are hopeful that the second half will be busier than the first. Ian Martin reports

Prices slip as markets quieten
01 September, 2012
European demand for softwood has weakened, but so far prices in the UK have held up. An upswing in North American prices has raised hopes at sawmills in the US and Canada, but mills supplying European markets are still treading water

Gibson strikes a chord for Europe
18 August, 2012
It’s 18 months from now, 7.30am on an ordinary working day at a timber importer and distributor somewhere in the UK. An artic has just pulled up fresh from the port laden with plywood. A fork lift is packing a box truck with a load of mixed hardwoods for the first deliveries. Inside the warehouse, staff are checking inventory, drinking that first mug of tea. Nothing seems untoward.

“Demob happy” market maintains MDF demand
18 August, 2012
The MDF sector’s worst fears have not been realised and producers and traders are reasonably content with business. Ian Martin reports

ETTF finalises harmonised due diligence system
20 July, 2012
The European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) has almost completed its harmonised due diligence illegal timber risk assessment system, which will enable all members to comply with the upcoming EU Timber Regulation, according to the organisation’s secretary-general André de Boer.

Plywood traders prepare for summer slowdown
07 July, 2012
The element of caution in the plywood sector is expected to change little until after the summer. Ian Martin reports

Modelling new business
07 July, 2012
Camilla Hair of SCA Timber Supply looks into technical data and its potential to unlock new opportunities for timber

Green light for new European wood promotion campaign
19 June, 2012
A new European wood promotion campaign and tougher lobbying to defend against increased hardwood log exports from Europe to China have been agreed by sawmilling representatives.

Rhodes' journey
26 May, 2012
Geoff Rhodes FWISc talks to Keren Fallwell about his unerring enthusiasm for timber and the timber industry