Search Results: 'FSC'

Travis Perkins joins TDUK
19 April, 2024
Travis Perkins is celebrating its 20th consecutive year of certification of timber chain of custody and has also recently joined Timber Development UK (TDUK).

Timber on top form
29 February, 2024
The Wood Awards celebrate the use of timber in standout architecture and product design – and 2023 provided a bumper crop

Seen to be green
29 February, 2024
Its environmental credentials and good looks give wood cladding strong growth prospects, say market analysts and suppliers. Mike Jeffree reports

Atkinson & Kirby and Richard Burbidge partner with design house
18 January, 2024
Leading manufacturers, Atkinson & Kirby and Richard Burbidge have partnered with Manchester design house, BOBO1325, to launch a trend-led styling collection to promote timeless maximalism, sustainability and eco-conscious living spaces.

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

Interholco into the future
19 December, 2023
The leading tropical hardwood supplier acknowledges market challenges, but is building for exciting times ahead. Mike Jeffree reports

Sustainable tropical forestry
19 December, 2023
The BMRC has been formed to underpin international market access and boost the investability of tropical timber producing countries with independently endorsed sustainable forestry systems. Mike Jeffree reports

The world will need tropical timber
19 December, 2023
There are challenges for the tropical timber sector, but the future is one of opportunity, says Precious Woods. Mike Jeffree reports

Rising to eco regs challenge
19 December, 2023
The EU Deforestation Regulation will put the European tropical timber trade to the test, but Vandecasteele sees potential positive outcomes

Demand slides but traders hopeful
18 December, 2023
Plywood and OSB sales are the victims of the decline in housebuilding. Although traders are expecting a difficult winter they know eventually the market will turn in their favour. Keren Fallwell reports

Vandecasteele represented at FSC Amazon Business Encounter
12 December, 2023
On November 24 at the FSC Amazon Business Encounter in Bélem, Vandecasteele Houtimport’s wood traceability expert, Carla Vanessa Moraes made a presentation on the requirements of the EUDR from the perspective of a European importer.

LUMIN TRP roadshow showcases plywood range to James Latham
01 December, 2023
LUMIN, a leading South American plywood producer, has partnered with James Latham to deliver a roadshow of its LUMIN TRP (Tropical Replacement Panel) plywood.

Richard Burbidge launches new PaintReady collection
15 November, 2023
Richard Burbidge, has launched a new ready primed collection of stairparts to provide a better finish in less time.

Kronospan agrees co-operation with sandwich core innovator Pyrus Panels
14 November, 2023
Kronospan and Pyrus Panels have agreed a comprehensive co-operation, which will see the former add the LISOCORE lightweight panel innovation to its global range of products.

Mark Richey Woodworking granted FSC US Leadership Award
07 November, 2023
Each year, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) recognises uncommon excellence that advances responsible forest management and forest conservation with FSC-US Leadership Awards. This year, Mark Richey Woodworking was unanimously chosen for the award.

James Jones & Sons provides dual certification for all timber products
06 October, 2023
James Jones & Sons has announced that from October 2023, all timber and co-products supplied by the company will be dual certified as FSC and PEFC. This includes all timber delivered from that date, regardless of what date it was produced.

TimberX launches timber supply business
31 August, 2023
TimberX, which is part of the Kybotech Ltd group, the company behind Garden Buildings Direct and BillyOh garden furniture, has launched a new timber supply business based in the outskirts of Hull.

A new route to certification
28 August, 2023
The goal of the US Sustainable Hardwood Coalition is a certification scheme that really works for small scale forest ownership, writes American Hardwood Export Council consultant George White

US hardwood unpacked
28 August, 2023
AHEC’s American Hardwood Trade Symposium packed out its London venue and delivered a full programme, addressing latest trade trends and the sector’s challenges, opportunities and initiatives. Symposium chair Mike Jeffree reports