Search Results: 'FSC'

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

“Horrible winter” gives way to more stable market
28 June, 2023
Importers are desperate to sell their stocks after freight rates fell suddenly late last year Keren Fallwell reports

Garnica promotes solution to Russian birch plywood shortage
04 June, 2023
Spanish plywood producer is attempting to woo European birch ply buyers with its alternative specie products in light of the sanctions on Russian products and shortages of birch ply.

FSC logo awareness more than doubled
18 May, 2023
Awareness of the FSC logo in the UK has increased 45% since 2019 , and the proportion of those claiming both good and rough knowledge of the logo has more than doubled.

Timber still hot in cooling kitchen market
26 April, 2023
After two buoyant years, manufacturers Stoneham Kitchens and Naked Kitchens feel 2023, although starting solidly, will be more challenging for their sector. But the improve-not-move trend should help underpin the market – and consumers’ desire for natural materials, including wood, in their kitchens is expected to continue. Mike Jeffree reports

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