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Pressing on
19 December, 2019
Production of wood briquettes from waste wood material is helping a Croatian pallet producer boost its revenues significantly

Battling the Beetle
26 November, 2019
Lars Schmidt, general manager at DeSH, the German sawmill and timber industry federation, sums up the sector’s experiences this year

Turbulence and decline
26 August, 2019
Canada’s sawmillers face a range of challenges, from massive insect pest damage in the forest, to increased competition from Europe and trade tariffs in their biggest export market, the US. They are having to explore new strategies to find the answers. Building materials and real-estate consultant Robert Woodbridge reports

McRobbie to step down as Tilhill Forestry MD
20 August, 2019
After seven years of service, George McRobbie has announced his intention to step down as managing director of Tilhill Forestry, a wholly owned subsidiary of the BSW Timber Group. He will leave the business on October 7, his 65th birthday.

Softwood futures
22 April, 2019
This year’s Timber Trade Federation (TTF) UK Softwood Conference attracted a large audience keen to hear about the market’s potential direction amid the continuing political and economic uncertainty, reports Stephen Powney

2019 Predictions
16 January, 2019
The New Year is here but what will it bring? The big current issue is, of course, the nature of the UK’s exit from the EU on March 29. We are likely to find out very soon whether we are heading for deal or no deal. Trading and customs arrangements, currency, housebuilding, investment decisions and general business confidence could all be affected in the coming months. But there is some optimism in timber sectors, with the UK sawmilling sector seeing opportunities to grow its share of the UK timber market and others predicting some stability. Here we ask several industry figures for their 2019 expectations