Search Results: 'Forest Research'

Irish joinery on a high
21 December, 2002
Heavy rain and extensive flooding across Ireland kept away only a handful of the 80 guests from this year's Irish Joinery Awards, held in Dublin

Renewed interest
21 December, 2002
Renewable energy could provide a boost to the sawmill co-products market

Centre of attention
23 November, 2002
A new programme at Växjö University in southern Sweden is researching the development of wood products – and it is housed in the country's largest timber building. The Nordic Timber Council explains

Finns focus on wood
23 November, 2002
Wood Focus is helping to promote the use of wood in Finland

Sweden expands global market
23 November, 2002
Sweden's softwood exports are growing and the extra production is to destinations outside Europe

Production up on last year
23 November, 2002
Although economic growth has slowed, forest industry production has risen

Hard facts, new avenues
09 November, 2002
The 10th American Hardwood Export Council Convention discussed challenging times and major opportunities ahead for US hardwood in the global market

Engineering a green future
28 September, 2002
Chief research engineer at TRADA Technology, Christopher Mettem, looks at the future of timber and timber composites and anticipates trends

Seeing the trees for the wood
14 September, 2002
UK forestry is changing and growing rapidly and it wants the UK timber industry to know all about it. Here, on the eve of the International Forest Fest and the Association of Professional Foresters International Machinery Exhibition at Lockerbie, Forestry and Timber Association executive director Chris Inglis examines where the sector is now and where it is headed.

The sawmiller with designs on the UK
31 August, 2002
Södra Timber has developed a range of products aimed at the UK timber frame construction market.

Wood for good? It should be
17 August, 2002
Greenpeace may be the bête noir of some in the timber industry, but the feeling isn't necessarily mutual. As Greenpeace UK forest campaigner Andy Tait maintains, while the organisation is anti-illegal logging, it remains pro "good wood"

Rationalisation continues
17 August, 2002
While Swedish sawmills are changing hands, the market for sawn timber remains stable

The proof of performance
22 July, 2002

Finding common ground
22 July, 2002
Although differences still exist between forest certification schemes, there are moves towards mutual recognition. Rupert Oliver compares the FSC and the SFI

TRADA enters Eden
08 July, 2002
TRADA recently organised a series of public workshops at the Eden Project

Ministerial question time
10 June, 2002
Following his address to the Timber Trade Federation annual dinner, TTJ was invited to interview forestry minister Elliot Morley further about the government's take on the timber sector. Mike Jeffree reports

Innovation: the key to success
13 May, 2002
Two workshops, held in Dublin and Edinburgh at the end of last month, focused on recent innovations in wood products. Ian Martin reports

Improve communication, urges TTJ editor
02 April, 2002

Sprucing up the joinery sector
09 March, 2002
British softwood has traditionally not been used in higher-value joinery but new research may change that. Alastair Seaman reports on an innovative project that could mean good news for UK growers and sawmillers alike

JELD-WEN aims to be first in joinery
02 March, 2002
More than two years have passed since JELD-WEN bought Rugby Joinery UK Ltd.