Search Results: 'Forest Research'

Applied science
08 December, 2007
This year’s IWSc conference addressed the issue of moving from innovation to application

Upbeat mood gives way to caution and confusion
08 December, 2007
The buoyant market peaked in August and some UK mills reduced production, partly because customers have overstocked to avoid the shortages experienced earlier in the year

Sitka truths
10 November, 2007
Peter Wilson and Andrew Lyon of Napier University’s Centre for Timber Engineering provide an update on its research into the properties of UK-grown Sitka spruce

Higher costs and timber shortage could take toll
10 November, 2007
Finnish industry’s recent efforts to improve profitability could be eroded by higher costs and energy taxes

US study digs deep
27 October, 2007
A new study should reinforce the environmental credentials of American hardwoods

Why Wood Futures?
25 October, 2007
The TTJ Wood Futures Conference has an impressive array of speakers addressing timber’s place in an increasingly environmentally-aware market

Competition rules
13 October, 2007
Competition for Swedish sawmills is now global, with low-cost wood producers entering their traditional market places. Camilla Hair reports on how one business, SCA, is adapting to the new world order

Raising the profile
04 August, 2007
Senior technical consultant Dr John Williams of TRADA Technology reports on a feasibility study to develop Guyanese lesser-used species

Sound waves measure wood
25 July, 2007
Technology that uses sound waves to assess the properties of wood has been displayed at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition in London.

Ready for take-off
21 July, 2007
Russia may soon boast the largest area of FSC-certified forest in the world – and PEFC is hot on its heels

Finland looks for alternative supplies
19 July, 2007
A shortage of supply, which will only worsen when Russia raises its export duties, is forcing Finland to look for other sources

Honours for forestry community
22 June, 2007

Risky business
17 March, 2007
Stuart Redfearn, risk control consultant at Aon, explains how effective risk management can protect the timber industry

Reasons to be cheerful
03 February, 2007
Andy Roby, the TTF's head of environment and corporate social responsibility, reports on the progress the federation is making in improving the timber trades’ environmental profile

Global impact
03 February, 2007
George White, responsible purchasing co-ordinator for WWF’s Global Forest and Trade Network, reports on the scheme’s developments in China

On the right course
20 January, 2007
Napier University's Centre for Timber Engineering in Edinburgh is working with partner companies and organisations to raise skill levels across the Scottish timber sector. Business development manager and architect Peter Wilson reports on the Timber Education Online programme