Search Results: 'Forest Service'

Traders hopeful new year will bring improved market
12 December, 2009
UK demand for softwood is predicted to improve next year but the global market is still expected to be driven by supply

Geneva convention
31 October, 2009
Timber Trade Federation CEO John White reports on the latest International Timber Trade Federation Day

Panel pundits
31 October, 2009
Sales may have slowed but the panels sector hasn’t been twiddling its thumbs

The bigger picture
31 October, 2009
International Plywood has evolved dramatically since its launch in 1988, and the development continues

Facing the challenge
19 September, 2009
With biomass nibbling away at its wood fibre supply, Alastair Kerr believes the wood-based panels industry will look towards ‘light weighting’ its products

Rich variety
25 July, 2009
US oak combines availability and variety. David Venables, European director of the American Hardwood Export Council, reports

Pivotal player
11 July, 2009
Germany’s sawmills are still looking to play a key role in the European timber trade despite challenging economic conditions

Support role
27 June, 2009
The Forestry Commission leads a number of UK, Scottish and Welsh Assembly government programmes supporting the wood fuel industry. Roger Coppock, head of its special advisers, explains

Sustainable future
21 February, 2009
TTJ news editor Stephen Powney visited Canada as a guest of the Canadian Forest Service. Here he gives his thoughts on what he saw

Show of green force
21 February, 2009
The turnout for Ecobuild shows recession has not diverted attention from the environment – and once more timber and wood products will be a key presence at the exhibition

Changing landscape
21 February, 2009
Patrick Cooper, of Canada Wood UK, examines the Canadian sawn wood import market

Silver linings
05 February, 2009
The UK softwood market is looking for the positives in tough times