Search Results: 'Forest Service'

Lavers’ Labours Last
20 December, 2023
Dan Ridley-Ellis looks back at the work of Gwendoline M Lavers

Kronospan to buy Roseburg’s Simsboro particleboard plant
16 November, 2023
Kronospan has announced plans to buy Roseburg Forest Products’ Simsboro, LA, particleboard facility.

Premier Forest Products acquires fire door manufacturer
02 November, 2023
Premier Forest Products has announced the acquisition of specialist fire door manufacturing business Paul White Ironmongery, Doors, and Fixings (PWIDF).

Valmet and Metsä Group to develop joint sustainability model
01 November, 2023
Valmet and Metsä Group are jointly developing a comprehensive operating model to ensure sustainability in technology and maintenance investments.

Following green footprints
25 October, 2023
SCA has undertaken environmental mapping across its value chain to enable customers to compare the relative carbon merits or demerits of building products. Mike Jeffree reports

Mon Timber celebrates series of high level appointments
13 September, 2023
Mon Timber has appointed a series of new branch managers across its Newport, Cardiff and Crumlin sites.

Slip sliding away
29 August, 2023
Meherrin River Forest Products has found that loading lumber is quicker and way more efficient with a Combi-CSS

Ebbs and flows for French
28 August, 2023
France’s timber sector has felt the impact of global economic volatility since 2019, although one thing remains constant, the UK remains its biggest oak export market. Thibaud Le Moign of the industry’s international marketing body French Timber reports

Trimble launches cloud-based log inventory and management system for forestry
16 August, 2023
US-based Trimble has announced the launch of LIMS PRO, a new cloud-hosted version of its widely used log inventory and management system (LIMS) to manage sawmill raw material procurement.

Forest to fence
28 June, 2023
The Wood Protection Association provided technical input on a recent workshop in Scotland on treated wood quality

Woodfibre insulation trend
28 June, 2023
Wood fibre insulation boards remain a growth product area in the international wood-based panels industry, with several projects ongoing to increase production capacity. Stephen Powney reports

Weather dampens fencing demand
28 June, 2023
The weather, the economy and a post-lockdown lull are conspiring to make the fencing market quieter than usual. Keren Fallwell reports

AI and IoT future game changers for the forestry industry
12 June, 2023
Open sharing of information about forests is of great importance in order to protect the climate and preserve biodiversity. Currently, Sweden’s Linnaeus University is running the Forest 4.0 initiative, an excellence centre for the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) in the forestry sector in Lithuania. The goal is to develop innovative solutions that encompass the entire process of modern forestry.

Mercer International grows its mass timber ambitions in North America
05 June, 2023
Mercer International Inc has cemented its position as a leading mass timber construction provider in North America by receiving court approval to acquire substantially all of Structurlam’s assets.

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

Leaders of the forestry and wood-using industry recognised at biggest-ever Confor Awards Dinner
09 March, 2023
Confor announced the winners of the Confor Awards 2023 as part of a ceremony at Surgeons Quarter, Edinburgh on February 28.

Premier continues to grow team
08 February, 2023
Premier Forest Products has made a key new appointment in Wales as it continues to expand its product range.

Premier Forest Products acquires Decorpanel
02 February, 2023
Premier Forest Products has hit the acquisition trail again, this time with the purchase of the Decorpanel panel processing business in Tyne and Wear.

BSW Group position strengthened during 2022
01 February, 2023
Binderholz GmbH, which acquired BSW Group in 2021, has reaffirmed its commitment to its UK operations after supporting several major investments into the company over the course of 2022.