Search Results: 'Forestry Commission'

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

Biomass could be salvation for falling co-product prices
07 December, 2002
As co-product prices continue to fall, rumours of a new power station at Lockerbie are welcome news

Time for the big build-up
09 November, 2002
Delegates at the recent Timber and the Built Environment conference in Scotland heard that, while timber frame is booming, architects still need more information

Stating the case
28 September, 2002
Engineered wood products will be a key focus of the Innovation and Sustainability exhibition organised by wood. for good. Campaign consultant John Fletcher describes the aims of the event

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.

Pressures create tension throughout industry
31 August, 2002
Oversupply of standing timber, competition from imports, and declining demand for small roundwood are all creating a difficult market for the home-grown industry

Not before time
22 July, 2002
The Time for Timber conference attracted a healthy number of enthusiastic specifiers. Keren Fallwell reports

Funding frustrates road to sea switch
10 June, 2002
As delegates to the annual Timber Transport Forum seminar discovered, strenuous efforts to move timber haulage from roads to ship and rail are being thwarted by lack of funding. Ian Martin reports

Overseas producers continue competitive pressure
10 June, 2002
Spring has brought the traditional upturn in demand but price competition remains fierce

Masters of the fleet
16 March, 2002
Scotline, the single largest shipper of Swedish sawn timber to the UK, has been busy in the past year adding to its fleet and investing heavily in terminal facilities

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

UK sawmillers keep their faith
09 March, 2002
UK sawmills have invested in preparation for the expected increase in log supply but in the meantime they are dealing with the double pressure of low margins and competition from imports

Sawmilling interests at the heart of Europe
23 February, 2002
The European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry has moved to Brussels to be close to the decision makers at the heart of the EU

Cluster musters
26 January, 2002
The Scottish Forest Industries Cluster was established to foster collaboration between different sectors of the forest industry and forge links with the wider community. As Ian Martin reports, the organisation has made sound progress in its first year

Growth set to slow
19 January, 2002
Demand for fencing is good, although the coming 12 months are not expected to be spectacular, while in the pallet sector there is little new year cheer