Search Results: 'International Timber'

Obituary – Tony Walton
17 December, 2012
Tony Walton passed away peacefully on December 13 after a long fight with illness.

Plywood sector “in limbo” as trade awaits EUTR
17 December, 2012
Plywood sales in the UK have been slow, held back partly by an unwillingness to buy forward while the sector awaits the impact of the EU Timber Regulation, which comes into effect in March. Ian Martin reports

LP wins beam CE approval
07 December, 2012
LP Building Products has received CE marking approval for its construction materials in the EU for four grades of LP SolidStart LVL.

Cultivating business
29 November, 2012
Ideas dreamt up on holiday often evaporate on the homeward journey but not so for an Austrian man who put his into establishing teak plantations in Costa Rica. Robin Meade reports

Seeing the wood from the trees
29 November, 2012
It was the government’s worst nightmare. Dealing with obstreperous opponents in the Commons and the slings and arrows of prime minister’s questions was one thing. Facing the antagonism of the mass ranks of steely-eyed middle England was something else entirely. This was opposition of a different magnitude – and it was, of course, what ministers faced over their idea to sell off the Forestry Commission’s English woodlands.

Building sustainability
29 November, 2012
Chris Dyson, supply chain director at Carillion, discusses the challenges of enforcing a responsible timber procurement process – and outlines some of the standards his business expects of suppliers

Rethinking the future
29 November, 2012
Stora Enso is a company with an ancient history but a very 21st century future. Eve Dennehy reports

China urged to act on illegal timber
27 November, 2012
China has been accused of standing on the sidelines as the world’s second biggest economy devastates forests by importing illegal timber on a massive scale.

Pods demonstrate energy efficiency
26 November, 2012
Pods using timber from Saint-Gobain’s Pasquill and International Timber operations made their debut at the Passivhaus Conference at the University of Nottingham.

Global markets help DLH & Rougier
23 November, 2012
International tropical timber and panel product suppliers DLH and Rougier have reported growing business in Asia and the Americas while turnover in western Europe shrinks.

Indonesia’s legality milestone
12 November, 2012
It once topped the world league table of illegal timber suppliers, but Indonesia has taken radical steps to shed that status. Andy Roby, DFID-funded industry adviser in the country, reports on latest significant developments

All Bases covered
12 November, 2012
Lionex says its latest diversification makes it even more of a one-stop hardwood shop. Mike Jeffree reports

The art of making a market
12 November, 2012
Lumin plywood, says producer Weyerhaeuser, is now a UK construction market staple

CLT project over to industry
12 November, 2012
The baton for a project to make cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the UK out of home-grown softwood is ready to be passed from the researchers to prospective manufacturers.

Plywood rises to EUTR challenge
12 November, 2012
The EU Timber Regulation may cause some disturbance for the tropical plywood trade, but long term it will benefit the sector and its image, according to three leading importers

EUTR - the supplier’s view
12 November, 2012
Tropical timber suppliers still have concerns about the EU Timber Regulation, but they’re working hard to ensure compliance, says Malaysian Timber Council London director Sheam Satkuru-Granzella

Testing tropical times
12 November, 2012
According to one supplier, OK is good enough for business in a tropical timber sector facing continuing tough market conditions and major new anti-illegal logging legislation. Mike Jeffree reports

Are you sitting sustainably?
12 November, 2012
AHEC’s latest project for the London Design Festival merged design with sustainability. Sally Spencer reports

More cuts as Scandinavia battles poor trading
29 October, 2012
Stora Enso has launched into a round of closures and cost-cutting measures as weak demand and a strong krona have hit hard the fortunes of Scandinavian timber and forestry suppliers.

Tackling illegal timber
27 October, 2012
A major conference in Malaysia highlighted both the achievements of anti-illegal timber measures, and trade anxieties around them. Mike Jeffree reports