Search Results: 'International Timber'

The young ones
16 November, 2013
People are the lifeblood of our industry; but they are a resource that is all too often under-valued, says David Sulman, secretary of the Scottish Timber Trade Association

Departing from convention
02 November, 2013
The prospect of attending two international timber conferences in 10 days prompted forebodings of information overload and PowerPoint fatigue. But zipping from the International Softwood Conference (ISC) in Edinburgh, to the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) European Convention in Budapest, left a spring in the step that even the terror of landing at a gale-lashed Gatwick after the latter could not shake.

Time to dance to the same tune
19 October, 2013
Using Caffè Nero's latest results alone as an indicator for the UK economy might be dismissed as froth. But the coffee shop's 11% profit hike, and declaration that it sees potential to boost British caffeine levels another notch with a 50% rise in outlets to 750, is just the latest positive piece in a jigsaw creating an increasingly encouraging picture of the country's economic prospects.

Step up for a show of unity
07 September, 2013
A team of Swiss engineers is currently putting together a spectacular, 7.7m-high cross-laminated US tulipwood structure outside London's world-renowned Tate Modern gallery. Comprising a series of interlocking flights of stairs, it forms part of the London Design Festival and is the American Hardwood Export Council's (AHEC) latest dramatic showpiece project at the annual event to promote the potential of US hardwoods.

MOs’ appointment welcomed
07 September, 2013
The appointment of the first two MOs for the EUTR is good news but now the EC has to process other applications quickly, says ETTF secretary-general André de Boer

Tropical trials and tactics
24 August, 2013
The heat is on in the EU tropical timber trade.

Tropical timber purchases sustain forests
24 August, 2013
Our purchasing decisions will help to determine the future of tropical forests, says Bob Johnston, executive director of the Tropical Forest Foundation

Global forum for a united front
01 June, 2013
The Global Timber Forum (GTF) was clear about what it did not want to be at its launch in Rome last week. Various phrases were used, but the most popular were “just another conference” and “a talking shop”.

Constructing a comfort zone
04 May, 2013
Three new industry initiatives will help educate specifiers about timber

UK timber – a safe and easy option
23 February, 2013
Buying home-grown timber is a low-risk choice, says Confor chief executive Stuart Goodall

140 years of TTJ and counting
12 January, 2013
It’s late April 1873, early evening in an austere, wood-panelled office near Fleet Street. Crouched over his desk in the flickering light of an oil lamp, twirling his mutton-chop whiskers in concentration, is the very first TTJ editor. He’s penning his very first editor’s comment for the very first TTJ, which will hit the cobbled streets on Saturday, May 3.