Search Results: 'National Hardwood Lumber Association'

2023 - Plotting a course through choppy waters
15 February, 2023
A relative degree of calm may have returned to UK politics. The economic picture is less than pretty, however, with forecasts for 1.3% shrinkage in GDP over the year. Consequently representatives of timber and related businesses and industry associations asked for their outlook by TTJ see challenges for the sector and its markets through 2023. But, at the same time, they identify opportunities and highlight their plans and projects for making the most of them. Mike Jeffree reports

International Hardwood Conference discusses market stresses
09 November, 2022
The International Hardwood Conference, organised in Lyon by the French National Wood Federation (FNB), the European Organisation of the Sawmill Industry (EOS) and the European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF), took place on October 28.

Little sign of hardwood market relief
21 July, 2021
Hardwood supply and demand remain seriously out of kilter and the arrival of a breakbulk timber cargo from Asia underlines unprecedented container costs. Mike Jeffree reports

Information, education, inspiration
28 October, 2020
The American Hardwood Export Council has brought together its species and grading guides into a single Guide to Sustainable American Hardwoods, complete with lavishly illustrated application case studies. Its aim is to provide a publication that ‘informs, educates and inspires’ and meets the needs of a broad audience, from timber traders, through end-users to specifiers.

Unbowed by brexit
12 February, 2019
Regardless of political and economic uncertainty, some hardwood traders are still budgeting for growth. Mike Jeffree reports

Hardwood calm amid brexit storm
17 December, 2018
Brexit may make the hardwood sector’s outlook unpredictable, but traders are “still hitting good numbers”. Mike Jeffree reports

Rossi Group opens new US hardwood mill in western Pennsylvania
31 July, 2018
Rossi Group LLC of Connecticut has opened its new mill at Emporium in western Pennsylvania, one of the most advanced in America, following the destruction of its sawmill by fire just 15 months earlier.

China Growth
20 June, 2018
China continues to exert a massive influence on global timber markets, reports Stephen Powney

A us hardwood window to the World
31 January, 2018
The US may already be the world’s biggest hardwood supplier, but AHEC sees exciting opportunities for developing its global market further, industry veteran Dave Bramlage told Mike Jeffree, as he stepped down as AHEC chair

Globalisation, branding and building the future
29 December, 2017
Hardwood trade representatives from across the globe converged on Venice for the International Hardwood Conference, reports Mike Jeffree

LHC turns 80
21 April, 2017
The monthly Face to Face feature takes on a different form this month as the focus is not on a person but on an institution in the timber trade – the long-established London Hardwood Club (LHC) which turns 80 this year. Stephen Powney reports

Expo extras
20 September, 2016
Timber Expo 2016 has a host of added attractions, from linked UK Construction Week events, to awards, seminars and a beer festival

Hard Road to High Ambition
20 October, 2015
The global hardwood market is not back to pre-recession peak and faces challenges getting there. But developing markets and innovative applications open up new horizons. Mike Jeffree reports from the International Hardwood Conference in Copenhagen.

FLEGT – forging legality links
05 May, 2014
The battle against illegal logging is being joined by timber consumer and producer countries worldwide, and taking interesting new directions. Mike Jeffree reports.

EU approves NHLA hardwood export derogation
09 January, 2014
The EU has approved the importation of three American hardwood species as bark-free sawn timber without the need for the current APHIS (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service) phytosanitary certificate.

Levelling the playing field
23 April, 2013
The Seneca Creek study demonstrated that there is a less than 1% risk of illegal wood entering the US hardwood supply chain – a key factor now that the EU Timber Regulation has come into force.

In good health
23 April, 2013
Dean Alanko, the new chairman of AHEC and vice-president of sales and marketing at Allegheny Wood Products, talks to TTJ about the health of both the organisation and the US hardwood sector.

US hardwood convention open for registration
16 April, 2013
The annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association will be held in Fort Worth, Texas on October 2-5 and is open for registration.

NHLA in phytosanitary warning to US lumber exporters
05 February, 2013
The US National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) has warned members to ensure “KD” and “HT” marks are added to lumber on EU-bound shipments covered by a phytosanitary certificate.

NHLA optimistic for hardwoods
23 January, 2013
The US National Hardwood Lumber Association is to hold its annual convention and exhibition in Fort Worth, Texas, against a backdrop of improving market conditions.