Search Results: 'National Forest'

Book your tickets for Wood and Wellness!
19 December, 2018
Tickets for TTJ’s Wood and Wellness conference are on sale with members of timber industry organisations able to qualify for a discount.

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

Secrets of success
17 December, 2018
Nick Latham is chairman of James Latham plc. Stephen Powney interviewed him at the Hemel Hempstead head office and found a man determined not to let the company rest on its laurels

Nature’s way
17 December, 2018
TTJ’s Wood & Wellness Conference takes place in February and will examine the potential for wood in the health and wellbeing megatrend in the built environment. Stephen Powney reports

Timber showtime
22 November, 2018
New products and investments were among the highlights at this year’s Timber Expo, reports Stephen Powney

Recovery and recycling in TIMCON’s sights
29 October, 2018
Delegates at TIMCON’s AGM last month heard the organisation is committed to tackling high prices and packaging targets

Shaping the future
29 October, 2018
Today’s ports provide flexible distribution hubs for the forest products sector

Panels sector meets politicians
03 October, 2018
Representatives of the UK’s wood panel sector have met with politicians to discuss challenges facing their industry.

Gearing up for Brexit
25 September, 2018
Major Irish pallet producer CJ Sheeran explains how it has increased its ISPM15 heat-treatment capacity

Science first
28 August, 2018
The Wood Technology Society held its first scientific conference in June. Sally Spencer reports on the first day

Globalised hardwood market brings pressures
27 August, 2018
In the words of one importer, global demand for hardwood of all kinds is on the rise, and the UK trade has to deal with the consequences. Mike Jeffree reports

Swedish forest fire risk poses new supply threat
27 August, 2018
After a strong softwood market in the first five months to the end of May, many UK timber merchants experienced slackening demand during June and up to mid-July. From then onwards, a gradual and stronger level of activity began to emerge. The downturn was at odds with global trends, which saw other markets across Europe and in other major economic areas witness steady and expanding consumption. Jerry Wilson 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.

Record Carrefour reflects buoyant market
26 July, 2018
France’s flagship exhibition has reinforced its claim to be Europe’s leading purely timber trade fair. Mike Jeffree was there

Diversifying Demand for Logs and Lumber
26 July, 2018
From logs to engineered timber for construction, international demand has increased for French wood at every stage of processing, report Jean-François Guilbert and Thibaud Le Moign of the industry’s marketing association French Timber

Changing ownership
26 July, 2018
For the latest MDF report, we give a global picture of MDF mill developments. This extract from the first part of an annual survey of the global MDF industry by independent consultant Geoff Rhodes for sister title Wood-Based Panels International looks at expanded capacity

Our unsung heroes
25 June, 2018
The timber trade has been blessed with many personalities, but there are many unsung heroes who have had an important influence on our trade. This piece by Andrew True is about one of them

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

Future focused global forum
22 May, 2018
France’s premier timber exhibition has become a core event for the international industry; a venue for launching new products, discussing key trade topics and addressing potential forward market trends and developments. Mike Jeffree reports.

Change, challenge and opportunity
25 April, 2018
Richard Ellithorne, membership services director of the Builders Merchants Federation, outlines the merchant’s perspective on the timber market