Search Results: 'TTF'

UK imports still heading down
12 December, 2012
UK total timber and panel product imports were lower in September than the same month last year, maintaining the downward trend of the last nine months, according to the latest Timber Trade Federation (TTF) statisical report.

Sonae closure reinvigorates some market sectors
29 November, 2012
Suppliers of T&G and melamine-faced chipboard have noted some market improvement since Sonae’s UK factory closed but chipboard is still generally under pressure and under priced. Ian Martin reports

Illegal timber law is opportunity
26 November, 2012
The upcoming anti-illegal wood EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) represented a “real opportunity” for the plywood and wider timber industry to demonstrate its environmental commitment, Chris Sutton, president of the Timber Trade Federation’s (TTF) National Products Division, said at the division’s annual dinner last week.

Trade backs calls for 300,000 new homes a year
23 November, 2012
The timber and timber construction sectors have backed calls from the Future Homes Commission (FHC) for the building of 300,000 new homes a year and for an improvement in new housing design. But there are caveats, including doubts about industry capacity to hit the target.

Rob Simpson – Obituary
14 November, 2012
Bringing people together, breaking down barriers, and an infectious enthusiasm for life and for the timber trade: these are just a few of the characteristics which colleagues, customers and friends across the industry will always identify with Rob Simpson who died suddenly on October 16.

Spreading the EUTR word
12 November, 2012
I’m afraid I used the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) to unsettle a sash window repairer giving us a quote the other day. He deserved it for all the teeth sucking, and telling us that the work we needed would take longer, cause more mess and cost more than we’d anticipated.

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

TTF gears up for EUTR
08 November, 2012
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has announced further workshops to help the industry gear up for the anti-illegal wood EU Timber Regulation.

WTA goes from strength to strength
27 October, 2012
The Western Timber Trade is developing relationships with universities. Chairman Richard Bagnall reports

TTF and Confor to jointly host International Softwood Conference
25 October, 2012
Confor will joint host next year’s International Softwood Conference (ISC) in Scotland with the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) in recognition of the UK sawmilling sector’s growing importance to the UK timber trade.

UK softwood consumption forecast to rise in 2013
19 October, 2012
UK softwood consumption is forecast to rise by 3.7% to around 7.9 million m3 next year, according a new Timber Trade Federation (TTF) report.

TTF gets accustomed to tropics
16 October, 2012
A list designating the types of wood classified as tropical for Customs declarations has been created by the Timber Trade Federation.

Producers plan price rises to cover higher costs
13 October, 2012
Some MDF producers are hoping to raise prices soon but whether the increases are accepted by the market is another matter. Ian Martin reports

Smooth passage
29 September, 2012
European hardwoods are likely to face few hurdles when the EU Timber Regulation comes into force in March. Keren Fallwell reports

Governments and green woods
29 September, 2012
Governments are increasingly taking a leading role in controlling the international trade in wood products but, according to wood industry consultant Michael Buckley, they need to do much more than that

Engineered timber seminars
21 September, 2012
The Timber Trades Federation (TTF) engineered timber forum is to run a series of free seminars for architects, engineers and other construction professionals.

UK solid wood import volumes up 6%
14 September, 2012
UK Solid wood import volumes were up 6% in the first half of 2012, according to the Timber Trade Federation’s latest statistics bulletin.

Housing and planning boost welcomed by most
07 September, 2012
A “much-needed shot in the arm” for the building industry is how the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has described the government’s new plans to boost housebuilding and ease planning restrictions.

Gibson strikes a chord for Europe
18 August, 2012
It’s 18 months from now, 7.30am on an ordinary working day at a timber importer and distributor somewhere in the UK. An artic has just pulled up fresh from the port laden with plywood. A fork lift is packing a box truck with a load of mixed hardwoods for the first deliveries. Inside the warehouse, staff are checking inventory, drinking that first mug of tea. Nothing seems untoward.

“Demob happy” market maintains MDF demand
18 August, 2012
The MDF sector’s worst fears have not been realised and producers and traders are reasonably content with business. Ian Martin reports