Search Results: 'TTF'

New Q-Mark scheme to boost marine plywood quality
17 December, 2013
Efforts to improve the quality of marine plywood on the UK market have been given a boost with BM TRADA’s launch of a new Q-Mark scheme for the material.

Confidence set to grow
14 December, 2013
The MDF market’s progress is showing no signs yet of slowing for Christmas and the positive trend is expected to continue next year. Ian Martin reports

New due diligence tool available from TTF
06 December, 2013
A new due diligence checklist has been made available by the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) after shortcomings were found in the toolbox of its Responsible Purchasing Policy (RPP).

FSC puts online claims platform partly on hold
30 November, 2013
The Forest Stewardship Council has postponed a decision on making it obligatory for certificate holders to use its new online claims platform (OCP) live.

EUTR enforcer goes to phase II
28 November, 2013
By all accounts, the timber trade has found Michael Kearney easy to do business with. Likewise his organisation.

TTF chief elected to CEI Bois board
27 November, 2013
Timber Trade Federation chief executive John White has been elected to the board of CEI Bois, the European Confederation of Woodworking Industries, the EU’s leading timber sector lobbying organisation.

FSC delays Online Claims Platform roll-out
21 November, 2013
The FSC has confirmed that the deadline for obligatory entering of claims by certificate holders on the FSC Online Claims Platform (OCP) has been deferred from next year to an indeterminate date in 2015.

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

EUTR enforcer goes to phase II
16 November, 2013
By all accounts, the timber trade has found Michael Kearney easy to do business with. Likewise his organisation.

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.

TTF defers marine ply quality compliance
15 November, 2013
The deadline for members to have marine plywood compliance with BS 1088 compulsorily third-party quality assured has been pushed back by the Timber Trade Federation National Panel Products Division (NPPD).

Import volume decline trend showing signs of change
14 November, 2013
The value of UK whitewood imports in the first eight months of 2013 was 3% lower than the same period in 2012 but the negative trend may have reached a turning point, according to the Timber Trade Federation’s latest statistics bulletin.

EC seeks to bring more clarity on EUTR
07 November, 2013
The Timber Trade Federation (TTF) has welcomed further European Commission clarification on guidance details of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).

Growing the timber community
02 November, 2013
Timber is a solution for many building sectors, says David Hopkins, head of communications at the TTF and Wood for Good

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.

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.

Softwood shows a sense of collective optimism
02 November, 2013
The International Softwood Conference in Edinburgh found the sector upbeat about medium to longterm prospects. Mike Jeffree reports.

OSB market remains robust
02 November, 2013
OSB price rises are expected early in the new year

Plywood sector reveals glimmers of optimism
02 November, 2013
It’s too early to pop the champagne corks, but plywood traders are seeing signs of buyers’ confidence returning. Ian Martin reports

Growing the timber community
02 November, 2013
Timber is a solution for many building sectors, says David Hopkins, head of communications at the TTF and Wood for Good