Search Results: 'The American Hardwood Export Council'

Designs on timber
22 December, 2014
Innovation, sustainability and design excellence are celebrated in this year's Wood Awards Ireland. Sally Spencer reports.

Aesthetics and applications
22 December, 2014
In this year’s Wood Awards there was much to admire in the beauty and technical application of timber and equally satisfying were the judges’ observations that what was once considered innovative is now being used widely. Keren Fallwell reports.

Object Lesson
14 October, 2014
AHEC’s latest project for the London Design Festival has delivered more than anyone could have wished for. Keren Fallwell reports

It’s what I’ve always wanted…
18 August, 2014
Top architects and designers have come up with a wish list of products they’ve always wanted but never been able to find. Thanks to AHEC and Benchmark Furniture, these products have now been made and will be exhibited as part of the London Design Festival. AHEC’S Belinda Cobden-Ramsay reports.

Promotion, sparkle and the EUTR
16 July, 2014
Vandecasteele export manager Geneviève Standaert says the timber industry needs more promotion, more women and less complex regulation, but she loves the business. She spoke to Mike Jeffree.

Five designs on diversity
16 June, 2014
A London design exhibition underlined the untapped manufacturing and creative strengths of under-exploited US hardwoods. Mike Jeffree reports.

Modified momentum
19 April, 2014
The market’s light bulb moment for the potential of thermally-modified US hardwood is just around the corner, writes Neil Summers of Timber Dimension, which is working with the American Hardwood Export Council to test and validate the material’s performance.

Data drives demand
19 April, 2014
The market requires ever more information on timber legality, environmental impact and performance. The American Hardwood Export Profile is US hardwoods’ response. Rupert Oliver reports.

Timber on show
08 February, 2014
Timber remains a vital element at Ecobuild. Keren Fallwell previews some of what will feature this year.

Profile for the pick-up
11 January, 2014
Marketing and promotion in 2013 embraced timber’s environmental credentials, technical strengths and design potential, giving it firm foundations to capitalise on economic upturn, writes Wood for Good director David Hopkins