Search Results: 'The American Hardwood Export Council'

A new route to certification
28 August, 2023
The goal of the US Sustainable Hardwood Coalition is a certification scheme that really works for small scale forest ownership, writes American Hardwood Export Council consultant George White

Physical event planned for 25th anniversary TTJ Awards
15 June, 2021
It’s heartening to see signs of normal life resuming once again. Meeting up with others following the easing of pandemic restrictions has been a welcome relief after what has seemed like a long winter and springtime. I don’t know about you but it seemed like I had exhausted my narrow list of Covid-safe things to do.

A question of confidence
03 December, 2020
As I write this, England was preparing once again to go into another lockdown, albeit a shorter one.

Continued Communication on Carbon Is Key
05 June, 2020
The industry must continue to communicate timber’s role in mitigating climate change, another crisis that could turn the world upside down, writes American Hardwood Export Council European director David Venables

US Hardwood Heads for a Diverse Export Future
15 May, 2019
The US-China trade war is causing a fundamental change in the American hardwood industry’s trading outlook and one outcome is renewed focus on the European market, writes American Hardwood Export Council executive director Mike Snow

AHEC’S multiply – the sum of its parts
16 October, 2018
The London Design Festival’s timber pavilion, MultiPly, is an example of a truly successful and innovative collaboration between leading industry and academic partners, writes Mark Milne, technical manager, Construction Scotland Innovation Centre (CSIC)

Mind the gap
26 July, 2018
Philip Koomen, director of Philip Koomen Furniture and a visiting senior fellow at the Open University Business School highlights Rycotewood Furniture Centre’s efforts to bridge the gap between industry and education

Why we mustn’t ignore red oak
22 May, 2018
It’s the most prolific US hardwood and consumers like it, so isn’t it time European buyers gave red oak another look, asks American Hardwood Export Council European director David Venables

Seeing Red
21 May, 2018
On the front page of this issue is one of the most striking recent applications of timber I can remember. It is in the City of London at the new HQ of Bloomberg and was designed by renowned architects Foster and Partners.

A hardwood CLT building first
20 January, 2017
Professor Alex de Rijke, founding director of wood-loving architecture practice de Rijke Marsh Morgan — dRMM — reflects on the invention of hardwood CLT and its latest application in progress at Maggie’s Oldham

FLEGT licensing a step nearer
20 May, 2016
It’s been a long time waiting but finally it looks like we will be shortly seeing the first FLEGT licensed timber exports coming to the UK.

Growing the Global hardwood pie
20 May, 2015
To maintain momentum in a constantly evolving global market, the US hardwood sector must follow a truly globalized promotional strategy, says American Hardwood Export Council executive director Mike Snow

Time to push at an opening door
17 May, 2014
Industry initiatives are raising timber's profile, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

Wood Awards benefit timber industry
19 April, 2014
The Wood Awards are an opportunity for the timber industry to celebrate the best in wood, says Michael Buckley, chairman of the Wood Awards judges

A call to arms and architects
19 April, 2014
Timber is grabbing headlines, says TTJ editor Mike Jeffree

An environmental strategy
02 December, 2013
Accurate, verifiable data helps to differentiate green credentials from greenwash, says David Venables, European director of the American Hardwood Export Council.

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.

Grown in Britain buzz is building
21 September, 2013
The stunning trophies presented to the winners at last week's buoyant, buzzing TTJ Awards were sharp and modern. Appropriately so, as they showcased timber at the leading edge. They were made in a combination of ultra-durable modified Accoya and its MDF equivalent, Medite Tricoya. This, as our clearly impressed trophy sculptor Ray Winder pointed out, meant they would keep their futuristic looks even if winners left them outdoors as a garden feature.

Bold moves to boost market
23 April, 2013
The American Hardwood Export Council dares to be different, says Mike Jeffree

Ready to benefit from the EUTR
26 January, 2013
As the ticking clock on the Timber Trade Federation (TTF) website makes clear, we’re in the final countdown to the introduction of the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR).