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UPM sells UK forest land
12 December, 2014
UPM is to sell its UK forest land to the Church Commissioners for England in a £50.6m deal.

Glennon Brothers invests £3m in new line
10 December, 2014
Glennon Brothers is investing £3m in a new value-added processing line at its Windymains site in Scotland.

Forest sales set for record year
09 December, 2014
UPM Tilhill has predicted a record year for forest property trading next year after recording 2014 as the second busiest period since its Forest Market Reports began in 1998.

Timber firms recognised in forest impact report
17 November, 2014
Timber industry companies have scored well in CDP’s 2014 global forests report, which ranks businesses on their efforts to minimise deforestation.

Glennon Brothers launches landing craft service
10 November, 2014
Glennon Brothers has launched its first landing craft timber transport service to the west coast of Scotland to reduce the environmental impact of transporting logs.

UPM recognised for green investment
30 October, 2014
UPM was the only forest products and paper company to receive a top rating in the global CDP Climate Performance Leadership Index.

UPM caps sustainability listing
30 September, 2014
UPM has been listed as the industry leader in the Dow Jones European and World Sustainability Indices, the third successive year in which the company has been included.

Industry takes the challenge
30 July, 2014
Sixty-four mountain bikers from across the UK took part in this year’s Forest Products Challenge at Coed Llandegla.

Va Va bioVroom
16 July, 2014
UPM Kymmene’s focus is to get maximum use from its wood fibre and its latest new application R&D really puts it in the manufacturing fast lane. Joanne Nurminen, marketing manager UK and Ireland, reports.

UPM pushes forward with bio-diesel
15 July, 2014
UPM Biofuels has received a Sustainable Energy Europe Award from the European Union for a biofuel created from tall oil.

Future of Scottish forestry to be debated
22 May, 2014
Politicians will join forestry industry executives, architects and property experts on May 29 to discuss the future of forestry in Scotland.

Higher product prices boost Nordic results
15 May, 2014
Timber operations at two Scandinavian wood products groups were buoyed by increased demand and a firming of prices for some sawn timber.

UPM re-elects chairman
23 April, 2014
Björn Wahlroos has been re-elected as chairman and Berndt Brunow as deputy chairman of UPM-Kymmene.

Forest management awareness grows
07 April, 2014
A better understanding of the need for good forest management is driving business at UPM Tilhill’s new office in Suffolk.

Confor welcomes new team member
27 March, 2014
Confor has appointed Andrew Heald to the temporary position of technical adviser on a range of forestry and timber issues, particularly certification.

Egger creates forestry team
01 March, 2014
Egger has expanded its forestry services in the UK and appointed Simon Hart as business development and compliance manager for Egger Forest Management.

UPM hails best plywood performance since crash
30 January, 2014
UPM’s plywood division has hailed its fourth quarter performance as its best quarter since 2008.