Search Results: 'UPM'

Business as usual
16 December, 2006
Finland's timber industry is restructuring, but it remains committed to its UK business

UPM invests in new renewable energy plant
11 December, 2006
UPM is investing £59m in a new renewable energy power plant at its Caledonian mill in Scotland.

Made in Britain
25 November, 2006
The British-grown timber sector is expanding and prices are firming. Jane Karthaus of ConFor reports, with contributions from UPM Tilhill, UKFPA, Beacon Forestry and the TTF

Industry restructures to improve competitiveness
28 October, 2006
Finland's big forest products companies are restructuring to redress the imbalance between production and profitability

Golf in the sun
19 August, 2006
The annual TTBS golf day went with its usual swing – and raised well over £10,000 for the cause

PEFC UK Ltd announces changes
29 July, 2006

Adding value for the future
22 July, 2006
Raising capital spending, improving environmental performance and dealing with forestry privatisation are among the challenges facing the Russian timber industry as it strives to boost its further processing capability, according to a local industry source

The west invests
22 July, 2006
Companies looking to invest in Russia are finding they have to do more than just build a factory

Finnish firms set sights on Europe
10 June, 2006
The winding up of the Nordic Timber Council has focused Finnish forest product firms on a European promotional push, while new markets in Russia could help buoy timber production levels

Ports put money in timber
10 June, 2006
UK ports are continuing to invest in timber handling capability

Redwood regains price dominance
18 March, 2006
First quarter demand for carcassing has turned out to be much weaker than expected, but landed stocks are still high enough to satisfy demand. In the redwood market, shortages have already started to bite, and prices are rising sharply. Jerry Wilson reports

UPM man awarded CBE
18 January, 2006

Excess supply and high costs hit profitability
07 January, 2006
Finland's sawmills are paying some of the highest prices in the world for their raw material and they're still assessing the impact of last summer's industrial dispute