Search Results: 'West Fraser'

TTJ Awards 2024 voting to go live
04 April, 2024
The annual nationwide search for the best-performing timber product companies in the UK & Ireland – the TTJ Awards – got underway on Friday, April 5.

BioComposites Centre’s Rob Elias to join MDF Recovery
03 April, 2024
The director of the well-known BioComposites Centre at Bangor University in Wales is to join MDF Recovery as head of business development.

Timber and joinery sales down
29 February, 2024
Latest BMBI statistics show merchants’ Q3 timber and joinery volume sales down -13.1% year-on-year

West Fraser cuts back US sawmilling operations due to high costs and poor demand
30 January, 2024
Canada-based forest products manufacturer West Fraser Timber Co Ltd has announced it will close its sawmill in Maxville, Florida and indefinitely curtail operations at its sawmill in Huttig, Arkansas by the end of January.

Driving change
20 December, 2023
Two of the big names in the UK timber industry are opting for electric sideloaders, as Tony Benson, global marketing manager at Baumann Sideloaders highlights

West Fraser reports recovering OSB demand in US during Q2
16 August, 2023
Panel products giant West Fraser says its OSB business saw recovering demand during Q2, giving it sufficient confidence to increase its North American OSB shipments guidance for 2023.

West Fraser supports family fun with Plean's Voice
09 August, 2023
Cowie, Scotland-based wood-based panel manufacturer West Fraser, has shown its support for a local community group in Plean with a £500 donation.

TTJ Awards 2023 host is actor and comedian Hal Cruttenden
07 July, 2023
The host and guest speaker for this year’s TTJ Awards is actor, writer and comedian Hal Cruttenden.

Timber and joinery sales slide in Q1
05 July, 2023
First quarter figures from the BMBI show that timber and joinery product value sales slid by -15.3% year-on-year

James Jones & Sons showcases electric truck
29 June, 2023
James Jones & Sons new electric truck arrived last week and made its first appearance at the Royal Highland Show.

Cowie particleboard plant celebrates 50 years
30 May, 2023
A Scottish Timber Products (STP) 50-year reunion dinner was held at the Dunblane Hydro Hotel on May 5, attended by former STP personnel and invited guests including local supporting companies, some in their third generation.

Anniversary TTJ Awards
26 April, 2023
The TTJ Awards 2023 search for the best-performing companies in the timber industry has begun in the 150th anniversary year of the magazine. Stephen Powney reports

Timber Sales suffer in Q4
24 April, 2023
Latest BMBI figures show a nominal lift in Q4 2022 sales driven by inflation, but timber sales fall -11.5%

TTJ Awards voting goes live on April 5
04 April, 2023
The voting for this year’s TTJ Awards gets underway on April 5 and will run until June 19.

BMF Burns Night raises record sum for charity
28 February, 2023
The Builders Merchants Federation (BMF) raised £13,000 for its charity of the year Band of Builders, at its annual Burns Night supper held in Edinburgh last week. This was not only a record sum for the event, it is also the largest single contribution to a fantastic total of £32,500 raised by BMF for the charity over the last 12 months.

West Fraser sees Q4 earnings dip, but healthy full-year results
17 February, 2023
The world’s largest OSB producer West Fraser saw a sharp moderating of its performance in the fourth quarter of 2002 as more challenging market conditions started to bite.

West Fraser rewards customers
13 February, 2023
One lucky customer of the Newark branch of Turnbull builders’ merchants ended 2022 with a brand-new Mercedes van, thanks to the West Fraser Rewards promotion. Andrew Kirkham from ATK Plastering Ltd received the van from West Fraser’s national sales manager, Sanjit Dosanjh in December.

SterlingOSB Zero primed for action
08 February, 2023
Panel product manufacturer, West Fraser, has introduced a new ready-primed version of its SterlingOSB Zero board, which is ideal for use in a wide range of situations from site hoardings through to building exhibition stands and other installations where appearance is important.

Inflation behind high revenues
18 October, 2022
Latest BMBI stats reveal price inflation makes for a record-breaking Q2 for merchants, but timber struggles to match 2021 highs

British Columbia’s falling timber availability prompts West Fraser to reduce output at BC facilities
19 August, 2022
Timber shortages in British Columbia have been partly blamed for West Fraser’s decision to curtail production at two sawmills and a plywood plant in the province.