Search Results: 'Wood Panels Industry Federation'

Timber industry predictions: 2024
30 January, 2024
TTJ asks a broad section of the trade for their opinions about trade prospects, issues and developments in the year ahead

Panel products innovation and technology under the spotlight at IPPS
16 August, 2023
Registrations are now open for the International Panel Products Symposium in Wales on October 3-4.

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

Panels sector shows resilience
28 June, 2023
TTJ catches up with Swiss Krono CEO and European Panel Federation chairman Martin Brettenthaler to assess the current position of European wood-based panel markets and important issues affecting producers. Stephen Powney reports

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

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.

2023 - Plotting a course through choppy waters
15 February, 2023
A relative degree of calm may have returned to UK politics. The economic picture is less than pretty, however, with forecasts for 1.3% shrinkage in GDP over the year. Consequently representatives of timber and related businesses and industry associations asked for their outlook by TTJ see challenges for the sector and its markets through 2023. But, at the same time, they identify opportunities and highlight their plans and projects for making the most of them. Mike Jeffree reports

Symposium charts changing markets
22 December, 2022
Panels manufacturers from across the world gathered in Hamburg for the 12th European Wood-based Panels Symposium, hearing the latest economic forecasts and technical updates for the industry. Stephen Powney was there to bring this report

European panels sector gathers in times of uncertainty
18 October, 2022
European panel sector representatives came together in Belgium to hear about industry developments at a time of increasing economic uncertainty. Stephen Powney was there

Wood-based panels manufacturers facing perfect storm this winter
17 October, 2022
Wood-based panel producers in Europe are likely to face a complicated winter due to the multiple challenges of reduced demand and increased energy and raw material/supply costs, a top industry executive told a 300-strong panel sector audience in Hamburg on October 13.

European panels sector gathers in Hamburg to hear latest on wood-based panels market movements
12 October, 2022
Hundreds of representatives from the international wood-based panels industry and technology suppliers to the sector gathered in Hamburg on Tuesday evening for the opening of the European Wood-based Panel Symposium.

CLC working group signals likely impact of rising energy costs on timber prices
13 September, 2022
Rising energy costs are likely to affect timber prices in Q4 and Q1 2023, according to the latest statement from the Construction Leadership Council’s Product Availability working group.

Resilience in the face of swings in trading dynamics
24 August, 2022
These days we seem to be beset by extremes all round – temperature, conflicts, inflation and big swings in trading dynamics.

Resilience in the face of swings in trading dynamics
24 August, 2022
These days we seem to be beset by extremes all round – temperature, conflicts, inflation and big swings in trading dynamics.

Not out of the woods
10 June, 2022
Confor recently warned that the UK faces declining supplies of home-grown wood due to lack of productive tree planting. With the country currently needing to import over 80% of its wood requirement, the UK could be sleepwalking into a timber shortage crisis in the not too distant future. Stuart Goodall, Confor chief executive, examines the threats to supply and why the UK must urgently move productive tree planting up the agenda

The pandemic’s impact on the furniture sector
21 July, 2021
The furniture industry is a massive customer of the wood panels industry, but how has it fared during the pandemic? In our Beyond Covid panel discussion tackling the subject, Stephen Powney asked questions of several key industry representatives. The panel was made up of Paolo Fantoni, president of Fantoni SpA and president of the European Panel Federation; Ulrich Bühler, head of sales and marketing at Egger Group; and Edi Snaidero, chairman of the European Furniture Industries Confederation

West Fraser joins BMBI panel of experts
10 June, 2021
West Fraser (formerly known as Norbord) has joined the Builders Merchant Building Index (BMBI) panel of industry experts.

Panels conference looks beyond Covid-19
18 May, 2021
More than 200 representatives of the international wood-based panels industry gathered for Wood Based Panels International’s (WBPI) Beyond Covid virtual conference on May 11.

Global wood-based panels conference to debate panels markets on May 11
07 May, 2021
TTJ-sister title Wood Based Panels International (WBPI) kicks off its virtual half-day conference on May 11, focusing on the performance of the global panels industry during the Covid-19 pandemic and looking beyond.

Ligna makes preparations
24 February, 2021
The pandemic has forced the postponement of Ligna to the autumn but the organisers say the show will be as good as ever