Search Results: 'Wood Technology Society'

Education, Education, Education
21 November, 2016
It seems to me that people often mix up the terms “Education” and “Training” – and they will often put them together, as though they are more or less one and the same thing.

Wood science - why does it matter?
19 August, 2016
A timber trade staffed across the board with knowledgeable wood professionals is something the whole industry should aspire too, says Wood Technology Society chairman John Park

Wood and water
20 July, 2016
Moisture content is an important facet of today’s timber product, says Wood Technology Society chairman John Park

On tour in Ireland
21 June, 2016
Glennon Brothers recently hosted a tour of Irish forest product operations for the six finalists of the 2015 TTJ Career Development Award, which the company sponsored last year. Sally Spencer reports

Hot Prospects
21 June, 2016
Kiln manufacturers are optimising the drying process to improve product quality and reduce their customers’ costs. Keren Fallwell reports

Wood: under-priced and undervalued
20 May, 2016
Andrew True, Wood Technology Society board member and experienced timber trader, continues his look at timber pricing

The art of the possible
20 May, 2016
Paul Clegg, the CEO of modified timber producer Accsys Technologies, explains how the work ethic instilled during his time in the City helped him turn around the company’s fortunes – and why he wants to live forever. Sally Spencer reports

Reaching for the skies
20 April, 2016
You know that times are changing when people start talking seriously about building city skyscrapers using wood.

Reaching for the skies
20 April, 2016
You know that times are changing when people start talking seriously about building city skyscrapers using wood.

Timber Prices!
20 April, 2016
In the first instalment of a new regular Talking Timber column by the Wood Technology Society (WTS), board member Andrew True looks at the question of pricing in the timber trade

Raising up an army
24 February, 2016
New leader of the UK Timber Trade Federation (TTF) David Hopkins want to mobilise the ranks of the timber industry to more effectively grow the market for wood. He talked to Stephen Powney

New voices speak out on forestry, environment and FLEGT
25 January, 2016
A technically aware, environmentally committed new generation in supplier countries is increasingly shaping the development of the EU Forest Law Enforcement Governance and Trade Voluntary Partnership Agreement (FLEGT VPA) initiative, and other forestry and timber sector legality and sustainability programmes worldwide. Mike Jeffree asked a range of them in VPA signatory countries worldwide about their views, outlook and aspirations. Here are the responses from Indonesia, Ghana and Honduras

Society support
25 January, 2016
“Whatever Happened to the Institute of Wood Science?” asks Wood Technology Society chairman John Park.

Merchanting qualification launches
25 January, 2016
This January, Wood Campus launches its biggest project since the UK wood industry’s online learning and information resource first began in 2012.