Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

CTI Woos Policymakers
28 December, 2016
Politicians joined with the timber trade at a Westminster conference that underlined the Confederation of Timber Industries’ (CTI) ambition to infl uence policymakers in favour of wood. Stephen Powney reports

Going for Growth
28 December, 2016
We asked two mouldings sector executives – John Carney, MD of Cheshire Mouldings and Paul Martin, Archwood group product marketing manager (Richard Burbidge), about market developments in the mouldings sector

Softwood Market stability
28 December, 2016
The European softwood industry converged on Paris to discuss sector market developments for the International Softwood Conference. Stephen Powney reports

Sights trained on new heights
28 December, 2016
Austria is not just constructing the world’s tallest timber building; it has high expectations for its wood sector generally. Mike Jeffree reports

German Mill Output Powers On
21 November, 2016
Germany’s domestic market is keeping its sawmills busy, but it is also busy on the export scene, reports Stephen Powney

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.

Getting To The Root Of Due Diligence
21 November, 2016
The RADIX Tree platform has branched into a one-stop online solution for timber due diligence, sustainable sourcing and traceability management. Mike Jeffree reports

Quality Control
21 November, 2016
Issues around marine plywood quality have existed for a long time but the Timber Trade Federation has now said enough is enough. Keren Fallwell reports

Brimstone Heats Up
21 November, 2016
UK sawmiller Vastern Timber’s Brimstone product represents the first commercial thermal modification of UK-grown hardwoods. The product was the winner of the TTJ Awards’ Timber Innovation Award: Product Development category this year. Sally Spencer spoke to Vastern’s Tom Barnes

Building Timber’s Profile
21 November, 2016
Timber Expo recently had its second outing as part of UK Construction Week, reports Stephen Powney

Serious Business
21 November, 2016
The high level of serious machinery buyers present at the W16 woodworking technology showis further evidence of underlying health in the industry, reports Stephen Powney

ECC Timber Shining Bright
24 October, 2016
Irish sawmiller ECC Timber is looking ambitiously to the future after company founder PJ Fahy and family acquire the full shareholding in the company

Helping wood Last longer
24 October, 2016
Timber preservative manufacturer BASF Wolman once again invited sawmillers and treaters to an engaging conference in Sweden and opportunity for a mill visit. Stephen Powney joined delegates on the trip

A position of influence
24 October, 2016
Confor’s chief executive Stuart Goodall turned his childhood love of forests and open spaces into a lifetime career. Sally Spencer reports

Taking The Heat
24 October, 2016
Sales of thermally modified timber are increasing and while most product hails from Nordic countries, there are other producers, including one from the UK. Sally Spencer reports

Building In Colour With Lonza
24 October, 2016
Lonza is working with timber industry partners to add further value to timber’s wood protection credentials with the development of innovative colour technology, says Andy Hodge, marketing director of Lonza

Onwards and upwards
20 September, 2016
The British-grown timber sector is determined to make the best of the decision to leave the EU. Sally Spencer reports

Hitting the heights
20 September, 2016
Architects, engineers, construction industry professionals and representatives of the timber supply chain attended the fourth Wood for Good conference series at London’s Canada House at the end of June. Sally Spencer joined them

Expo extras
20 September, 2016
Timber Expo 2016 has a host of added attractions, from linked UK Construction Week events, to awards, seminars and a beer festival

A reason for being
19 August, 2016
Architect Peter Wilson’s career has taken him from designing new towns in the Middle East to championing timber as a construction material. Sally Spencer reports