Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

Demand acceptable but competition quells price rises
20 December, 2003
Orders remain fairly healthy into the new year although rising costs and little chance of improving prices means margins remain tight

Roadmap charts future
20 December, 2003
Representatives from across Europe's woodworking industry have been told of the need for co-ordinated "action" to combat declining profits

Construction and weather help buoy British market
20 December, 2003
Despite some ups and downs, the home-grown sector can be reasonably satisfied with the past year – even the beleaguered fencing and packaging industry

Spanish eyes are on design
20 December, 2003
Dedicated followers of fashion are tipping Spain as the emerging leader in design in Europe. But it is not just the Continental couture houses that are concerned about the growing Hispanic competition – industry is looking over its shoulder too

Response team
13 December, 2003
TRADA's finishes specialist Peter Kaczmar examines the drivers for research, in a product area that is bristling with new developments

Catching the crest of a wave
13 December, 2003
Camilla Hair of SCA Timber looks at ways of finding and harnessing new markets for timber products

Upbeat softwood traders look back on buoyant year
13 December, 2003
Supply problems earlier in the year forced prices up and, contrary to previous occasions, they've stayed up, leading traders to feel optimistic about 2004

MDF pioneers still push on
13 December, 2003
In two decades MDF has developed from a novelty product to a multi-million cube-selling manufacturing and construction material. And Medite manufacturer Weyerhaeuser predicts even more success ahead. Derek Hollier reports

Information super freeway
29 November, 2003

Purchasing policy under review
29 November, 2003

In the hardwood hothouse
15 November, 2003
US hardwood suppliers remain upbeat about their prospects in the demanding European market, the AHEC convention heard

Timber shows steel
15 November, 2003
Architects and construction professionals were given a run-down on the attributes of wood as a modern construction material at Time for Timber 2003

Finnish production stays high despite slack demand
15 November, 2003
Finnish companies are concentrating on increasing production levels with investment in new facilities in Russia and the Baltics

Blade runners
15 November, 2003
Advances in production machinery are placing ever-increasing demands on the performance of cutting tools and sawblades so Vollmer UK organised a major seminar to highlight the key issues

Fighting talk
01 November, 2003
Shut the gate and let the crop blow down, or stand up and fight? The growing sector faces various challenges, not least low prices, but the opportunities are brighter. Jane Karthaus, communications director of the Forestry & Timber Association reports

East to west and back again
01 November, 2003

Bills leaves FC empowered
01 November, 2003
After eight years as director-general of the Forestry Commission, David Bills is moving on. In an interview with Ian Martin, he looks back at developments within the British timber sector during that time

Timber discovers TV stardom
01 November, 2003
American hardwoods take top billing in Cutting Edge Woodworker, a television programme providing a close-up view of furniture making

Home work for MDF
01 November, 2003
Ardis Design has cut production and maintenance costs by using Medite Exterior MDF to clad its garden offices

Educating the customer
18 October, 2003
Duncan King of TRADA Technology Ltd's Business Solutions Group urges merchants and stockists to rethink their sales strategy, by displaying products with their end uses clearly highlighted and supported by good literature – before events overtake them