Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

Positive thinking
20 December, 2008
Like all companies in the timber supply chain, joineries are feeling the economic pinch but demand for timber windows is holding up reasonably well

UK industry holds breath for construction upturn
20 December, 2008
After the record high of 2007, it's been a particularly difficult year for the UK forest product sector. David Sulman, executive director of the UK Forest Products Association, reports

Guidance systems
20 December, 2008
Companies which process wood are subject to a range of local air pollution permit controls when they reach a certain size. Controls are based on process guidance notes which are shortly to be reviewed

Specifiers must do their homework
20 December, 2008

Quality counts
06 December, 2008
Dr Steve Snaith, marketing director at ICI Paints, discusses the advantages of sourcing coating products from specialist merchant stockists rather than DIY chains

Finishing touch
06 December, 2008
Coatings and finishes manufacturers have had another year of talking points

Lavers showcases Fotoply
22 November, 2008

Ante-Holz as art
22 November, 2008

Hard won sales
22 November, 2008
Nobody claimed that the recent W8 wood technology show was easy, but exhibitors said there was business to be done

Raising the standard
22 November, 2008
Tomorrow belongs to an ever more professional, more united timber industry, one that’s committed to high standards and to bringing on the next generation, writes merchant Keith Fryer

Preservative positives
08 November, 2008
The economic downturn may be impacting the treatments sector, but there are plenty of bright spots

Creating confidence
08 November, 2008
Dr Chris Coggins, director of the Wood Protection Association, examines how to improve confidence in the performance of treated timber

Picking bad news out of the good
08 November, 2008

W8 visitor numbers fall by 11%
03 November, 2008

High stakes
25 October, 2008
Treated timber must be fit for purpose, says Dr Chris Coggins, director of the Wood Protection Association

Garden centred
25 October, 2008
Timber products were out in force once more at the annual garden products exhibition Glee

A modern twist
11 October, 2008
Last month’s IWSc conference demonstrated how modern technology is being used in both traditional and contemporary timber construction

Building for a bright tomorrow
27 September, 2008

Suppliers' responsibility to ensure products fit for purpose
27 September, 2008

The winners 2008
27 September, 2008
All the winners from the TTJ Awards