Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

Wood fuel debate heats up
29 December, 2017
The approaching festive season puts Graham Ormondroyd in the mood to sit by a DEFRA-approved log-burning stove

Golden opportunity
29 December, 2017
A social enterprise in west London is making use of waste materials and teaching valuable woodworking skills. Keren Fallwell reports

Prize Projects
29 December, 2017
The winning projects in this year’s Wood Awards illustrate timber’s versatility and aesthetics for structural, interior and exterior applications

Train gain
29 December, 2017
TFT Woodexperts has a new southern venue for its wood science courses; the Timber Trade Federation has kicked off its Skills Development Programme; and Travis Perkins used Silverstone for a recent training day

Timber makes its case
22 November, 2017
The UKCW juggernaut drove in to Birmingham NEC in early October to present a comprehensive range of building products and solutions before a UK professional construction sector audience, reports Stephen Powney

Austria’s advantage
22 November, 2017
Peter Franklin, sector manager at Advantage Austria, gives an overview of the Austrian timber market and its relationship with the UK

IS WOOD “FIREPROOF”?
22 November, 2017
Jim Coulson looks at the subject of timber and combustivity, with some surprising results

Law’s Advocacy
20 October, 2017
Charlie Law believes innovation would help to secure timber’s place in construction and the circular economy. He talks to Keren Fallwell

Price over patriotism
20 September, 2017
Processors of British-grown timber are keen to take advantage of currency exchange rates and to invest in capacity and value adding. Sally Spencer reports

From boat yard To timber yard
24 August, 2017
Richard Bagnall didn’t set out to spend his working life in the timber trade, but a temporary stintrunning Robbins Timber in the mid-80s turned into a much-loved career. Sally Spencer reports

Traders tee off
24 August, 2017
UK timber traders once again turned out in force to support the industry’s premier golfing event – the TTBS National Golf

UK warms to wood fibre
24 August, 2017
The UK market for wood fibre is some way behind Europe, but it does have potential for growth. Keren Fallwell reports

Oil palm wood - an untapped resource
26 July, 2017
The much-maligned oil palm plantations in Asia may provide a major source of wood raw material in the years to come if the PalmwoodNet project succeeds in its mission to make the species a commercially usable timber. Stephen Powney reports

French oak in good heart
26 July, 2017
France’s oak producers are upbeat and investing and so far seem unbothered by Brexit in their key UK market. Mike Jeffree reports

Joinery sector stays positive
21 July, 2017
The joinery sector is seeing good growth but is keeping a watchful eye on the efforts of the plastics industry to steal back hard won market share. Sally Spencer reports

From forest to final product
20 June, 2017
Situated near the strategic port of Varberg in south Sweden is Derome AB, a multifaceted timber industry business with sawmilling operations right up to timber house manufacturing. Stephen Powney visited the Derome sawmill

Market Signals
20 June, 2017
When TTJ stopped off at ATA Timber’s Moheda HQ, the company said UK buyers needed to make firm order commitments and realise that global demand for wood was growing, reports Stephen Powney.

Redwood’s robust performance
20 June, 2017
Swedish redwood suppliers are striking an optimistic note, investing and looking at new products. Mike Jeffree reports

Ligna delivers ideas for innovation
20 June, 2017
The biennial Ligna show in Germany was the place to go to check out new technology in the timber industries. Stephen Powney reports from the Hannover Messe

A Steady Course
20 June, 2017
Sweden’s timber industry is stable, with domestic and export demand increasing and output set to rise 2-3% this year, reports Swedish Wood director Mikael Eliasson