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European sawmilling boss urges wood industry to avoid pessimism despite current market woes
03 January, 2024
The CEO of one of Europe’s largest sawmilling groups has told the market and customers to avoid pessimism at the start of 2024 and shared long-term reasons to be optimistic about wood’s market prospects.

Foundation stone of Metsä Kerto mill laid in Äänekoski
29 November, 2023
Metsä Group's Kerto LVL mill project in Äänekoski, Finland is progressing as planned and the foundation stone of the mill was laid on November 24.

Kronospan to buy Roseburg’s Simsboro particleboard plant
16 November, 2023
Kronospan has announced plans to buy Roseburg Forest Products’ Simsboro, LA, particleboard facility.

International Softwood Conference attracts record-breaking delegate numbers
16 October, 2023
A record-breaking 333-strong crowd of delegates attended this year’s International Softwood conference in Vienna to debate the availability of wood raw materials and other market dynamics.

WPA appoints new FR consultant
13 October, 2023
The Wood Protection Association (WPA) is pleased to announce that Dr Matthew Powell has been appointed to take responsibility for the flame retardant (FR) related activities conducted by the organisation.

New climate-change certification helps Scotts cut the carbon
06 October, 2023
Timber businesses looking to play their part in tackling climate change can take inspiration and learning from the experience of Scotts Timber Engineering, the Northamptonshire-based manufacturer of engineered timber products, which has just received its first Carbon Footprinting certification from Go Climate Positive, a leading provider of carbon management and offsetting services.

Metsä Wood and SRV sign agreement to build Kerto LVL mill in Äänekoski
01 September, 2023
Metsä Wood and construction company SRV have signed an agreement for the construction of Metsä Wood's new Kerto LVL mill in Äänekoski, Finland. SRV will be the main contractor for the project, which will be carried out as a co-operative project management contract.

German sawmilling sector warns of impacts from construction downturn
29 June, 2023
A massive drop in German construction sector activity is impacting the German sawmilling sector, industry executives have warned.

TTJ Timber Merchanting Development Award entry deadline nears
26 June, 2023
There is still time to enter the TTJ Timber Merchanting Development Award. The merchanting award, which is organised in association with the Builders Merchants Federation (BMF), forms part of the annual TTJ Awards – the UK timber industry’s leading annual awards event.

UK Parliamentary group sets policy recommendations for expanding timber construction
23 June, 2023
The latest report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Timber Industries, ‘Timber Construction: Barriers and Solutions’, provides a set of policy recommendations to expand low-carbon timber construction in the UK.

Sikkens Wood Coatings introduces new stains and topcoats
20 June, 2023
As part of an eye-catching Sikkens Wood Coatings brand refresh, parent company AkzoNobel has introduced a full range of stains and new topcoats to give customers even more design and creative flexibility.

Final chance to vote in UK’s TTJ timber industry awards
09 June, 2023
Who is going to be crowned this year’s TTJ Awards’ Timber Trader of the Year 2023?

IWT-Moldrup stresses Biobiowood’s CSR credentials
30 May, 2023
IWT-Moldrup gave a presentation at the recent Ligna show stressing the corporate social responsibility (CSR) credentials that using its Biobiowood wood modification system can bring to a company.

Ligna wows again after four year absence
23 May, 2023
The Ligna woodworking technology fair has ended in Hannover after 700 world premieres of machinery/technology and 80,000 visitors from across the world.

National Timber Systems appoints design director
18 April, 2023
National Timber Systems (NTS), the engineered wood products division of National Timber Group, has appointed Julian Elsbury to the newly created role of NTS design director.

Built by Nature awards grant to unlock structural timber potential
13 April, 2023
To foster cross-sector industry alignment on solutions to ensure the widespread adoption of large-scale mass timber offices, the Built by Nature Fund has awarded a €200,000 grant to a diverse UK consortium focused on unlocking the barriers to structural timber through the development of a technical Commercial Timber Guidebook.

Wooden pallet manufacturing and reuse show large uplift
05 April, 2023
Manufacturing and reuse of timber pallets increased significantly according to the most recent survey commissioned by the Timber Packaging & Pallet Confederation (TIMCON) and the research arm of the Forestry Commission, Forest Research.

Timber industry launches new fire safety website
08 March, 2023
The timber industry has launched a comprehensive new fire safety website: Fire Safety - Wood in Construction.

New Setra CEO appointed
16 February, 2023
Setra has appointed Marcus Westdahl as its new CEO. Mr Westdahl is currently CEO of EFG European Furniture Group and he has held several other senior positions in the wood and paper industries over the past 20 years.

Signals point to potential market improvement in the spring, says Sweden’s Bergs
08 February, 2023
Swedish wood products manufacturer Bergs says 2022 was a decent year despite the weak timber market in the final six months of the period.