Search Results: 'Wood for Good'

Show speakers spot timber building trends
19 December, 2013
Cutting-edge European timber-based building will be a key theme at this year’s Techniques et Solutions Bois ( Timber Techniques and Solutions) conference at the Carrefour du Bois International exhibition.

Pallet sector enters unchartered waters on timber pricing
17 December, 2013
The UK pallet manufacturing sector is entering “unchartered waters” at the start of 2014 because of timber price inflation and competition for wood from other industry sectors and countries, TIMCON has warned.

Shop fitter upgrades edgebanding
14 December, 2013
A Tyne & Wear shopfitter has upgraded its edgebanding facilities with SCM technology to help in production of counters and cabinets.

Timbmet’s chief purchasing director retires after 45 years’ service
13 December, 2013
Timbmet has announced the retirement of its chief purchasing director, Jim Chambers.

Wood Awards winners revealed this week
18 November, 2013
It’s November and the UK’s biggest awards event for wood in architecture – the Wood Awards – is preparing to unveil this year’s winners

Danish government implements responsible procurement
12 November, 2013
The Danish government is to introduce a responsible purchasing policy for forest products.

Glenalmond reaches 25-year milestone
05 October, 2013
Scottish timber importer and sawmiller Glenalmond Timber Company Ltd has marked its 25th anniversary with a stated ambition to emerge from the shadows and take a higher profile in the timber trade.

STA launches and calls for increase in timber construction
25 September, 2013
The Structural Timber Association (STA), launched at Timber Expo in Birmingham yesterday, has called on the UK housebuilding industry to increase timber construction to 30% of all new homes.

Barnswell buys own premises
23 September, 2013
Hardwood specialist importer Barnswell Timber has bought its own premises, with room to expand in the future.

Hardwood products on show at 100% Design
19 September, 2013
The Canadian wood products sector and the UK hardwood flooring industry have a strong presence at the 100% Design show this week.

Hardwood traders back Wood First Plus
09 September, 2013
Hardwood sector players have given their backing to timber industry efforts to map wood’s technical performance and environmental characteristics.

TRADA unveils architect seminar programme
01 September, 2013
BM TRADA has unveiled autumn dates for regional architect and engineer half-day seminars as part of its new contract for UK wood promotion campaign Wood for Good.

Klenk Holz acquired by investment firm
30 August, 2013
One of Germany’s largest sawmillers, Klenk Holz, has been bought out by US-based investment firm The Carlyle Group for an undisclosed sum.

Engineered wood specialist backs Napier scholarships
09 August, 2013
KLH UK, the cross-laminated timber (CLT) manufacturer and construction specialist, has become the 14th company or organisation to back the new MSc Timber Engineering scholarship programme at Edinburgh Napier University.

Wood Awards shortlist illustrates timber’s versatility
01 August, 2013
A cross-laminated timber wedding venue, an expandable plywood pavilion, the new Mary Rose museum and a surfboard made from macrocarpa feature in this year’s Wood Awards shortlist.

UPM Tilhill forecasts bright future for UK sawmilling
16 July, 2013
The future looks bright for the UK sawmilling industry, according to UPM Tilhill’s Timber Bulletin 2013.

BBC Panorama timber programme to screen soon
13 July, 2013
The UK timber trade will find out within weeks whether its open doors policy to a BBC Panorama film crew has paid off when the programme’s special focus on illegal timber and the EU Timber Regulation (EUTR) screens.

Government construction strategy can benefit timber
03 July, 2013
The wood sector is well-placed to benefit from the aims of the government’s newly-published Industrial Strategy for Construction, says the Timber Trade Federation (TTF).

Greenpeace urges FSC to improve
28 June, 2013
Greenpeace has published a study highlighting the positive side of the FSC system and areas where FSC needs to improve.

NZ log exports forecast to rise
18 June, 2013
Record log exports are expected to underpin an increase in export revenue for New Zealand in the coming year.