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Sector Focus: Panel Products, “Modifying the Panel Marketplace”
Modified wood panel products are a reality and boast vastly superior stability and durability characteristics compared to standard wood-based panels, reports Stephen Powney.
Sector Focus: Panel Products, “The China Question”
China has rapidly grown from being one of the world’s largest importers of plywood to one of the largest exporters and that shift has brought recognised sourcing problems for the timber industry, highlighted by recent issues on EUTR compliance. Keren Fallwell reports.
The name of the game
Specialist Joinery (South) and its trading arm Westgate Joinery have had a role reversal. Sally Spencer reports.
Decking Innovation
There is a huge variety of different decking products these days, be it pressure-treated softwood, hardwood, anti-slip, modified or wood-plastic composite. Robin Meade reports.
Hot Handling
Forklift manufacturers are experiencing increasing investment in handling technology by the timber industry, reports Robin Meade.
Moving Materials
Like any industry, the timber sector has its challenges and cost pressures. Rob Fisher, who heads up the International Materials Handling Exhibition (IMHX 2016), looks at some of the issues with materials handling.
DTE opens new branch in Warrington
Leading truss manufacturer Donaldson Timber Engineering Ltd (DTE) has invested £300,000 opening a new branch in the northwest of England.
Paper market decline to hit Stora Enso Q4 results
The decline in European paper markets are the main reason why Stora Enso will record non-recurring items (NRI) of €-225m in its Q4 results.
Finnish forest industry investment declines 13% in 2014
Finnish forest industry investment declined by more than 13% to €573m, according to research by the Confederation of Finnish Industries.