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Södra improves profitability
Södra’s latest interim results reveal a huge improvement in the company’s financial performance.
Performance Timber Products Group appoints CEO
The Performance Timber Products Group (PTPG) has appointed Joe Martoccia as chief executive officer, effective from December 15.
Timber firm fined £9k after amputation
A Lincolnshire timber company has been fined £9,000 after an agency worker lost the top of his finger in an unguarded machine.
UK imports rise for fifth consecutive quarter
The UK’s timber and panel product import volumes increased 13.2% year-on-year in Q2 – the fifth consecutive quarter of growth.
Timbmet refocused on timber and growth
The return of timber sales to 50% of Timbmet’s turnover and rising is just one result of the major overhaul of the business over the last 18 months, according to chief exeuctive Paul Rivers and managing director Nigel Cox in an interview with TTJ.
Mumford & Wood marks six decades
Leading window and door manufacturer Mumford & Wood is marking 60 years in business.
Promote panels’ strengths, Plywood Club told
The wood-based panels sector sells its quality products too cheaply, Timbmet chief executive officer Paul Rivers told the London Plywood Club this week.
Stora Enso CLT school opens
A new specialist school for 150 2 to 19-year-olds with profound and multiple learning difficulties has been completed using PEFC-certified Austrian spruce and pine cross-laminated timber (CLT) sourced and manufactured by Stora Enso Building and Living.
BWF president addresses LHC
Around 30 hardwood traders met for the London Hardwood Club (LHC) lunch at the Honourable Artillary Company in London yesterday.
TTF/BWF joint venture enters next phase
The merger of the Timber Trade Federation and British Woodworking Federation has moved a step closer with the two parties signing a Memorandum of Undertanding (MoU) yesterday.