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Early rush for 2015 BMF conference
Merchants are already signing up for next year’s Builder Merchants Federation (BMF) all-industry conference, just days after the close of this year’s Tenerife event, according to the organisation.
China’s woodworking machinery exports rise
The total value of China’s woodworking machinery exports increased by 3% in 2013 to US$2.31bn.
Online Accoya Academy launched
Accsys Technologies has launched the Accoya Academy – an online learning resource providing extensive information and details about its modified wood product, Accoya.
Boost for Howarth Greenhouse team
Howarth Timber and Building Supplies has welcomed Jack Lomas to its Rochdale-based GreenHouse as it continues to expand its centre for sustainability.
Timber firm wins new product funding
A timber products and joinery firm has received a £300,000 funding package to import a new decorative surface from Australia.
Indonesia ‘trashing’ its forests
The rate of deforestation in Indonesia is the highest in the world, according to the journal Nature Climate Change.
UPM pushes forward with bio-diesel
UPM Biofuels has received a Sustainable Energy Europe Award from the European Union for a biofuel created from tall oil.
Acc-oléd for modified wood
Accoya modified wood has been used in several public building projects in Spain.
Steer clear of Para, Greenpeace warns
Greenpeace has come close to urging importers in the UK and the rest of Europe not to buy timber from Brazil’s Amazonian state of Para due to the percentage harvested illegally.
Saint-Gobain pulls ipe and works with Greenpeace
Saint-Gobain Building Distribution (SGBD), parent of Jewson and International Timber, has taken ipe off sale at the companies after Greenpeace raised doubts about its legality documentation and highlighted that its suppliers had been previously fined for “forest crimes”.