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Timbmet back in the black
Timbmet has turned a loss of £3.2m in the previous 12 months into a profit of £1.5m in the latest financial year, putting the improvement down to its restructuring and range development programme.
Latham profits up by more than half
Importer and distributor James Latham plc has reported annual operating profits up over 50% in the year to the end of March and says its business continues to grow in all areas.
TTJ Buyer’s Guide updating
Updating is under way for next year’s edition of the TTJ Address Book & Buyer’s Guide and the online version www.ttjbuyersguide.com.
Wellwood keen for TTF readmission
Hardwood specialist agency Wellwood is planning to seek readmission to the UK Timber Trade Federation, which ejected it from membership in June after it failed to meet its Responsible Purchasing Process (RPP) due diligence requirements and so breached its Code of Conduct.
Danzer highlights social value of certified tropical sector
Danzer UK managing director Ken Walsh focused on the social as well as the environmental value of certified tropical timber production in a presentation to the latest Illegal Logging Update (ILU) conference at Chatham House in London.
Plum Creek plant resumes production
Production has resumed at Plum Creek’s MDF plant in Columbia Falls, Montana, which was hit by fire on June 10.
NEPCon welcomes Greenpeace probe
NEPCon, the international sustainability and auditing body, says it would welcome a Greenpeace review of its auditing procedures following a probe by the NGO into whether a cargo of hardwood from the Democratic Republic of Congo shipped to France was in breach of the EU Timber Regulation.
Coillte’s full-year profits rise 70%
Coillte has posted a 70% increase in profits for 2013 and forecast “significantly improved trading” for this year.
Harlow Bros to close timber frame division
Harlow Bros Ltd is to close its loss-making timber frame division.
Grafton’s first-half revenue improves
Grafton Group plc, which includes the Buildbase chain, recorded an 11.3% increase in revenue in the six months to the end of June.