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Prameela vegi
Flegt licensing becomes reality
The wait for FLEGT-licensed timber to arrive in Europe was a certainly a long one but finally it is now over, reports Stephen Powney
New Year, fresh perspectives
Looking out of my rear house windows over Christmas it was impossible to get away from wood, which of course is not a bad thing.
Flegt licensing key to tackling illegal timber
European environment commissioner Karmenu Vella congratulates the timber trade on its part in getting FLEGT-licensed timber and wood products to market, putting the EU “at the forefront of a global movement to end illegal logging”
A hardwood CLT building first
Professor Alex de Rijke, founding director of wood-loving architecture practice de Rijke Marsh Morgan — dRMM — reflects on the invention of hardwood CLT and its latest application in progress at Maggie’s Oldham
New Year, fresh perspectives
Looking out of my rear house windows over Christmas it was impossible to get away from wood, which of course is not a bad thing.
CTI Woos Policymakers
Politicians joined with the timber trade at a Westminster conference that underlined the Confederation of Timber Industries’ (CTI) ambition to infl uence policymakers in favour of wood. Stephen Powney reports
Business as usual?
The Brexit vote shocked the Irish timber industry but the fundamentals of trade remain the same, it says. Sally Spencer reports
Going for Growth
We asked two mouldings sector executives – John Carney, MD of Cheshire Mouldings and Paul Martin, Archwood group product marketing manager (Richard Burbidge), about market developments in the mouldings sector
Scaling up
West Cork sawmiller GP Wood is on the mill investment trail, with a major new project at its Enniskeane sawmill