All articles by Rachakatla Srinivas
Rachakatla Srinivas
Trade backs calls for 300,000 new homes a year
The timber and timber construction sectors have backed calls from the Future Homes Commission (FHC) for the building of 300,000 new homes a year and for an improvement in new housing design. But there are caveats, including doubts about industry capacity to hit the target.
Byko-Lat installs new treatment plant
Byko-Lat has installed a new treatment impregnation plant at its Valmiera site in Latvia.
Global markets help DLH & Rougier
International tropical timber and panel product suppliers DLH and Rougier have reported growing business in Asia and the Americas while turnover in western Europe shrinks.
Tasmania agrees forestry peace deal
An agreement between the timber industry and environmentalists in Tasmania is set to end a 30-year dispute between the two parties.
Australia passes illegal timber law
After five years of negotiation and development, Australia’s parliament this week passed the country’s Illegal Logging Prohibition (ILP) bill, its equivalent of the EU Timber Regulation and America’s Lacey Act.
TRADA’s Giraffe in line for award
TRADA’s Giraffe Pavilion, which it commissioned from Ramboll Computational Design for the Timber Expo show, is shortlisted for a new award.
Icklesham triumphs in BWF joinery awards
Icklesham Joinery has won the UK joinery industry’s highest technical award.
Passionate plea for TTBS funds
The Timber Trades’ Benevolent Society (TTBS) needs not only continued funding from existing backers but also support from other companies and industry organisations.
Zambia suspends timber licences
The Zambian government has suspended all timber licences in an attempt to protect the country’s forests.
Asians buy NZ forestry land
More than 4,000ha of land in Marlborough in New Zealand’s South Island has been sold to Asian timber processors in the past two months.