All articles by Rachakatla Srinivas

Rachakatla Srinivas

Tackling illegal timber

A major conference in Malaysia highlighted both the achievements of anti-illegal timber measures, and trade anxieties around them. Mike Jeffree reports

Moelven to modernise mill

Moelven Vänerply is to invest €8.3m to modernise and further automate its Swedish mill in Otterbäcken.

Wood Convention to reconvene

Montreal Wood Convention is to restart next year, with the first event in five years reuniting the major industry players.

MTC backs WoodMart 2014

The Malaysian Timber Council said it was committed to promoting the third MTC Global WoodMart (MGW) in 2014 based on feedback from exhibitors and visitors to the recent event.

Steico starts construction of new HQ

German wood-fibre insulation board and I-joist producer Steico has broken ground on its new HQ project near Munich, to be built almost entirely with Steico products.

Weyerhaeuser moves European base to Dublin

Weyerhaeuser Products Ltd has relocated from Brussels to Dublin, Ireland, in a move to strengthen its Lumin and Lyptus customer sales and marketing support.

Timbmet MD Wendy Trott to leave company

Timbmet has announced that its managing director Wendy Trott will be leaving the company at the end of the year.

UK softwood consumption forecast to rise in 2013

UK softwood consumption is forecast to rise by 3.7% to around 7.9 million m3 next year, according a new Timber Trade Federation (TTF) report.

Rob Simpson, managing director of SCA Timber Supply UK, dies suddenly

It is with both shock and deepest regret that SCA Timber Supply UK announces the sudden and untimely loss of its managing director Rob Simpson.

Sewstern sawmill manager reaches 25-year milestone

John Robinson, sawmill manager at Sewstern Timber Services Ltd, has notched up 25 years of service at the company.