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Keyline builds on fund-raising success
Keyline Builders Merchants, part of the Travis Perkins Group, has raised over £500,000 to smash its fund-raising target for charity partner Prostate Cancer UK. The company, through the support of its staff and suppliers, has raised £576,635 since the start of the partnership in January 2010.
Winners named in Rowlinson February prize draw
William Staddon & Son won the first prize – an Apple iPad – in Rowlinson Timber’s February prize draw.
EPS will see apprentice saw doctors
Bandsaw specialist EPS Services and Tooling has begun training its first saw doctor apprentices.
Pro-Master speeds Urban Front door production
High-end contemporary door manufacturer Urban Front Ltd says its investment in a Holz-Her Pro-Master machining centre was based on its positive experience with Weinig service.
Italian machinery sector suffers
The Italian woodworking machinery sector suffered a significant reduction in orders during the fourth quarter of 2012, according to newly-published figures.
Hull service treater sails to Rochester
Hull-based WJ Components has opened a new timber treatment facility in Rochester to service customers distributing in the south-east.
Quieter Ecobuild still delivered the right visitors
Ecobuild clearly bore the scars of construction recession.
Westbury in Building Centre display
Essex-based joinery manufacturer Westbury has created a new permanent display at London’s Building Centre to target builders and specifiers.
Ecobuild: New ZEDfactory house uses Welsh wood
Welsh wood featured in the largest timber structure exhibited at Ecobuild – architect Bill Dunster’s latest ZEDfactory timber frame house concept – the Zero Bills Home.
Sponsor a timber engineer, urges Edinburgh Napier University
Timber companies are being urged to sponsor graduates through their MSc in Timber Engineering by Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Engineering and the Built Environment.