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Six talented students scooped first prize for their timber-based housing scheme design at the TRADA University Challenge 2020.

BSW Group, the UK’s largest integrated forestry and sawmilling business, has been acquired by private equity firm Endless LLP

Södra is making extensive investments in the sawmill at Värö

High-performance door blank manufacturer Moralt AG gears up for Fensterbau Frontale and the Dubai Woodshow next month.

Leading timber specialist, Arnold Laver, has significantly strengthened its doorset manufacturing capabilities, following the acquisition of the assets of Cotswold Manufacturing.

Thirteen projects in urban communities across England have been awarded a share of the £10 million in the first round of the Urban Tree Challenge Fund.

Three of the largest R&D initiatives in the history of the UK’s construction sector are set to appear together at a trade event for the first time, as the UK Research & Innovation’s Transforming Construction Challenge partners are announced as lead innovation partner at Futurebuild 2020.

The UK Asbestos Training Association (UKATA) is urging employers to deliver asbestos awareness training to all apprentices in an effort to halt the growing numbers of tradespeople contracting fatal asbestos-related diseases.

MultiPly, an eight-metre-high, carbon neutral, timber pavilion, made exclusively from American tulipwood has opened to the public in Madrid Rio at its entrance to the Casa de Campo, as part of the Madrid Design Festival.

James Donaldson & Sons Ltd (JDS), has announced the acquisition of Rowan Manufacturing Ltd (RML) and Smith & Frater Ltd (S&F) from the shareholders of the Rowan Group.