Press Releases
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Timber industry resilient but Brexit brings trade friction, survey finds
Difficulties with logistics, trade with Northern Ireland, and the time and cost to fill out customs and due diligence paperwork are adding pressure to an already tight timber supply chain, a survey by the TTF has found. Logistics is the most pressing…
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Garden rooms made beautiful with SterlingOSB Zero
With more and more people working and studying at home, the need for extra space has grown enormously. Whether it’s somewhere to make Zoom calls in peace, or to chill after a long day juggling home-schooling, or to get on…
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Getting the right treatment with TTF and WPA
The Timber Trade Federation and Wood Protection Association are mounting a major awareness campaign promoting the provision of accurate and specific information about treated timber, New leaflets and a poster demystifying treated timber and its applications will be available to…
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Imports peaks and inflation potentials
Optimism in the UK’s vaccination programme to aid a stronger economic recovery in 2021 is being mirrored in forward-looking indicators in the Construction Product Association’s Q4 Construction Survey released this week. The report notes that despite broad expectations that the wider economic…
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Our investments for engaged partnerships
Post Brexit: Vandecasteele Houtimport has set up a company in the UK – Vandecasteele Timber LTD – to facilitate the trade with UK partners. Business as usual, everything has been taken care of. From import duties, custom clearance, VAT prepayment,…
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Students invited to define future living in exciting design challenge
Built environment students from Universities across the UK are being invited to design a home and neighbourhood of the future. Riverside Sunderland is redefining the city: transforming a spectacular site into a unique, carbon neutral urban quarter – an extraordinary place…
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To be or not to be OSB?
For those specifiers who have contemplated using SterlingOSB Zero for a new project, Norbord has produced a CPD video presentation which highlights the features and benefits of the popular, versatile board. There are variants available and applications include roofing, timber…
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Norbord makes home schooling easier for Cowie primary school
A cash donation from Norbord has made the challenge of home learning a little easier for families at a primary school close to the company’s Cowie plant. Staff have made good use of the donation to purchase much-needed carry cases…
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Norbord’s updated online and interactive resources needed for building in 2021
As the UK’s biggest supplier of premium engineered wood panels to the UK construction and housebuilding market, Norbord has always been committed to supporting customers in a variety of ways. The combination of a downloadable checklist for housebuilders and an…
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Rothoblaas: An Alpine heart beating for timber
Our headquarters, a structure entirely made of timber and glass, is located in Cortaccia(BZ). This is located in Italy’s north-east, the middle of the Alps, where the technical rigidity of German culture and the Italian innovative spirit meet. It is…
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