The European Timber Regulation (EUTR), which penalises illegal timber imports into the EU, is to take effect on 3 March 2013. European timber merchants thus have less than three months left to put in place a due diligence scheme and modify ...
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The Swedish company Södra Timber is to raise its drying capacity in Väröby adding another progressive kiln from the Swedish drying technology specialist Valutec.Södra is thus creating the conditions to switch from two to ...
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Woodworking shops that invest in a computer numerically controlled (CNC) moulder do so because these machines deliver better performance and improved efficiency. CNC industrial woodworking machines are machines that deliver greater ...
Every second counts Over a million twenty-foot equivalent units(TEU)of cargo go through the bustling Port of Bangkok each year.This harbour in Thailand's capital city has become a major centre of commerce in the political and economic ...
Tags: commerce afloat, upgrading and automating, securing the centre
Interior Designer Susan Knof of London-based architects and designers SHH has created a new home for private clients in Hyde Park,London,which combines understated elegance with practical and flexible spaces for real family usage,set within ...
Award-winning Design Studio Graven Images recently designed Ruffians, a slick new Barber's Shop in Edinburgh. It is a new concept in hairdressing for men, offering a relaxed and stylish environment that's neither girly nor grubby. Founder ...
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UK - Marquee Installations has recently completed the design and installation of the audio system for the Wahaca Southbank Mexican restaurant at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. Designed by renowned architects Softroom, the innovative ...
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Houses and buildings started out using cut timber from real forests. Time passed, the population grew and humans determined that it wasn’t such a good idea to use all of our natural resources. We need something stronger and more Earth ...
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In October, China's manufacturing purchasing managers index (PMI) was 50.2 percent, up by 0.4 percentage points month-on-month, back above the threshold. In view of the sizes of enterprises, the PMI of large-sized enterprises was 50.9 ...
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In October 2010, the European Union adopted the EU Timber Regulation (Regulation 995/2010) to prevent sales of illegal timber and timber products on the EU internal market. From 3 March 2013, any operator who places timber or timber ...
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Zhongshan known for "One Town, One Product" famous at home and abroad, each characteristic industry towns are not only means a strong manufacturing capacity, and accumulated a profound industrial culture. "China's wood furniture ...
The main features of recent color trends in Europe have been a greater preference for more and stronger colors and a continued move to white in key influential sectors like the automobile market. Now the big question is how much these ...
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The Danish timber merchant Dalhoff Larsen & Horneman (DLH) has completed the sale of its US subsidiary Inter-Continental Hardwoods. The company announced a deal with the private equity firm American Industrial Partners (AIP), which will pay ...
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In the first quarter of 2012 the investment company Hal Holding was confronted by a 7.2% decline in turnover to €385m in its other consolidated subsidiaries division. Following adjustments to account for acquisitions, divestments and ...
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Turnover of the French tropical timber group Rougier reflected a first marginal decline in turnover again in the first half of 2012. At an amount of €73.8m, the group was just 0.5% short of last year's turnover. In this context ...
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