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“It is more than just viable, it represents the future. Engineered timber, from managed forestry, will be the material that defines 21st century architecture.”
Alex De Rijke, dRMM architects

"Greater use of wood products will stimulate the expansion of Europe's forests."
European Commission's DG Enterprise

"Timber is changing the face of modern architecture & design. For professionals, it is now the prime material for sustainable urban modernism."
David Hopkins, Timber Trade Federation

"As a renewable material grown by the power of the sun, wood offers us a new way to think about our future"
Michael Green

Industry News and Events

Timber is essential to zero-carbon bio-economy

Published: Oct 30th 2019

New Book – Wood: Building the BioEconomy – shows how the EU can reduce emissions while increasing output.CEI Bois, the pan-European trade body for the timber supply chain, is calling on politicians...

Timber industry welcomes housing pledges, calls for greater use of low carbon materials

Published: Nov 22nd 2019

The Confederation of Timber industries (CTI) welcomes recent housing pledges made by Labour and the Liberal Democrats, and calls for these homes to be built using low carbon materials.Labour has...