On 22 October 2018, the European Commission hosted the conference 'Sustainable and circular bioeconomy, the European way.' The conference focused on the need to have a sustainable and circular bioeconomy to enhance the transition in a changed EU policy context and towards a new environmental, social and...
Multiple issues related to wood Construction were debated at the European Economic and Social Committee during the conference Building with Wood held on the 21st of November 2017. The conference, co-organised by CEI-Bois (European Confederation of Woodworking Industries), FIEC (European Construction Industry Federation) and EFBWW (European Federation of...
[This article firstly appeared on CEI-Bois Newsletter September 2017] Can you introduce yourself? I am 58 years old and have worked almost exclusively within the timber and woodworking industry since leaving school, apart from a brief time within an engineering business dealing with accounts and wages. I...
This blog post is by TTF President Keith Fryer. It firstly appeared on the TTJ Online. As I begin to look more towards the end of my career, instead of the start, my perspective changes. In the past I was always on a charge; time was...
The Timber Trade Federation President, Keith Fryer and Managing Director David Hopkins, attended the Board Meeting and General Assembly of CEI Bois, in Vienna last week. CEI Bois is the main European trade association for timber & woodworking industries in Europe. Its members include other pan-European...
