Clear Douglas Fir - Prowood Ltd.
Friday 1st November 2019. Douglas Fir from the forests of the Pacific Northwest and British Columbia have been prized for generations for their beauty, strength and suitability for a wide variety of applications from construction to high-end joinery. Pound for pound it is one of the strongest woods in the world, while its rich yellow-orange hues & exception...
UK Timber Industry Factsheet - Growing The Use Of Wood!
Monday 21st October 2019. How big is the industry? • £7.6 billion at equivalent manufacturers’ selling prices – putting the industry in the top 20 UK industries. • Direct employment in the timber industry is 115,000, around 3.5% of employees in manufacturing. How much wood do we use? • The UK c...
Salford Red Devils Vs St Helens - 2019 Betfred Super League Grand Final!
Friday 11th October 2019. It’s time to #OwnTheMoment this Saturday as the Red Devils face St Helens in the 2019 Betfred Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford! Tickets for the Betfred Super League Grand Final at Old Trafford are now available from the AJ Bell Stadium Ticket Office. Salford Red Devils supporters can to purchase tickets for the showpiece event online, in p...
Biggest Western Red Cedar mill in the world announces closure.
Wednesday 18th September 2019. Interfor to close Hammond sawmill in Maple Ridge at cost of 147 jobs In a summer of turmoil and mill closures in B.C.'s interior, the coastal forest industry faces job losses on the coast due to a separate set of issues. Vancouver-headquartered timber giant Interfor will close its Hammond sawmill in Maple Ridge by the end of the year, the company s...
Siberian Larch Cladding - Sweet Street, Leeds.
Friday 6th September 2019. Prowood are extremely proud to have supplied over 240m³ (approx. 65,000lm) of Siberian Larch Cladding to the Sweet Street residential development in Leeds. We are delighted to have been involved in such an impressive and prestigious project. Specie: Siberian Larch, Kiln Dried. U/S (Unsorted) I-III Certification: FSC Mix 70% Profile:&...
Scientists Shoot For World’s Tallest Wooden Skyscraper!
Friday 30th August 2019. Buildings made from wood are becoming increasingly common in cities around the world, as designers and architects extol the carbon capturing nature of this underused material. You’ll have heard of plant-based diets, but the push for plant-based cities may be less familiar. Nevertheless, it’s well under way. Research teams around the world are racing to cr...
Laminated Timber Products – The Possibilities Are Endless.
Monday 19th August 2019. Prowood laminate over 900m³ of timber products per month, most of which is used to manufacture PROLAM staircase components: handrails, baserails, treads & newels. Our state-of-the-art Taylor Press laminators have capabilities to produce blanks up to 150mm thick, 900mm wide & 6.1m long, laminating products for interior and exterior applications. Lami...