Wood Marketing Federation Member Profiles

Wood Coatings Ireland

Wood Coatings Ireland supply a complete range of protective coatings to the wood joinery industry, including joinery preservatives, joinery primers and very comprehensive range of joinery finish coats in Ral, NCS, BS and Farrow & Ball colours with a variable gloss levels. This is then complemented by the supply of a full range of specific brush applied maintenance coatings direct to the property owner. Wood Coatings Ireland are also in a position to advise on all technical aspects of wood protection covering all species and end uses.

After spending more than 20 Years in the Wood Preservation business Sean Mc Namara registered his own Irish Company which specialises in the supply of a very comprehensive range of Wood Protection Coatings from the only Company who are specifically specialising in Wood Coatings . Drywood Coatings B.V. in the Netherlands.

Drywood Coatings track record spans 20 years of research and development of coatings….

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AHEC AMERICAN HARDWOOD EXPORT COUNCIL

AHEC is the leading international trade association for the American hardwood industry, representing companies and trade associations engaged in the export of a full range of U.S. hardwood products, including – lumber, veneer, plywood, flooring, moulding and dimension materials. American hardwoods derive from sustainably managed forests in the United States. American hardwoods can be used for a wide range of applications and offer a huge diversity of colour and character. Examples are: interior and exterior joinery, furniture, and flooring.

AHEC provides the global hardwood industry importers, specifiers and end-users with promotional assistance, technical information and sources of supply for American hardwoods from its offices located in Europe, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong and Shanghai to serve the needs of the global community.

AHEC has played a major role in the WMF in supporting shows such as Plan Expo and Woodspec A Guide to Designing, Detailing and Specifying Timber….

LONZA WOOD PROTECTION

Lonza Wood Protection specialises in the research, development and supply of timber protection products and processes. Leading brand preservative products such as TANALITH® E and VACSOL® Aqua are used by a wide range of timber companies throughout the UK and Ireland to pressure treat timber and provide long term protection against decay and insect attack. The resulting treated timber can be used with confidence in every possible timber end use situation, from internal building timbers to timbers used in both ground and water contact applications.

DRICON® is the most renowned fire retardant protection available for timber. It has a proven surface spread of flame protection for interior and weather protected external applications, which meets both British and European building standards. It is the only fire retardant treatment for timber that carries the prestigious BBA (British Board of Agrément) certificate. NON-COM® Exterior treatment has a proven track record of fire protection….

COILLTE

Coillte is a commercial company operating in forestry, land based businesses, renewable energy and panel products. The company employs around 1,200 people and was established in 1988. It owns over 445,000 hectares of land, about 6.5% of the land cover of Ireland.

Coillte’s forestry businesses include log sales, farm forestry services, plant sales and laboratory services. Coillte’s core purpose is to enrich lives locally, nationally and globally through the innovative and sustainable management of natural resources for which it receives internationally recognised Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certification.

The company also has a Panel Products Division comprising SmartPly Europe Ltd. which produces Oriented Strand Board (OSB) and Medite Europe Ltd. producers of Medium Density Fibreboard (MDF). These sustainable timber products play a key part of building for a carbon neutral future as well as demonstrating innovation.

Coillte,
Newtownmountkennedy,
Co. Wicklow
T +353 1 2011111
F ++353 1 2011199
E pr@coillte.ie
W www.coillte.ie

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ENTERPRISE IRELAND

The Wood Marketing Federation stand ‘Woodspace’ which was launched at the 2009 Plan Expo show in Dublin made its way to Timber Expo 2011 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. The exhibition which was commissioned by WMF in 2008 initially featured imported timber but in 2009, the award winning architect Ciaran O’Connor turned his attention to Irish wood using eased edged all over Sitka spruce sourced from Murray Timber. The result was widely aclaimied by visitors to Plan Expo in 2010. Paul Harvey, WMF Chairman was delighted to hear that Willie Fitzgerald, Enterprise Ireland, Patrick Murray, Murray Timber and Richard Lowe, Coillte wished to use Woodspace as the central exhibition area for Irish companies at the Coventry event. The show was a huge success and featured WMF members Enterprise Irelaand, Coillte, Grainger Sawmills, Murray Timber Group and Glennon Brothers.

GRAINGER SAWMILLS

Located in Enniskeane, Co. Cork, Grainger Sawmills is one of Ireland’s largest and most technologically developed sawmills. Since the mill was established in 1977, it has generated consistent growth and has increased market share in Ireland and overseas. It has an annuyal processing capacity of 250,000 m3 and produces an extensive range of construction, fencing, leisure, pallet and packaging products.

The company has an ethos of continuous improvement which is reflected in quality products as a result of industry advances in areas such as kiln drying, pressure treatment and specialised machining facilities. All Grainger products have Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) accreditation.
www.graingersawmills.com

MURRAY TIMBER GROUP

The Murray Timber Group strives to provide ultimate product quality at the most competitive price to our customers. This is primarily achieved by continuous capital investment in the latest technologies and machinery available. Established in 1977, by its Managing Director, Paddy Murray, the company has two world-class processing facilities Ballygar Co. Galway and Ballon Co. Carlow.

Murray Timber pioneered eased edge quality construction timber and in addition to the high quality planed finish, all the company’s construction timber is kiln dried and graded in accordance with NSAI standards.

The Murray Timber Group supplies products to the construction, garden, fencing and packaging markets in Ireland and the UK. Murray Timber currently processes in excess of 400,000m3 of logs annually. The company employs 135 people directly and 140 indirectly in transport, harvesting and service areas.

Murray Timber Group
Ballygar
Co. Galway
T +353 90 6624688
F +353 90 6624735
and
Ballon
Co. Carlow
T +353 59 9159178
F +353 59 9159206
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GLENNON BROTHERS

Since 1913, Glennon Brothers has been manufacturing high-quality timber products and is now the premier name in Irish and UK timber processing. The Glennon Brothers sawmills in Longford and Fermoy in Ireland and Windymains Timber and Adam Wilsons in Scotland supply both the Irish and UK markets with products for the construction, pallet wood and fencing industries.

Products include kiln dried strength graded carcassing, pallet and packing case material, CLS for the timber frame manufacturing industry and machined whitewoods for the construction and garden shed industries. In addition, Glennon Brothers offer Glendeck timber decking and Glenfence fencing for outdoor use, as well as timber frame homes and engineered roof trusses.

Glennon Brothers also design, manufacture and supply timber frame homes and engineered roof trusses through Dempsey Timber Engineering in Arklow and Alexanders Timber Design in Troon, Scotland. These are approved by NSAI in Ireland and BM Trada in Britain while all….

SIKKENS-AKZO NOBEL

Sikkens is a high-performance, innovation-led stains and specialist paints brand that continues to receive the investment in research, marketing and distribution to build on its reputation as a premium brand. The company is the market leader for joinery coatings in Europe, and that there is a complete range of complementary brush-applied coatings for maintenance and redecoration.

The Sikkens range includes both translucent coatings (woodstains) for external timber and solid paint colour that can be specified with confidence. RAL, NCS and an extensive range of colour choices are now available that can provide for years of protection in any colour.

Sikkens provides coatings to cover the following timber end uses:
• Stable – Minimum movement (doors and windows)
• Semi-stable – Some movement permitted (tongue and groove cladding, wood houses and garden furniture
• Non-stable – free movement permitted (overlapped cladding, fencing, decking)

www.sikkens.co.uk

PROTIM OSMOSE LIMITED

Protim Osmose Limited, is regarded as a leading timber technology provider to the Irish and international timber industry.

Protim Osmose supply timber preservative systems for use in the timber frame and landscape sectors along with specialist fire retardants, wood densification systems for softwoods and stabilizing oil processes which can be pigmented for enhancing timber such as cladding and decking.

Contact Colin Molloy and Gemma O’Brien for information on Osmose Wood Preservative, Stabilizing Oil, Fire Retardant, Wood Modification, Anti-Sapstain, Colouring and Remedial, and Micro Pro. Osmose has developed into this country’s leading timber preservative supplier by uniting its customer focus philosophy with the products and expertise of several established wood preservation companies.

The company offers expertise in high and low pressure systems, anti-sapstain products, canned preservatives and decorative applications, decking accessories, remedial preservation services. Protim also provide expertise in timber treatment plant design and manufacture, and pressure treated timber marketing services

www.osmose-europe.com

LAOIS SAWMILLS LTD

Located close to Portlaoise, Laois Sawmills is an innovative state of the art company, which processed 100,000 tonnes of logs annually. Employing 42 people, Laois Sawmills provides:

High quality products
Reliable service
Competitive Price

The company has an innovative programme that ensures high quality products in its following three companies:

Laois Sawmills – produces pallet, fencing and garden/leisure products.
Laois Garden World – the retail section provides sawn timber as well as garden furniture – including sheds and play equipment – stains, decking, water and lighting features and picket boards.
Greenwood Pellets and Wood Chip – This state of the art facility has the capability of producing
40,000 tonnes of pellets annually and 20,000 tonnes of dried wood chips.

Wood. This facility produces pellets and woodchip to the highest standard from vigin clean material.

WOODFAB TIMBER LTD

Favourably located in Aughrim, Co. Wicklow (Ireland’s tidiest town 2007 in Ireland’s most afforested county) our plant has been processing timber since 1974.

Also located only 10km from Avondale, the home of Irish Forestry, we are proud to be part of an industry that has such an important role to play in sustainable development. Wood is a natural resource and plays a vital role in the control of greenhouse gases by acting as a carbon sink. From 2008 to 2012 Irish forests will remove over 2m tonnes of carbon dioxide each year from the atmosphere thereby playing a very important part in climate change mitigation.

Sustainability is at the core of Woodfab Timber from the sourcing of logs in sustainably managed forest to a range of end products including sawn timber for fencing, decking and packaging and co-products such as sawdust, woodchip and bark. Our logs are sourced from well managed….