“It is an exciting step, which, coinciding with a new political interest in our sector, I am sure will lead us into a new era where home-grown wood is valued as a renewable, versatile, strategic resource,” said F&TA chairman John Firn at the group’s AGM in London.
The amalgamation will include nine major timber processing companies, representing 80% of UK-grown timber processing capacity. Some of these sawmillers have left the UK Forest Products Association (UKFPA), which rejected a merger with ConFor in February, while others have decided to hold dual membership of both UKFPA and ConFor.
