Timber-import trade associations merge to European umbrella federation ETTF

12 August 2009: The interests of the European timber trade will be represented by the newly established umbrella organisation European Timber Trade Federation (ETTF) in the future.

The founding meeting was held on June 26, 2009 in Amsterdam; and the new umbrella organisation officially started work on July 1, 2009. The management team at ETTF is made up of four executives, with André de Boer from the Dutch timber-trade association Vereniging Van Nederlandse Houtondernemingen being appointed as General Secretary.

(Read more in the next issue of EUWID Wood Products and Panels.)