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Carney joins NTS Above: Philip Carney
National Timber Systems, part of the National Timber Group, has appointed a national technical and commercial manager to oversee the growth of its Rapid Fit room-in-the-roof system, NYTROOF. Philip Carney joins the company with more than three decades of experience
Obituary – John Smith
John Smith, former sales director of JJ Smith Woodworking Machinery Ltd has died following a short illness.
Along with his brother Colin, Mr Smith was one of the second generation to enter JJ Smith which was established by their late father Bill and his three brothers back in 1923.
Joining the business in 1962 Mr Smith initially worked on sales of the Smith range of classical machinery manufactured in the Liverpool factory, and was also involved in the purchase and sale of used / reconditioned equipment. In the 1970s he was credited with pioneering the import and sale of new machinery manufactured in Europe from companies such as SCM, Maweg, Klockner and Balestrini and this trend continues today with the company still importing a huge range from leading manufacturers in Italy, the US, Germany and so on.
Retiring from full-time work in 2002, Mr Smith was appointed chairman and was still involved until 2017, having worked continuously for the company for 55 years. The business continues to be a leading player in the industry, and is still family run by the third and fourth generations.
Mr Smith will be sadly missed by all his colleagues at JJ Smith Ltd and the wider woodworking machinery community. He is survived by his wife Val and daughters Sarah and Kate.
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within the timber and engineered wood products markets. He began working in the industry in 1990 after leaving college and made his mark introducing engineered joists to national housebuilders more than 20 years ago. Most recently he worked at the British Board of Agrément and the BRE. As part of his new role, Mr Carney will be responsible for developing the product portfolio and the market for NYTROOF, as well as encouraging more house builders and construction companies to adopt modern methods of construction to maximise space within the house. In addition, he will be supporting the introduction of a supply and fit service that will be offered alongside NYTROOF. This will utilise a network of national installers that can complete up to four roofs a day and significantly reduce build programmes for housebuilders.
GreCon strengthens its sales team
SCA Wood appoints King as MD
Above: Stephen King
Stephen King has been announced as the new managing director of SCA Wood in the UK as of April 1 2021 following the divestment of SCA’s wood distribution company in the UK in December 2020. His role will be to support strategic business development and reinforce SCA’s long term commitment to the UK market.
Obituary – Edmone Roffael
Above: Joshua McAree
GreCon Ltd has announced the appointment of Joshua McAree to its sales team. Mr McAree draws on a solid experience of customer-orientated roles and technical competence, holding a BSc in Aeronautical Engineering. “This appointment allows us to strengthen our interaction with customers across the UK and Ireland and supports our continued business growth,” said Tom Burniston, head of sales.
“GreCon has the world’s leading products in industrial fire prevention and measuring technology,” said Mr McAree. “The technical grounding from my aeronautical background enables me to design the turnkey installations that GreCon offers. I look forward to helping customers by understanding their requirements and engineering solutions to solve their problems.”
Professor Edmone Roffael passed away on January 14 at the age of 81. In 1970, Professor Roffael took up the position of a scientist at the Fraunhofer Institute for Wood Research WKI in Braunschweig. Here, together with senior engineer Lutz Mehlhorn, he laid the foundations for researching and testing the formaldehyde release of particleboards and other wood-based materials.
In 1993, Professor Roffael was appointed university professor at the Georg-August University of Göttingen. As head of the Department of Wood Chemistry and Wood Technology of the Institute of Wood Biology and Wood Technology of the Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, he and his staff worked on numerous research projects, including several AiF projects supported by the iVTH, also in co-operation with the Fraunhofer WKI.
□ Engineered Timber Solutions (ETS) will be supporting its local Shropshire rowing team, the Wrekin Rowers as they take on the world’s toughest race, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. The race starts on December 12 and the team of four will row 3,000 miles from the Canary Islands to Antigua. Visit
https://wrekin-rowers.co
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