12 March 2019
Finlay Carson MSP visited BSW Timber’s Dalbeattie based sawmill on Friday 8th March as part of the National Apprentice Week campaign. Mr Carson was joined by Lynne Lambie, Relationship Account Executive from Skills Development Scotland. Both visitors enjoyed an exclusive behind…
25 February 2019
A group of students from one of America’s most prestigious colleges have visited BSW’s Boat of Garten mill. The group of students from Harvard University Graduate School of Design visited alongside a group of students from Edinburgh Napier University’s beX…
5 February 2019
BSW Timber has partnered with Roderick James Architects (RJA) to complete a remarkable building project which saw ex-offenders put to work. Working alongside local housing associations and charities, BSW provided timber materials needed to construct the R-Affordable House, which now…
9 January 2019
UK-LV relations were brought to the forefront of this year’s Christmas celebrations at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Lancaster House, where a 13ft spruce tree was installed after being transported over 1,500 miles from Valka, Latvia. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt…
2 November 2018
A Challenges in Wood Industry event at the Slovenian national fair, Ambient, recently hosted a panel discussion on the development of the wood processing sector. The discussion was attended by Alex Brownlie, BSW Timber’s commercial director and the chairman of…
9 October 2018
BSW recently sponsored a chainsaw competition in Cirkovce which brought together forest owners from the Saša region and the surrounding area. The competition took place at the Cirkovce primary school and was once again in honour of Milan Pogorelčnik, who…
9 October 2018
BSW was approached by the the Let’s Be Engineers! initiative to discuss the company´s promotion of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) to young people. In the interview for IRT3000 magazine, Alex Brownlie, Chairman of the BSW SI Board of Directors, explained…
9 October 2018
In an interview for the STA Slovenian Press Agency, Alex Brownlie, Chairman of the BSW SI Board of Directors, spoke about the progress of the investment into a Slovenian wood processing centre. BSW Timber expects to have all permits for…
17 August 2018
BSW Group, the UK’s leading integrated forestry and timber company, has acquired Alvic Plastics Limited into its company group following a long-standing relationship with the organisation. As part of the continued diversification and growing product range of BSW, in addition…