 The Wood Marketing Federation (WMF) was founded in 1989 to promote wood in all its aspects including wood products, standards, design, usage and treatment. Its mission and objectives reflect a new confidence in wood in Ireland and the role timber and timber products will play in sustainable living
and climate change. The WMF mission is:
To promote wood as a renewable, sustainable and versatile natural material
Wood Marketing Federation Exhibition at Ecobuild Plan Expo
This year the Wood Marketing Federation (WMF) is building a custom designed exhibition for the Ecobuild section of Plan Expo known as Woodspace. Designed by Ciaran O’Connor, award winning architect and built by Woodmarque, the stand features space for 12 exhibitors and is built in timber from sustainably managed forests in Ireland and the US. The 210m2 space includes spruce, larch and oriented strandboard from Irish forest and tulipwood, maple and American red oak from the US.
Exhibitors at the Ecobuild exhibition include:
• American Hardwood Export Council www.ahec.org
• Arch Timber Protection www.archtp.info
• Cladding Solutions www.claddingsolutions.ie
• Coillte www.coillte.ie
• COFORD – National Council for Forest Research and Development www.coford.ie
• Enterprise Ireland www.enterprise-ireland.com
• Glennon Brothers www.glennonbrothers.ie
• Grainger’s Sawmills Ltd www.graingersawmills.com
• Medite Europe Ltd www.medite-europe.com
• Murray Timber Group www.mtg.ie
• Protim Osmose Ltd www.osmose-europe.com
• SmartPly Europe Ltd www.smartply.com
• Sikkens-Akzo Nobel www.sikkens.co.uk
• Wood Marketing Federation www.wood.ie
Visit our stand
WMF will feature a range of material and information about wood and wood products. Experts will be on hand to answer questions on wood usage and design. Literature will include:
• The definitive work on wood design Woodspec – A Guide to Designing, Detailing and Specifying Timber in Ireland. This 376-page hardback book will be available at 40% discount to visitors.
• Wood promotional and educational literature including the Talking Timber series on a range of wood and wood related subjects (available free) comprising:
1) Timber Decking Guide
2) Timber Roadside Fencing
3) Wood Energy
4) Sustainable Forestry and Wood Production
5) Farm Fencing
6) Timber Cladding
7) Timber Acoustic Fencing
8) Timber Joinery
9) Timber Frame Construction
Ciaran O’Connor, designer of WMF exhibition
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