BSW Timber has donated planter boxes to primary schools in the areas surrounding it’s six sawmills across the UK, continuing its longstanding commitment to supporting local communities.
Pupils and staff at the schools have been encouraged to discover their green fingered talents, and will display the planters in their school grounds. The handmade planters were built with BSW’s easi-timber, easipost 15 and Timeless Timber Brushwood Decking.
The schools involved in the community initiative are Newbridge-on-Wye Church in Wales School, Dalbeattie Primary, Deshar Primary, Banavie Primary, Earlston Primary and Saltoun Primary.
Mrs Daly, Class Teacher at Saltoun Primary School, said: “Donations such as this are always gratefully received at our school. We actively promote nature in our playground and children are all very excited about the prospect of growing their own plants.”
Eve Johnson, marketing manager at BSW Timber commented: “We’re pleased to be able to support local children and schools, and to encourage our communities to take an interest in gardening. The planters provide the perfect opportunity for pupils to discover their green fingers, whilst engaging in hands-on learning about the science behind it all.”
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.
V okviru dogodka Izzivi v lesarstvu 2018 je potekala okrogla miza Razvoj primarne industrije – področje žagarstva - v Sloveniji.
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 the construction of a €41m facility in Gomilsko in the coming months and to launch production in 2020 as scheduled.
Izvršni direktor za komercialo v BSW Timber Alex Brownlie je v pogovoru z Martino Gojšek za STA zatrdil, da ostajajo pri prvotni časovnici in da se postopek gradnje ne zamika. Potrebna dovoljenja za gradnjo pričakuje v naslednjih mesecih.
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 that the company wants to bring new people with fresh ideas into the sector.
Z vstopom na slovenski trg je podjetju BSW.SI, pristopila iniciativa Inženirke in inženirji bomo!, ki skrbi za promocijo znanosti, tehnologije in tehnike podjetij ter mladim predstavlja karierne priložnosti in spodbuja nadgrajevanje inženirskega znanja s poslovnim.
