If you manufacture timber products, you are a vital part of the industry. Manufacturers drive the timber supply chain by transforming raw wood into high-performance products that shape our built environment.
From engineered wood and timber frames to staircases, flooring, and bespoke joinery, your expertise ensures that timber reaches its full potential as a sustainable and versatile material.
The timber industry is constantly evolving. Advanced manufacturing techniques, heightened sustainability standards, and a growing demand for low-carbon construction solutions are reshaping the landscape. To remain competitive, manufacturers need more than just technical knowledge; they must stay informed about the latest market trends, regulatory updates, and innovative products.
For manufacturers, visibility and credibility are essential. TDUK membership positions you as a trusted partner within the timber industry, providing you with platforms to promote your products, share your expertise, and connect with specifiers, contractors, and other key players across the supply chain. Whether you’re showcasing your work in our member directory—Find Your Timber Partner—or contributing to industry publications and participating in our events, TDUK amplifies your reach and impact.
TDUK is the only UK membership association that supports the entire timber supply chain, from importers and merchants to designers and manufacturers. As a member, you will gain access to a vast network of industry experts, technical resources, and market insights designed to help you thrive. Our comprehensive resource library includes technical documents, case studies, and product databases showcasing the best in timber manufacturing, offering inspiration and guidance for your upcoming projects.
TDUK is here to support you at every step, providing the resources, connections, and expertise you need to succeed in a competitive and rapidly changing market.
Nine key reasons timber merchants should join:
- Your source for timber knowledge: TDUK holds the largest library for designing, detailing, and specifying timber in the UK. Our library has hundreds of resources, including technical papers, research summaries, books and market guidance, with plenty more being developed to help guide your design decisions. Membership gives access to more than 600 publications for you, and every member of your staff, who each receive their own learning profile.
- EPD Database: Get access to the information and resources needed to make sustainable decisions, carry out comprehensive lifecycle evaluations. This improves the sustainability of individual projects and supports larger initiatives to lessen the building industry’s environmental impact.
- Species Library: The species library will help you choose the most suitable wood species for your project. This database contains the physical properties and illustrations of 139 commercial species, reproduced from the popular TRADA Red Books and Wood Information Sheets. These are also downloadable as PDFs to carry with you.
- Product Database: Learn more about the many products which are made using wood and connect with members who sell them. Search our product database, using the search bar, or you can explore a specific product use or category and learn about the many ways you can use wood in your project design.
- Case Studies: Our library includes more than 150 technical case studies on the best timber buildings in the UK. Membership gives you access to all of our case study information, which include technical drawings, carbon calculations, photography and full details of some of the most incredible examples of timber construction.
- Webinars: TDUK members have free access to all of our webinars including our regular designTimber and engineerTimber webinars presented by the design teams of award-winning projects. Learn from your peers and get into the nitty gritty of how a project came together.
- Design inspiration: Membership of TDUK grants you access to physical and digital copies of our magazines Designing Timber and Supplying Timber. Packed with information and articles showing best practice in timber design. Read the stories behind some inspiring timber buildings, alongside case studies, all the latest TDUK news, and profiles of our members. You’ll also find explainers on various technical topics, introductions to wood types and timber products, not forgetting all the latest news in sustainability, building regulations changes and more – anything and everything to do with timber design!
- Find Your Timber Partner: Promote your business across our channels and reach thousands of prospective clients or customers, showcasing your timber expertise. Control your own marketing with ‘Find your Timber Partner’. Get a free profile on our new membership directory, placing you in control of how you define your business within the timber supply chain. This one-stop shop allows clients and customers to find you, allows you to upload your own content, and examples of your work across our website.
- Networking: Gain discounted tickets to our events. Members get special access and pricing for our events, including our annual UK Timber Design Conference. All ticketed events for TDUK have reduced pricing for members, which can present significant cost savings.
Want to find out more about becoming a member? Simply get in touch with our Membership Development Manager, Laura on 07586 717911 or lqualters@timberdevelopment.uk. Alternatively you can easily apply for membership online using our online forms.
