Pen-friends unite to face ecological crisis.
Friday 16 June 2023 CEO Graeme Black was delighted to meet personally in London with an old mentor and friend - The Dean of the prestigious London Business School. Dean François Ortalo-Magné was welcoming former students for the 40th Anniversary of their two-year Master’s Course 1981-83. On receiving Graeme’s [...]
Guava & Bananas with Prof. Armory Lovins
As the Founder of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) in Colorado, Professor Armory Lovins had always inspired Graeme with his bold ideas on sustainability. His ground-breaking ideas on energy efficiency and renewables have been leading the field for more than 40 years and he is widely acknowledged as the [...]
Impact Greenbuild 2022
Lignor Team above: Jim Lake, Duncan Mayes, Graeme Black CEO > Contact. Lignor was proud to be present at this year’s Greenbuild build and Industrialised Wood Based Construction (IWBC) conference and Exhibition in San Francisco. The full scale CLST® elements and beams impressed both architects [...]
Wood Construction is the Greatest Chance We Have
The World is at a tipping point with global emissions of meeting the UN target of maximum 1.5°C temperature rise now highly unlikely according to one of the World’s leading climatologists Prof Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. He already believes our best hope is 2°C. The total amount of anthropogenic mass (concrete, [...]
From Attenborough to Maersk R&D
Lignor’s Products have a plethora of uses and a unique role to play as the world moves to a carbon constrained economy. When Graeme Black first joined the Lignor Board, he was offered Lignor samples the size of phone directories or door stoppers. He thought [...]
Pelice Expo 2020
Event Details: 7th Panel & Engineered Lumber International Conference & Expo Thursday-Friday, March 12-13, 2020 Omni Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. PELICE again immediately follows the Wood Bioenergy Conference & Expo, which will be held March 10-11, 2020, also in the Grand Ballroom North Lignor Attendance: Graeme [...]