Alpine Truss Turns 20!

FTMA would like to give a huge shout out to George Prothero and the amazing team at Alpine Truss who this year celebrates 20 years in business. George puts the success of the business down to their long-term staff, who took massive risks leaving a major corporate...

All is Okay at Wesbeam

Tuesday afternoon I received many calls from concerned FTMA members who had heard that Wesbeam had a fire at their plant. The only media report we could find, unfortunately was a little dramatic in their description of the fire which had many in the industry on edge....

F&T Time with Kersten Gentle

When we started our new F&T Time podcasts, we had no idea whether members or the supply chain would even listen. Five podcasts later and we are absolutely blown away with the positive feedback from members such as, Listened to the podcast Kersten. You have...

FTMA Trussted Insight

Price is not the enemy: It’s an unprofitable supply chain that’s out to kill us! With Tim Woods of IndustryEdge, February 2022 A new year is the perfect time to challenge some of the old thinking that may have been holding us back. New year’s resolutions...

Streamline Processes with Management Systems

This piece was written and provided by Richard Moulton, GM Software Products of FTMA Gold Sponsor, MiTek. Most successful businesses pride themselves on creating procedures, routines and clear lines of responsibility to establish a system that can be executed and...

FTMA News Presents: F&T Time with Kersten Gentle

FTMA News is proud to launch our new FTMA Video & Podcast series called ‘F&T Time with Kersten Gentle’.  We haven’t been able to sit and have a cuppa with members for 2 years due to the pandemic and the aim of F&T Time is to keep the supply chain connected...