James Latham has been named 'Panel Products Trader of the Year' 2006 by industry publication, the Timber Trades Journal (TTJ).

This top industry accolade was present to Lathams' Director, Chris Sutton recently by Geoff Rhodes, Sales & Marketing Director of Weyerhaeuser in front of hundreds of guests, which included the guest speaker, former Director General of the CBI, Sir Digby Jones, at The Savoy Hotel in London.

James Latham won the award after collecting the largest number of nominations in the category in a poll of TTJ readers which included representatives from the industry's key customer sectors.

On receiving the award, Chris Sutton commented, "We are delighted to have been given this accolade, which reflects the company's continued commitment to source an increasing portfolio of value added products in response to market demands."

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