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The co-determination negotiations at UPM’s timber components and planing mills in Luumäki have been concluded with the company deciding to close the operation. The purpose of the negotiations was to clarify options for continuing the operations of the timber component mill in a situation where the mill has been unprofitable for a long time. Simultaneously,[…]

The goal of a 38% increase in the use of renewable energy, would be extremely demanding and costly for Finland to implement. An increase of just one percentage point here is roughly equivalent to the volume of wood used by one pulp mill in an entire year, according to the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. Emissions[…]

Ponsse’s financial statement for last year showed: – Order intake rose by 49% to €361.2 million. – Consolidated turnover rose by 30% to €310.1 million. – Consolidated operating profit rose by 25% to €37.1 million. Arto Tiitinen, President and CEO: “We are especially pleased by the fact that the order intake rose by 49% from[…]

The Prince of Wales (heir to the British throne) has urged the world to form a global partnership to act against the ticking “doomsday clock” of climate change in a major speech to the European Parliament in Brussels today. In the speech, which he delivered to 150 British MEPs and representatives from the European Parliament’s[…]

New wood availability forecasts for the Hawke’s Bay compiled by New Zealand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will assist with future regional planning for the forest industry and provide infrastructure agencies with credible data for future planning, says John Vaney, Regional Team Leader with MAF Policy in Rotorua. The forecasts indicate the availability of[…]

US groups Jeffrey Specialty Equipment and Rader Companies have combined their domestic sales offices in order to serve the wood, pulp and paper and emerging biomass industries with more complete application solutions including size reduction equipment, pneumatics, material handling, screen and processing, and storage and reclaim solutions. Doug Sublett, Manager of Sales and Marketing for[…]

Two years after the launch of the SP 751 LF Swedish harvester head developer SP has released the “new and improved” SP 761 LF. The latest version has a stronger frame, more efficient hydraulics and improved component protection, an excellent head has become even better. “The SP 761 LF is a sturdy and powerful harvester[…]