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Tigercat has announced that Kristofer Larsson based in Gävle, Sweden has taken on the role of sales specialist for Tigercat AB. He will be covering the mid-region of the country. Kristofer has a technical background — a degree in pulp mill process technology and several years experience as a heavy equipment technician. Most recently he[…]

Tigercat has announced that Waldir Kelcheski has joined the Tigercat product support team in the position of South America factory representative. Based in Tres Barras, Santa Catarina, Brazil Waldir will focus on providing after sale technical and commercial support to Tigercat’s growing customer base in South America. In the position, Waldir will provide infield technical[…]

Wood products company Setra is investing in a new trim saw with integrated planing machine at its mill in Hasselfors. The investment is expected to deliver major efficiency gains and help to strengthen Setra’s position in the global construction market. Setra’s Board has decided to invest in a new trim saw with integrated planing machine[…]

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc. (NYSE: CTT) announced this month an agreement to acquire 14,923 acres of prime timberlands near the southeast coast of Georgia for $43.3 million, excluding closing costs. The to-be-acquired timberlands in Long and McIntosh counties, the Coastal Georgia Acquisition, will expand CatchMark’s positioning in one of the most competitive wood baskets of[…]

Notified area of final felling slightly increased in September in Northern Sweden for the first time this year. While in Southern Sweden notified area of final felling increased at a faster pace, reports the Swedish Forest Agency. The total notified area of final felling rose by 17%, or 4,324 hectares in September compared with the[…]

LP Building Products launches LP Legacy™, APA rated with the highest bending stiffness and as one of the strongest sub-floor panels in the industry. Packed with more resin, wax, and wood strands and made with Gorilla Glue Technology™, LP Legacy engineered sub-floor boasts superior moisture resistance that prevents edge swell. As a result, LP Legacy[…]

Kastamonu started supplies of laminated flooring from Russia to China. Kastamonu has shipped a batch of laminated flooring produced at its plant in the Alabuga SEZ (special economic zone), Tatarstan, Russia, by railway containers. Products by Kastamonu are already exported to the markets of Central Asia, the Baltic states, the Balkans and South Caucasus, as[…]

TowerBrook plans future investments to further expand the mill’s capacities Jörg Harbring continues as Managing Director – the ownership change will not affect the employees In 2011 Schweighofer Group acquired unprofitable pulp mill in Hallein – invested more than EUR 60 million, thus securing 250 jobs and creating a profitable company with future growth potential[…]

A multiannual project developed by the Association of Forest Administrators (AFA) and the “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava with the support of Holzindustrie Schweighofer: •7 years of planting and aftercare (from 2017 to 2024) •One million trees to be planted •Over one million euros invested •The first planting operation will take place in November[…]

Building machinery maker Komatsu will bring its “smart” construction know-how into forestry operations, harnessing both drones and information and communication technology-equipped logging machines to improve efficiency by about 10 times. Verification testing on the so-called “smart forestry” concept has recently started in central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa. Images of a forest taken in 3-D by[…]