Rottne Industri has signed an agreement with Ferronordic Machines AB, which becomes the official distributor of Rottne forest machines in Russia. The agreement with Ferronordic enters into force in December 2016. Rottne Industri also launches forest machines specially adapted for the Russian market.

– We are very excited about the new partnership with Ferronordic. They are a highly qualified sales and service company in the Russian market. We strongly believe in long-term potential in the Russian forestry market and we are confident that Ferronordic is the right partner for us, says Rolf Andersson, CEO of Rottne Industri AB.

Rottne Industri AB has also developed a whole new series of forwarders and harvesters with Volvo Penta engines, which are specially adapted for the Russian market. The first forwarders will be available early next year, and later also harvesters and harvester heads.

About Ferronordic Machines

Ferronordic Machines are authorized Volvo Construction Equipment dealer in Russia, and the company is well established in all federal districts with nearly 70 facilities and about 750 employees.

Lars Corneliusson is President and CEO of Ferronordic Machines.

www.ferronordic.ru

About Rottne Industri AB

Rottne Industri AB is a Swedish family-owned company and one of the leading forestry machine manufacturers. For over 60 years the company has developed forestry machinery for modern forestry. Rottne Industri AB offers a complete machine programme of harvesters and forwarders, from thinning to heavy final felling. Around 50 percent of the production is exported.

www.rottne.com

Further information:

For further information, please contact Rolf Andersson, CEO, +46(0)470-75 87 11 or +46 (0)70-559 21 56

Photos available on www.rottne.com/press

Sweden’s gross felling in 2015 was estimated to 92.5 million cubic metre standing volume (stem volume over bark from stump to tip. This is an increase by 1% compared with 2014, reports Swedish Forest Agency .

Total net felling increased slightly by 1% to 74.3 million cubic metre solid volume excl. bark. Most of the increase in net felling was due to changed methodology for fuelwood.A comparison of gross felling in the three-year average of (2013-2015) and (2012-2015) show a moderate increase of 1% to 89.9 million cubic metre standing volume (stem volume over bark from stump to tip).

Compared to the corresponding three-year average of gross felling divided by ownership class, there are no major changes.Individual forest owners accounted for 60% of gross felling and other forest owners for 40%. There have been little change in the gross felling proportion between different regions in Sweden.

A total of 2.9 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in Norway in the 2Q 2016. This is an increase of 8% compared with the corresponding quarter of 2015. In the same period, the average timber price decreased by 5%,  Statistics Norway reports.

The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the manufacturing industry was NOK 937 million ($113.8 million) in the 2Q 2016; an increase of NOK 24 million ($2.9 million) compared with the 2Q 2015.On average, the forest owners obtained NOK 321 ($39) per cubic metre of timber, a decrease of NOK 18 ($2.2).

The volume of US sawn temperate and tropical hardwood imports grew slightly in July from the previous month while the value of imports declined 3%. The drop in import value was largely in temperate species, while tropical hardwood imports grew 1% to $24.1 million in July.

Year-to-date tropical imports were down 16% compared to July 2015, ITTO reported.Month-on-month imports of most tropical species declined in July with the exception of ipe (3,144 cubic metres, +21%), virola (1,186 cubic metres, +41%), meranti, jatoba and teak.Year-to-date imports of balsa, mahogany, cedro and padauk were higher than in July 2015, while imports of other sawnwood decreased.

Sawn hardwood imports from Brazil were 4,640 cubic metres in July, up 17% from June due to higher imports of ipe.Keruing imports from Malaysia fell in July to 1,714 cubic metres in July.

Sawnwood imports from Indonesia also declined (1,338 cubic metres) but year-to-date imports were up 10% from July last year.Sapelli sawnwood imports from Cameroon fell to 632 cubic metres in July, while Congo (Brazzaville) increased sapelli shipment from the previous month to 884 cubic metres. Imports from all African suppliers were significantly lower year-to-date than in 2015. –

High-speed moulder line to Japanese Chugoku Lumber Co. Through great co-operation with our Japanese dealer Oki Kikai Co. Ltd., System TM managed to win the order of a high-speed moulder line to Chugoku Lumber Co. in Japan. System TM designed the system solution and implemented Microtec scanning equipment in the line.

The high-speed moulder line from System TM The solution from System TM is a high-speed moulder line for finger joint and glued laminated boards. The line consist of an automatic infeed system, a heavy duty Opti-Feed 6000. The infeed system is with continuous feed, ensuring that a pack is always ready on the conveyor belt to be fed to the line. The workpieces are high-speed single-piece fed to a stud carrier that consist of a moisture meter, a Curvescan from Microtec, an automatic out sorting of workpieces for finger joint, a high-speed board turner and a multi head cross-cut saw model MK2, that cuts the workpieces in very exact lengths.

The workpieces that are sorted for finger joint are stacked continuously and the packs are either transported to storage or destacked and fed to a finger jointing line. The cut workpieces are transported through a Viscan from Microtec before being distributed between two moulders that are running different dimensions. After each moulder, an operator quality sorts the moulded workpieces and they are sorted between two automated Opti-Stack 3000 stacking systems. The line consist of four Opti-Stack 3000 in total. When the packs are full they are automatically transported on a roller conveyor to a press line where the workpieces are glued, or an option is to take the packs and transport them to storage.

Solutions from Microtec The main focus of System TM and our wood scanning partner Microtec, is to optimize and truly utilize the raw wood and wood resources of our customers. This is done through System TM’s designed system solutions combined with high scanning technology from Microtec. The high-speed moulder line to Chugoku Lumber Co. is no exception, and the following equipment from Microtec has been implemented in the solution:

• For the first time in Japan, a Microtec Viscan strength grading solution has been installed. Viscan is a measuring unit for determining resonant frequency thanks to a high performance laser vibrometer. Through this, Microtec provides an output control for grading classes and also supports the customer in finding the thresholds.
• The second solution from Microtec is a Curvescan C shape scanner that works in transversal feeding and, thanks to a sophisticated laser triangulation process, accurately measures the geometry of the workpieces. Curvescan works at high-speed and generates constant and very reliable results. It determines twists, bows and spring on each workpiece according to the customer’s threshold values.

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Carbotech has announced it has been named the chosen supplier of strategic equipment for Sierra Pacific Industries in the goal of modernizing their Quincy, California sawmill.
Sierra Pacific had very specific requests regarding equipment efficiency, versatility in accepting their non-standard wood sizes and perfecting designs to ensure protection of wood appearance. Following these requests, Carbotech was able to rise to the challenge and demonstrate how their equipment meets these expectations.

Installation of the Carbotech production line will be happening later this year and will include the ACCUGATE positioning system, among others. This will be the third ACCUGATE installation at Sierra Pacific this year. Next, the wood will be passed through two Carbotech line shafts. The first in order to execute 6’ – 28’ cuts, followed by a second line shaft allowing for various precision cuts thanks to 6 moveable saws. Finally, the outfeed of the Quincy sawmill will also be designed by Carbotech. It will be equipped with a powerful dual-forks high-speed stacking system capable of stacking wood from 1×4 to 4×12 and up to 28’ long.

About Carbotech
Carbotech specializes in maximizing production operations and efficiency for high-speed sawmill and planer mill lumber handling. Working continually to develop new ideas and patents, Carbotech is a guaranteed one-of-a-kind partner in this market. They have an amazing workforce of 100 employees that they can rely on no matter what. Their mission over the past 30 years has focused on the following four principles: speed, precision, know-how and toughness. Carbotech has a number of business partners, parts & service distribution centers as well as mechanical intervention centers to cover their markets around the world. For more information, please visit www.carbotech.ca.

This world first for the forestry sector from full-liner Doppstadt performs two recycling tasks in a single process: this combined machine, comprising a DW 3060 type F single-shaft shredder and a matching selector, shreds old wood, green waste and sorted wood waste and then screens them to the required fraction size. The material fed in is shredded, without pulverizing it, and any unwanted fine fractions in the final product are reduced to a minimum. The chain chassis machine is versatile and, as such, can be used at different locations. Thanks to Doppstadt’s proven modular technology, it can be equipped with different shredding shafts and tools.

A DW 3060 type F single-shaft shredder generates material largely free of undesirable fine fractions. Further benefits of the machine included its excellent reliability, due to its 100% mechanical drive, good contamination resistance, low operating costs and simple maintenance processes. The counter blade can be replaced safely and conveniently outside the machine and the complete tooth bar can be removed from the shredding comb entirely without the need for tools.

The new “Limiter” is also an optional fine shredding system for the shredder, which holds back a large proportion of the unshredded or insufficiently shredded wood that made it through the automatic contaminant sorting process in the shredding process until it is sufficiently shredded. Thanks to its gimbal-mounted, suspended components, the Limiter easily avoids three-dimensional foreign bodies, ensuring that contamination resistance is now also maintained with fine shredding, as with the other Doppstadt shredding systems. Doppstadt equips the shredder with a “Selector” option for work that requires a defined end product completely free of oversized fractions. This downstream close-mesh grain screen works fully without a separate drive and returns the oversized material along a conveyor for re-shredding to meet the precisely defined specification. This cyclical process, which optimizes the product, results in a high-quality end product with a uniform fraction size.

Excellent grinding performance – low operating costs
The new AK 560 Eco Power and AK 560 Eco Power Plus universal grinders grind biowaste and waste wood quickly and with impressive output, using less energy and fuel than their predecessors. “Our mobile units are designed for continuous use in recycling plants,” explains Thomas Diekmann, Product Manager at Doppstadt. “Their continuous performance and load-dependent material feed makes them ideal for using with waste wood, wooden pallets, green waste, logs and roots, biowaste and renewable fuels. The AK 560 can be adapted in minutes to the most diverse range of requirements on site.”

The EcoPower grinder first captures the material at the impact edge and then reduces it on a baffle plate equipped with Hardox teeth or a replaceable cutting bar. The operator determines the final material structure and fraction size by means of the grinding basket in the discharge area of the grinding chamber. The baskets come with a mesh size of 30 mm to 400 mm for different materials and grinding structures, can be replaced in minutes without the need for tools and can avoid foreign bodies as they are hydraulically controlled.

Tier 4 emission standard achieved – A Mercedes-Benz diesel engine (MTU engine 6 R 1300) drives the entire unit and complies with the Tier 4 emission standard without the need for an expensive particle filter. The engine reaches a very high torque with an optimum torque curve, thanks to its electronic engine management. It is quieter than the diesel engines used to date, once again with significantly reduced fuel consumption.

Ideal for contaminated material too – The Dopp-Lock™ quick-change system makes it far easier to replace the shredding tool. The free-swinging Dopp-Lock™ shredding tools can be replaced within minutes, regardless of whether the tools need replacing because they are worn or because the input material places different demands on the machine. When combined with the new “Long Life” impact plate, these tools also guarantee a longer service life, even if processing contaminated input material. The new mobile machines replace Doppstadt’s AK 510 and AK 535 series. According to Thomas Diekmann: “Our new technology has produced universal shredders that incorporate all the benefits of their predecessor models, whilst at the same time being more fuel-efficient, high-performance and environmentally-friendly.”

Doppstadt DW 3060 and HS 800 Selector on video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDjNbbLKL2w&feature=youtu.be

Doppstadt AK 560 EcoPower on video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bEBOHcXGLk

Fassi, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cranes for trucks, becomes the majority owner of the Cranab group with the subsidiaries; Vimek, Bracke Forest and Slagkraft, through the acquisition of Z-forestab´s ownership stake in the company.

Z-forestab, a jointly owned company by Inlandsinnovation, Mittkapital and Ekonord, has agreed to sell its stake in Cranab group. Cranab manufactures cranes for forestry equipment and is located in Vindeln outside Umeå, Sweden. Fassi is already a shareholder in Cranab group and through this deal Fassi becomes the majority owner.

Hans Eliasson, Chairman in Cranab group, is positive to Fassi’s increased holding in Cranab: “Fassi has been a shareholder in Cranab for three years and has already contributed significantly to the growth of the company. They operate on a wide international market, and the deal will give us additional growth and new business opportunities. Z-forestab has over the years played a significant role in the strengthening of the industrial cluster around Cranab group and we look forward to an even stronger cooperation with Fassi”, he comments.

“We see the joint development of a new crane product line as an important contributor of future growth in the on-road crane segment. Also, Cranab’s focus on the forestry industry, is a very good complement and an excellent market opportunity to be combined with the other product lines Fassi holds, says Giovanni Fassi”, CEO of the Fassi Group.

“I am pleased to see that Z-forestab´s efforts towards this industrial group structure now shows results”, says Lars Johansson, Chairman in Z-forestab.

Peter Gullander, CEO of Inlandsinnovation AB, majority owner of Z-Forestab, is satisfied with the industrial structure that Z-forestab and Fassi has built up around Cranab group. “It has strengthened Cranab’s global competitiveness and secured jobs in northern Sweden”, he says.
For further information, please contact:

Hans Eliasson, Chairman, Cranab Group: hans.eliasson@cranab.se, +46 705 211 590
Silvio Chiapusso, Communication Manager, Fassi Gru S.p.A: silvio.chiapusso@fassi.com, +39 348 731 2455
Peter Gullander, CEO, Inlandsinnovation AB: peter.gullander@inlandsinnovation.se +46 738 381 800