Customers and dealers can attend hands-on part and service workshops, live equipment demonstrations, and learn about the product line.

Continental Biomass Industries (CBI) is hosting its 2017 Factory Forum in New Hampshire at the CBI factory for three days in early October. The dealer and customer event begins on the evening of October 3 and runs through October 5 at various locations throughout New Hampshire, including a night out in Portsmouth and a foliage tour through the White Mountains to see the first ever CBI in operation 29 years after it was built.

“The CBI Factory Forum is a great opportunity to connect with our customers and dealers from different markets around the world,” said Art Murphy, Director of Sales & Marketing for Terex Environmental Equipment – Americas.

“Keeping our customers and dealers updated on the CBI and Ecotec product lines and building the technical knowledge base of their teams is essential to improving the experience in the field. Emerging challenges of contractors have always been key inputs to CBI’s purpose-built engineering philosophy.

We look forward to an open dialogue on how to meet new challenges for our end-users. The CBI Factory Forum is a great opportunity for customers and dealers to see how CBI machines are built, meet the people behind the machines, and take a closer look at new CBI and Ecotec equipment.”

Workshop and seminar topics will be announced at a later date. Those interested in attending can register at this link before August 14^th
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• Meet with CBI team members at the Portsmouth Harbor Events & Conference Center and network with industry professionals.
• The 2017 CBI Factory Forum kicks off with a CBI factory tour that will give you insight into how CBI machines are built. Customers and dealers will have the opportunity to attend a series of workshops devoted to CBI machines, parts, and service. Get a full understanding of the product line and learn about new CBI products and development. See live demonstrations of CBI and Ecotec equipment.
• A night out in historic Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Get dinner and drinks in one of the country’s most storied seaport towns. .

• Take a fall foliage bus tour through the White Mountains to see the first ever CBI still in operation 29 years later at Ingerson Transportation, along with some of the latest CBI and Ecotec equipment.

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Southeastern Forests Continue to Grow and Thrive

Enviva, the world’s largest producer of wood pellets, has released its latest proprietary Track & Trace forestry data, highlighting the company’s ongoing commitment to a sustainable and transparent supply chain. These data are another key tool for measuring and demonstrating Enviva’s sustainability practices throughout the Southeastern United States.

“We are committed to keeping forests healthy and growing, while producing a cleaner energy alternative to fossil fuels,” said John Keppler, Chairman and CEO of Enviva. “Track & Trace is fundamental to that commitment, and the latest data clearly demonstrates how our forestry practices continue to have a positive effect on Southeastern forests.”

Track & Trace is a proprietary system that enables Enviva to monitor every truckload of wood the company procures from the forest throughout the entire supply chain process. This innovative technology provides detailed insights into the wood’s unique characteristics – including origination – enabling the company to continue to refine its sustainable sourcing policies.

The latest Track & Trace data shows that Enviva sourced wood from nearly 1200 working forest harvests in 83 counties in 5 Southern states over a six-month period ending in March 2017. The forests in the Southeast continue to grow and thrive, with the total amount of forested land in Enviva’s primary supply area increasing by 320,842 acres since 2011, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Inventory on that land has grown by 10 percent during that time period, and continues to increase as forests grow at a faster rate than they are harvested.

Other findings include:

• Approximately 38 percent of Enviva’s wood came from pine and hardwood mixed forests, 29 percent from Southern yellow pine forests and five percent from upland hardwood forests. The wood sourced by Enviva consists of undersized or “understory” wood that was removed as part of a larger harvest; tops and limbs; brush; and “thinnings” that were removed to make additional room for planted pines to grow.
• Approximately 23 percent was sawdust, shavings or residuals from wood product manufacturing.
• Four percent came from working bottomland hardwood forests, also consisting of undersized or “understory” wood; and tops and limbs.
• Less than one percent came from arboricultural sources, such as landscaping and urban tree maintenance.
• Wood fiber harvested on these tracts came from trees that were an average of 36 years old.

Enviva makes pellets using low-grade wood from Southern working forests. Enviva does not use high-quality wood that would otherwise be milled into furniture or construction materials, but procures only low-quality materials such as pulpwood and “leftovers,” including undersized or crooked trees, limbs, tops, wood chips and sawdust. Additionally, Enviva does not source wood from independently identified bottomland forest ecosystems that demonstrate high conservation value attributes, or from any forest where the landowner plans to convert to a non-forest use.

Before selling wood to Enviva, a supplier must provide detailed data on the specific forest tract being considered for harvest, including each individual tract’s precise geographic location, acreage, forest type, species mix, age and the share of wood from each harvest that goes to Enviva versus other consumers. Enviva does not accept any wood from a harvest without this information, and Enviva records the data and verifies the accuracy of its procedures through third-party audits.

“The Track and Trace system helps us to finely tune the science applied to forestry practices,” said Jennifer C. Jenkins, Ph.D., Chief Sustainability Officer at Enviva. “The data we collect about our sourcing allows us to confirm that we are buying wood that is consistent with the value we place on forest stewardship. Our goal, as always, is to contribute to the health of the working forest landscape.”

For more information, visit www.envivabiomass.com.

About Enviva Holdings, LP

Enviva Holdings, LP is the world’s largest producer of wood pellets, a renewable and sustainable energy source used to generate electricity and heat. Through its subsidiaries, Enviva Holdings, LP owns and operates plants in the Southeastern United States that produce nearly 3 million metric tons of wood pellets annually. They export pellets primarily to power plants in the United Kingdom and Europe that previously were fueled by coal, enabling them to reduce their lifetime carbon footprint by about 80 percent. They make pellets using sustainable practices that protect Southern forests. They employ about 600 people and support many other businesses in the rural US South, where jobs and economic opportunity are sometimes scarce. Enviva Holdings, LP conducts its activities primarily through two entities: Enviva Partners, LP, a publicly-traded master limited partnership (NYSE: EVA), and Enviva Development Holdings, LLC, a wholly-owned private company.

One of Prince George’s flagship companies in the alternative forestry sector has gotten an international boost reports Prince George Citizen.

Sumitomo Corporation of Japan has acquired a 48% equity interest in Pacific BioEnergy Corporation (PBEC), one of Canada’s leading producers of wood pellets reports It has its head office in Vancouver but its original manufacturing facility is in Prince George on the Willow Cale Forest Service Road, built in 1994 then rebuilt and expanded in 2007.

It has timber supply locations in Kitwanga near Terrace and Nazko near Quesnel, plus manufacturing facilities in Quesnel and Fort St. John. Combined, the company produces in excess of 550,000 tonnes per annum of industrial grade pellets that go to market in Asia and Europe. Over the years, PBEC has manufactured more than 3.5 million tonnes of wood pellets sold onto the global market.

“PBEC welcomes the acquisition of 48% of our company by Sumitomo Corporation,” said PBEC’s chair and CEO Don Steele. “We see the acquisition as a vote of confidence in our vision to continue to build PBEC and the biomass energy sector in British Columbia.”

For Tokyo-based Sumitomo Corporation, this was a sensible move to secure an energy supply. They operate power generation plants. They need the fuel, so they now have their own stake in where it comes from.

“Sumitomo Corporation began importing biomass fuel into Japan for power generation in 2008,” said a statement by the company. “Biomass fuel is seen as a promising energy source for encouraging wider use of renewable energies in Japan, and Sumitomo Corporation has been developing reliable sources overseas to complement domestically produced biomass fuel. In acquiring a stake in PBEC, Sumitomo Corporation is seeking to establish a steady wood pellet supply for the long term and thereby help spread and promote renewable energy.”

Pacific Bioenergy has become Canada’s second largest producer of these energy pellets, many of which utilize waste wood, unusable slash from logging and trim-off from the lumber mill side of the forestry sector.

“Global pellet demand is dominated by Europe today but new geographic markets for our product are beginning to develop,” said a statement by PBEC. “At present, global demand for coal is approximately six billion tonnes per annum. Replacing just five per cent of this with wood pellet fuel results in annual demand of approximately 400 million tonnes of pellets, or roughly 40 times the current level.”

Japan has set legislated targets for using renewable energy instead of dirty, unsustainable options like coal or other fossil fuels.

According to Sumitomo, “Wood pellets have attracted particular attention in Japan as a means of improving power generation efficiency to achieve the FY2030 energy mix formulated by the (Japanese) government in 2015.”

In order for the investment in PBEC to occur, company officials acted to buy out a previous partner from Europe that held a 34 per cent share in the Prince George facility. Once that was 100% in PBEC hands, they took on their new Japanese partners.

“Japanese utilities have been increasing their use of renewable biomass fuel at their power plants and Sumitomo views its purchase of 48% of PBEC as a means to ensure access to a stable supply of renewable biomass fuel for the long term,” said the PBEC statement.

Wood pellets are environmentally beneficial at both ends of its manufacturing arch. The wood used to make the energy pills would usually be burned, with smoke going into the local airshed. And where the pellets are burned, they are usually replacing a dirtier option so it spares the atmosphere those pollutants.

ProAct 2.0 is a service concept that simplifies machine ownership while increasing peace of mind and profitability. The owner gets a reliable machine and has full control over the machine’s condition and economy – all for a fixed low cost based on engine hours. New to ProAct 2.0 is that the service intervals have been extended to 750 hours, everything to make day-to-day machine ownership as easy as possible.

ProAct 2.0 includes regular inspections and maintenance tailored to each individual machine, so the forest machine owner gets the right service, at the right time and when it suits their schedule.

As a natural part of efforts to refine proactive maintenance, Komatsu Forest is taking yet another step forward in the development of ProAct 2.0. Following comprehensive component tests and in consultation with our suppliers and customers, we are now introducing a 750-hour service interval. This optimises machine maintenance while retaining quality – resulting in increased production time and lower service costs.

All service is conducted by Komatsu experts and only use high-quality original parts and consumables. ProAct 2.0 gives the forest machine owner access to these parts in the field via a field stock.

ProAct 2.0 gives the forest machine owner access to each machine’s production and status information. The owner has full control over both scheduled service visits and all maintenance reports and can track important key data. Moreover, the supplementary agreement ProAct 2.0 XP offers protection for critical components up to 9,000 engine hours. Everything to make machine ownership easier while increasing peace of mind and profitability.

The ProAct 2.0 concept varies by market. The above applies for the Swedish market.

Ponsse offers the broadest range of products in the market for cut-to-length logging. The new PONSSE model series was introduced at the Elmia Wood 2017 exhibition. Solutions that focus especially on improving the operator’s performance and comfort supplement the new model series.

The PONSSE Scorpion harvester, the flagship of the new PONSSE model series, was launched at the 2013 Elmia Wood exhibition. The launch gave start to a complete modernisation of the model series, focusing specifically on improved productivity and ergonomics alongside higher serviceability. So far, more than 500 Scorpions have been sold in 20 different countries, and more than 100 have been sold in Sweden.

PONSSE ActiveFrame, the most comfortable suspension system in the market, is now also available for harvesters.

PONSSE ActiveFrame is a whole new cabin suspension system for eight-wheel machines. ¬It levels out any roughness of the terrain and keeps the cabin horizontal at all times. This makes working more effective as the cabin is always horizontal when using the crane. In addition to forwarders, the ActiveFrame solution is now also available for the PONSSE Ergo 8w harvester, Ponsse’s most popular harvester model.

ActiveFrame has a simple and functional structure, effectively suspending any sideways movement directed at the operator allowing e.g. higher driving speeds for forwarders. As a result, any stress on the body is much smaller than before. The operator’s comfort is a central factor in terms of productivity and quality. When operators do not tire from the roughness of the terrain, they remain more alert and can focus on work, even through a long shift.

The suspension system actively keeps the cabin horizontal, following the shape of the ground surface at all times. Thanks to the dual frame structure, the pivot point of the suspension system is very low at the level of the bogie axle, which efficiently eliminates any swaying directed at the operator. The solution is technologically close to the PONSSE Scorpion levelling system, in which separate sensors have been replaced by reliable components built in the control module. The maximum angle of levelling in Ergo is fourteen degrees, seven on both sides.

Another innovation to improve operator ergonomics is the new PONSSE Seat. It is the first seat designed exclusively for forest machines. The adjustments and extra strong base structure of PONSSE Seat provide forest machine operators with the best possible comfort. Combined with the strong structure, the new seat better suspends any swings and impacts directed at the operator.

The first VR training simulator
Ponsse is the first forest machine manufacturer to launch a virtual reality (VR) training simulator. VR headsets can be added to all PONSSE Full simulator models as optional equipment. VR headsets raise the simulator experience to a whole new level: they help the operator to perceive the environment and machine functions much better than in conventional simulators. The solution uses HTC Vive headsets and sensors to display images correctly. As a result, operators feel like they are actually in the forest and the driving experience feels more real – the environment can be explored by simply turning the head. By better perceiving distances and dimensions, it is also easier to train with the crane.

The Full simulator can also be used without any headsets as before by simply switching it to the regular simulator mode through the user interface.

PONSSE Manager for managing the functions of forest machine companies
PONSSE Manager is a tool for the real-time management of the operations of forest machine companies. It provides real-time, comprehensive information about the machine fleet – both on its performance and sites. Detailed information about the productivity of the machine fleet supports the profitable operations of companies and keeps entrepreneurs up to date about matters affecting profitability.

The Manager system guides companies in the productive use of their machines, maximising the efficiency and productivity of the fleet and minimising its downtime. The informative and easy-to-use tool with clear graphics helps companies to maintain their harvester fleet and improves the efficiency of work planning and reporting.

Communication between operators and the company is also easier. Data is transferred automatically from the machine without the operator having to send files during harvesting. The machine operator can monitor and guide the daily operations of the company on a smartphone, tablet or computer, regardless of location.

Fleet Management is a PONSSE Manager component for managing and monitoring field operations and the progress of harvesting in real time. Fleet Management displays the condition of the machine and the production volume of the machines by ¬stand in real time. The application displays the cut total volume, breakdown of assortments and the average size of trees for each on-going stand.

The map view and information about the progress of stands also make efficient planning of machine transfers possible. Machines are in the right place at the right time, with less time spent waiting for transfers, and their maintenance can be timed correctly.

PONSSE Manager’s Ecodrive function is a system that instructs the operator and gives measured feedback, for example, on the impact of maintenance on machine productivity. The function makes it possible to monitor the productivity and work phases of an individual machine in detail. Work phase-specific indicators serve to develop working methods to be more productive and economical and ensure the functionality of the adjustments of the machine.

Major investments in quality and the future
In addition to R&D investments, Ponsse invests heavily in the development of its production and network. A record number of forest machines was produced at Ponsse’s Vieremä factory last year. Currently, the factory is undergoing a significant expansion, as a result of which the factory area will expand from 2.7 hectares to four hectares. The aim of this expansion and machine investments is to improve quality and flexibility alongside increased productivity and occupational safety. However, Ponsse invests in more than just its production. This year, new service centres have been opened in Uruguay and in the south of France and, by the end of the year, the UK service centre will move to new modern facilities. Last year, Ponsse expanded its Iisalmi central warehouse which serves Ponsse’s international network. At the same time, new service facilities were opened in the United States and in Russia.

Ponsse’s Elmia Wood stand no. 899 featureD harvesting demonstrations using machines of the new PONSSE model series every day.

PONSSE PLC
Jarmo Vidgrén
Sales and Marketing Director

FURTHER INFORMATION
Jarmo Vidgrén
Sales and Marketing Director, Ponsse Plc
tel. +358 40 519 1486

Wahlers Forsttechnik GmbH received the 2016 PONSSE Dealer of the Year award and OOO Ponsse won Subsidiary of the Year award. The Balmoral service centre of A.L.P.A. Equipment Ltd. won the PONSSE Service Centre of the Year award.

The German dealer Wahlers Forsttechnik GmbH was named the Dealer of the Year for the fourth time. This PONSSE forest machine dealer was previously granted the award in 2014, 2011 and 2008. Wahlers Forsttechnik GmbH placed at the top in sales of both new machines and spare parts.

Established in 1935, the family-owned company has acted as a Ponsse dealer in Germany since 1993. The Dealer of the Year award is chosen based on sales and excellent service results. Other factors taken into consideration are active development of services as well as positive reviews of administrative, financial and service performance.

Subsidiary of the Year is OOO Ponsse

OOO Ponsse was granted the 2016 Subsidiary of the Year award. The winner was chosen based on good sales and service business performance and overall positive development of operations. The Russian Ponsse subsidiary was founded in 2005, but the first PONSSE forest machines were exported to the country in the 1980s. There are currently more than 1,500 PONSSE forest machines in operation in Russia.

Ponsse´s service centres awards are based on the service business development and audit system

Ponsse’s global network of service centres is assessed and rewarded annually based on the results of Ponsse’s service business development and audit system ESW (Effective and Safe Workshop). There are three different awards: Service Centre of the year, Full Service project of the year and best developer of local operations of the year.

Launched in 2011, Ponsse’s ESW development and audit system was designed as a practical tool to help the company develop further its service and maintenance operations as well as to monitor the progress of efforts. ESW aims to improve customer service, create the prerequisites of a safer working environment, integrate the quality and environmental certificates ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 in the daily work, and identify the strengths of local maintenance operations. ESW also helps to develop goals for the future while improving the profitability of operations.

ESW consists of extensive evaluation criteria divided into 28 sections. This provides a complete assessment of service centre´s operations. These criteria include tools, service vehicles, stock of spare parts, customer-facing waiting and reception areas as well as the range of services available and the expertise of the staff providing the services.

Service Centre of the Year is A.L.P.A. Equipment LTd, Balmoral service centre

The Service Centre of the Year for 2016 is A.L.P.A. Equipment Ltd.’s Balmoral location in Canada. The Balmoral service centre employs 45 people.

”The Service Centre of the Year award is designed to support the customer-oriented development of various service centres,” says Mr. Tapio Mertanen, Global Service Director

A.L.P.A. Equipment Ltd. has been a Ponsse dealer in Eastern Canada since 2000, serving New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia as well as the region of Gaspé, Quebec.

Founded by Armand Landry 41 years ago, the company is currently under the leadership of the next generation, son Serge Landry and daughter Linda Landry-Firth. Recently, Serge’s son Francis Landry started working there, which means the business now employs people from three generations of the same family. The company has a total staff of 125 employees at four different locations.

“At ALPA, we invest a lot of energy to maintain a high level of customer satisfaction through great after sales support that includes both the spare parts department and the service (maintenance) department. Our aim is to always get the machines back to the field as quickly as possible,” explains Francis Landry. “Every moment that a machine is stopped because of a fault is costly for the customer and sharing their sense of urgency is very important. That is why we offer 24/7 access to our spare parts department. To further reduce delays, we carry an extensive inventory of parts, big and small.”. “We have also invested in staff training; the professionalism of our employees determines the quality of service. We are also fortunate to have very committed employees. Technical expertise alone is not enough; it helps a lot to have employees that share our drive to serve the customers to the best of our ability. A.L.P.A. has grown together with our customers, and we often feel that we and our customers are part of the same big family,” Francis Landry continues.

In addition to PONSSE forest machines, A.L.P.A sells, installs and maintains PONSSE harvester heads for track-based harvesting solutions, and acts as a retailer of earth-moving machines.

Full Service Project of the year award go to Russia and Developer of Operations award to Belarus

The Full Service Project award went to Mobilnyi Service for their co-operation with Mondi in the Komi Republic of Russia. The award was granted based on top results achieved for the Full Service audits in 2016.

The award for best developer of local operations was given to the Belarusian company ODO Udarnik. The award is granted to the service centre which has improved its ESW audit result the most compared to the previous year. ODO Udarnik was founded in 1988 and it has been an authorised Ponsse dealer since 2013. There are currently about 50 PONSSE machines in operation across Belarus.

Further information:

Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director, tel +358 40 519 1486,

Tapio Mertanen, Global Service Director, tel. +358 40 565 4760

Kadant Carmanah Design, a subsidiary of Kadant Inc. (NYSE: KAI), received an order for two pocket batch feeders from Tolko Industries Ltd. for an OSB line upgrade at its High Prairie facility in Alberta, Canada. The equipment is expected to be online in the first quarter of 2018, when the High Prairie facility resumes operation after a market-related shutdown.

“We’re very happy to see this mill resume operation and to be awarded the order for critical equipment for the OSB line upgrade, said Michael Colwell, president of Kadant Carmanah. “Tolko and Kadant Carmanah share a long history of partnering to make the best solutions possible.”

About Kadant
Kadant Carmanah Design, based in Surrey, British Columbia, is the global leader in the supply of technology and equipment used in the manufacture of strands for production of oriented strand board (OSB) and other engineered wood products. The Company’s stranders, rotary debarkers, and conveying and feeding equipment optimize fiber use and productivity in the production of wood-based panels.

Kadant Inc. is a global supplier of high-value, critical components and engineered systems used in process industries worldwide. The Company’s products, technologies, and services play an integral role in enhancing process efficiency, optimizing energy utilization, and maximizing productivity in resource-intensive industries. Kadant is based in Westford, Massachusetts, with approximately 2,300 employees in 20 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.kadant.com.

INTERNATIONAL FOREST INDUSTRIES (IFI) covers everything from silviculture through timber harvesting to forwarding and haulage to sawmills and pulp mills. We also give full coverage to sawmill activities from timber handling in woodyards and at the mill through to the cutting technology and the logistics involved in carrying them to the customer for downstream processing. In addition, #IFI covers biomass collection and processing. IFI fills a void within forest related industries that suppliers in timber harvesting, sawmill operations and biomass management have believed to exist for many years.

Chris Cann
EDITOR

New innovations start with the large diameter infeed roll that is sensitive enough to permit grass clippings, brush, limbs, pallets, slabs, logs and stumps to be fed at variable speeds for continuous rather than batch feeding.

The H-3060 Horizontal Grinder Includes:

• Caterpillar C-15, 565 HP [373kw] Diesel Engine
• 30″ Diameter “Double-Cut” Hammermill
• 60″ Wide Variable Speed Steel Infeed Belt
• Dual Shear Protection for the Hammermill
• Remote Control
• Magnetic Head Pulley for Metal Seperation
• Fold Down Infeed Tailgate for Increased Bed Length and Closes for “Hopper” Style Feeding.

Enclosed Engine Cover with Dual Access Doors for Ease of Maintenance.

Ease of Maintenance and Safety

The large diameter feed wheel allows easy access to the hammermill and the changeable screens with integral sloping feet. The wheel has free fall restrictors. When raised, the wheel is parked in an over center position against a safety stop with a hydraulically operated safety pin.

Double- Cut Hammermill

Engineered with several cutting surfaces at varying depths which virtually elimates the frequent jamming characteristic of more conventional type grinders. Rotating downward, the double cut hammermill momentarily wedges the incoming material securely between the cutting heads and the shredder feet, which limits the depth of cut preventing wide items from lodging between the screen and the hammermill, providing a more efficient cut with a self-adjusting hydraulic clutch. In contrast, shredders using an upward rotating hammermill are reported to be significantly less efficient.

Management

Chairman & CEO                              Bob Smith           (205) 640-2111

President                                              Scott Smith         (205) 640-2112

Vice President / Engineering     Billy Daniels       (205) 640-2159

Parts / Sales / Service

Equipment Sales                              Bob Smith           (205) 640-2111

Equipment Sales                              Jeff McLaughlin (205) 213-6472

Equipment Sales                              Mike West           (205) 422-3471

Parts                                                       Aubrey Pike         (205) 640-2129

Parts                                                       Jeff Carr               (205) 640-2135

Parts & Service                                 Charles Lowery   (205) 640-2116

Purchasing

Warehouse Manager / Purchasing Sammy Pike      (205) 640-2139

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