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Organiser has been busy working alongside many dry-mill and wood manufacturing operations locally, local and global tech providers and researchers over the last couple of months. Many of their readers will have been involved. Together, they have designed the eagerly awaited WoodTECH 2018 series. It’s set to run firstly in Melbourne, Australia on 11-12 September[…]

NZ structural log prices rose to the highest level for 25 years as local mills compete with the export market to secure supply for the domestic construction market amid strong demand from China. The average price for structural S1 logs increased to $135 a tonne this month, from $134 a tonne last month, and marking[…]

Vicksburg Forest Products is opening a lumber mill in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After significant upgrades and modifications are complete, the multi-million dollar corporate investment will create 125 jobs, as the Mississippi Development Authority reports. In March 2018, Anderson Tully Company announced the closure of its Vicksburg operations as of May 15th. Jackson-based Vicksburg Forest Products purchased[…]

USNR names Dale Brown as President. He will be responsible for overseeing all day-to-day operations of USNR. A graduate of the business program at Linfield College, Brown began his professional career when he joined USNR as an accounting clerk in 1986. Since that time he has been promoted numerous times, progressively gaining greater responsibilities within[…]

Ponsse Plc and Sotreq S.A. have signed a cooperation agreement on the sale, service and marketing of PONSSE harvester heads in the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. “Minas Gerais is a key forestry area in Brazil, and we want to offer better services to our customers operating in the area. This cooperation supports our[…]

Nokian Tractor King is a new no-compromise tractor tyre for the heaviest of machinery and the most difficult terrain in forestry, earthmoving and road construction. The design from all-new tread pattern to fortified carcass is nothing short of revolutionary in a tractor tyre. The demands set for an ultimate tractor tyre have grown difficult to[…]

Ville Kopo was positively surprised when he got his new Logset 6HP GT harvester in March 2018. The rotating and levelling cabin of the harvester, as well as the 11-meter-long crane ease his works days significantly. “I used to drive a harvester with four wheels and a ninemeter crane. Thinning is easier with this new[…]

Slovenia’s roundwood purchased from private owners in April 2018 was worth Euro 6.2 million, which is about 55% more than in the previous month, mainly due to the higher quantity of purchased wood, reports  the Statistical Office of the Republic of Slovenia. The value of purchased sawlogs and veneer logs was higher by about 56%,[…]

Stora Enso’s laminated veneer lumber (LVL) has received M1 classification, which stands for low emissions. The classification divides building materials into three categories of which M1 is the best. M1 label tells that the product has been tested in an independent and impartial laboratory, and it has fulfilled the specified criteria at the age of[…]

From now and until the end of 2019, we will gradually phase out the name Timber and instead start using Wood as the name of its business area. SCA will also use the Swedish translation Trä in some contexts. “Our customers will still meet the same customer contacts at our company and we will provide[…]