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At the just completed ForestTECH 2017 series, major forestry companies in both New Zealand and Australia reported how they are investing heavily in drones, training in-company pilots and using the technology operationally across their estates. Timberlands who manage >200,000ha plantation forests in the CNI of New Zealand including the Kaingaroa estate already have six qualified[…]

Carter Holt Harvey (CHH) and Associated Kiln Driers (AKD) are in advanced negotiations regarding the potential purchase of the Yarram sawmill located at Yarram, Victoria and the Caboolture sawmill located at Caboolture, Queensland by AKD. At this stage, no agreement has been reached by the parties to proceed with the proposal, and any subsequent agreement[…]

Södra has established the first indoor birch seed orchard in Sweden. By growing birch seeds indoors, supply becomes more stable, and the quality of the seedlings is higher and more consistent. The facility is located at Södra’s nursery in Falkenberg, where Södra is currently developing the operation in partnership with Svenska Skogsplantor. The advantage of[…]

Australian OneFortyOne Plantations (OFO) has signed an agreement to acquire one of New Zealand’s leading forestry businesses, Nelson Forests. Nelson Forests is currently 100% owned by investment funds advised by Global Forest Partners LP, a US-based timberland investment management organisation. The acquisition will allow for the exchange of best practice forestry management between the Australian[…]

The measuring station at Värö will be the first at Södra to introduce new technology for measuring timber stack volumes on trucks. The new method is based on automated volume measurement using laser technology, developed by Swedish company, Mabema AB. Introduction of the new technology will also involve a transition from manual to digital timber[…]

“Mjøstårnet” will be more than 80 metres tall and stand 30 metres higher than what is today considered the world’s tallest timber building. “Mjøstårnet sets new standards for timber constructions. The building is the closest we come to a skyscraper in timber,” says investor and contracting client, Arthur Buchardt.  > > Read more about why “Mjøstårnet”[…]

Conifex El Dorado, Inc. of El Dorado, Arkansas, joins Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) as a new lumber manufacturer member. To further diversify the company’s product and geographic reach, Conifex has upgraded and restarted an idled sawmill complex in El Dorado, with an estimated annual capacity of 180 million board feet. Established in 2008, Conifex[…]

Ponsse UK Ltd, a subsidiary of Ponsse Plc, has opened its new facility in Annan, Scotland. “The new premises are specifically designed for servicing forestry equipment, and will enable a good customer service and growth in the future as well,” says Ponsse UK’s managing director Gary Glendinning. In the new premises, four machines can be[…]

The Steico Group takes second production line for laminated veneer lumber at its plant in Czarna Woda in Poland. Installing the second production line has doubled LVL production capacity to around 160,000 cbm/a. The new LVL2 line will be run 24/7 using four shifts and will mostly be used to produce flange material for Steico’s[…]

JSC “Kata” modernizes sawline at the company’s sawmill in Ust-Ilimsk, Russia. Existing log edger will be replaced by a QSS-700L, where up to 4 settable boards can be sawn. Each board can be cut to various thicknesses for optimized value. The secondary breakdown will be completed with a profiler where 2 boards can be cut[…]