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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[…]

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[…]

An agile thinning machine with great manoeuvrability and stability. This harvester is part of Komatsu Forest’s new XC product series, featuring machines and accessories specially designed for extreme conditions The new Komatsu 901XC is a new and eagerly awaited harvester for thinning in hilly terrain and on soft ground. The eight wheels, combined with the[…]

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[…]

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.[…]

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[…]

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.[…]

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[…]

Engineered wood eases labour constraints for commercial building – Labour shortages are limiting growth in both commercial building, with the recent profit downgrades at Fletcher Challenge highlighting the depth of the problems. However, commercial wood solutions already being implemented by industry leaders in Australia, Canada and New Zealand and hold the key to removing labour[…]

Rise in total output value of China’s forestry industry – According to the State Forestry Administration (SFA), in the first half of 2017 the total output value of China’s forest industry rose 7.4% to RMB 2.77 trillion. The total value of China’s foreign trade in wood product rose 11% to US$71 billion. The increase has[…]