When the ATV or quad bike made its big debut at trade fairs about 10 years ago, many people sniffed and called it a toy. Today it is a self-evident work tool on a forest property. With experience from Europe and North America, Yamaha Sweden believes the next work tool is now making its entrance[…]
The Czech truck manufacturer Tatra came to Elmia Wood with a logging truck in a special anniversary edition. “Tatra produced its first vehicle 120 years ago,” explains the Swedish general agent Svante Cordestam. Tatra’s speciality is all-terrain vehicles. All-wheel drive plus individual suspension on all wheels have been standard on them for many years. All[…]
The biggest improvement to excavator chassis in many years. Kalle Mattsson, sales manager and co-owner of the Finnish machinery manufacturer Nisula doesn’t hesitate in his presentation of the company’s world first at Elmia Wood. The chassis is mounted on an excavator from Volvo and turns it into an all-terrain vehicle. The development work took ten[…]
Today is the opening day of the world’s largest forestry fair, Elmia Wood, in the forest south of Jönköping, Sweden. This year the fair is bigger and more comprehensive than ever, with more than 550 exhibitors from five continents. Almost 200 of them are exhibiting here for the first time. With the premiere of the[…]
Two years ago – over two weeks – the WoodTECH conference series run by the Forest Industry Engineering Association (FIEA) achieved a record turnout of sawmilling companies. They were drawn from throughout Australia and New Zealand. Over 350 delegates from all major sawmilling companies in the region in addition to leading technology providers from throughout[…]
A AU$106 million expansion at a timber manufacturing plant on the New South Wales central tablelands has been approved by the State Government. Borg Manufacturing has been given the green light to expand its existing medium density fibreboard (MDF) facility complex in Oberon to include more buildings for housing new machinery. The plant is the[…]
Indexator will preview its next generation harvest rotator at the world’s largest forestry fair, Elmia Wood 2017. “In addition to our existing product line of rotators, links and our new K100 hose swivels, we will be previewing one of our latest ventures, the new HX rotators which are specially adapted to handle the toughest of[…]
Pioneering high-productivity Super-Bs cut truck journeys – Two pioneering high productivity truck and trailer units that are longer and heavier than standard vehicles are dramatically reducing the number of truck journeys on their set route in Hawke’s Bay. And the success of the pair, each comprising a standard tractor unit and two purposebuilt trailers, warrants[…]
The Gilbert 3018 felling head is designed to excel in biomass and thinning applications. Its compact size makes it easy to install on small to medium size carrier. http://www.gilbert-tech.com/en/forestry/ See us at: Saw Tech Log Expo, Renfrew Ontario https://sawtechlogexpo.com/index/showoverview Show Overview Renfrew will become the center of the forest industry in Ontario June 23rd –[…]
For Komatsu, Elmia Wood is an important venue for international launches in the forestry sector. That’s why the company has invited customers and distributors from all its markets, including the USA, Australia and Brazil. “This is an important fair for us, above all for meeting our customers in Sweden and from the whole world,” Persson[…]