Tigercat will debut a prototype model 602 skidder at Les Cognées, a unique forestry event to be held in the heart of the French Alps in Les Gets, France, June 24-25. The 602 skidder design team is meeting the challenge to produce a small, compact, lightweight skidder platform that can be adapted to a number[…]
Forestry is one of the most important industries in Brazil and trees there have a very high growth rate. But a changing climate including drought can lead to the reduced growth of such species as cultivated eucalyptus and pine. “Brazil needs the latest expertise and technologies and they’re presented at Elmia Wood,” says Jorge R.[…]
Louisville, MS – joined by federal, state and local leaders, company associates and members of the community, Winston Plywood & Veneer recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new plywood mill in Louisville, Mississippi. The location was once home to a shuttered mill that was destroyed when an F4 tornado struck three years ago. Today,[…]
PATA Saldus plans to buy 6 timber drying plants with recuperation. Equipment guaranteed yield by treating 50-millimeter pine wood with a wood moisture 80% the starting and ending moisture 8%. The planned productivity is 40,000 cubic meters a year. PATA Saldus AS is a Latvia-based joint stock company engaged in the forestry industry. The Company’s[…]
John Deere is extending its JDLink™ in-base subscription service from three to five years on construction and forestry machines. The update is a result of increased customer interest in technology and the integration of 4G hardware in John Deere equipment. JDLink is a telematics system designed to remotely connect owners and managers to their equipment,[…]
Sveaskog’s 1Q 2017 net sales increased by 8% to SEK 1,597 million ($181 million). Total delivery volumes increased by 4% compared with the corresponding period in the previous year while selling prices increased by an average of 2%. Sales of wood raw material totalled 2.9 million cubic metres. Operating profit from continuing operations increased by[…]
New Zealand log supply will likely be curbed by recent stormy weather, as cyclones dented local production and disrupted sea freight. “Rain and wind from the ex-Cyclones Debbie and Cook lashed the central and lower North Island in the past fortnight, slowing production rates and causing damage to trees,” AgriHQ analyst Reece Brick said in[…]
Sawmilling tech series ready for September 2017 Two years ago – over two weeks – FIEA’s WoodTECH conference series achieved a record turnout of sawmilling companies 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 Australasia, North America[…]
The Trump administration has fired the first broadside in its battle against bilateral trade imbalances. And its aim was not what most people expected. Canada, not China, is the target of the Trump trade team’s wrath. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has just announced a new 20% tariff on imports of Canadian softwood lumber. The US[…]
Sawmills in Quebec and Ontario are running at record high levels, resulting in difficulty finding outlets for generated residuals, according to the North American Wood Fiber Review Record high production at sawmills in Ontario and Quebec in 2016 has generated large volumes of residues in the two provinces, reports the North American Wood Fiber Review.[…]