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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.[…]

A Chinese company has announced plans for a new particle board plant for Kawerau that is expected to bring 100 jobs to the district. The Chinese-based Guangxi Fenglin Wood Industry Group has announced plans to establish the plant, to be built on Putauaki Trust land adjoining SH34, within two years. It will produce 600,000cu m[…]

Barko Hydraulics, LLC has announced ARDCO Equipment as its new dealer for logging and land clearing equipment in Louisiana. “ARDCO Equipment is a great addition to our dealer network,” said Alecia McKay-Jones, dealer development manager for Barko. “We look forward to them representing Barko and serving our valued forestry customers in the Gulf Coast region.”[…]

Hiab, part of Cargotec, has delivered to its customer in Sweden the first LOGLIFT forestry crane equipped with the camera-based HiVisionTM control system. HiVision moves crane operation to the truck cabin. It has four cameras on top of the forestry crane that provide the operator with a realistic 270-degree view. This enables the crane operator[…]

Terex Ecotec are putting final plans in place ahead of their debut attendance at Recycling Activ Show, Germany, on 27th – 29th April.  The unique and dynamic trade fair pairing recycling aktiv and TiefbauLive will be held for the first time at Karlsruhe Trade Fair Centre as part of the event’s usual two-year cycle. A[…]

The latest WOOD MARKETS annual survey of the “Top 40” Canadian and U.S. softwood lumber producers featured steady production growth in 2016 due to the cooperation of a strong U.S. market, plus growth in China. Amid an absence of any major mill acquisitions, almost all of the production gains came from existing mills. Of the[…]