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Finnish forest machine manufacturer Logset Oy has expanded significantly its dealer network and operation in Russia. Logset Oy has made new dealer contracts with Russian companies that are specialized in forest machine distribution and service. At the same time the cooperation Logset had with the Russian dealer Ferronordic Machines ends. “We want to have straight[…]

Communications expert Thomas Huemer is to join the corporate press office of Schweighofer Group/Holzindustrie Schweighofer, a major player in Europe’s wood processing industry. Huemer takes over as Head of Corporate Communications from January 2017 onwards, and will be responsible for Schweighofer’s publicity in Austria and around the world. Thomas Huemer is a historian and political[…]

Low wood fiber costs in Brazil have continued to attract investments in pulp production capacity leading to substantial increases in market pulp exports in 2016, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Brazil’s pulp sector has for over two decades had some of the lowest wood fiber costs in the world, making the industry highly competitive, reports[…]

The inauguration of a highly protectionist president of the United States has sparked trepidation among B.C.’s forest-dependent communities and prompted B.C. Premier Christy Clark to tout her government’s efforts to find new markets outside the United States for its softwood lumber. Donald Trump did not wait for the keys to the Oval Office to signal[…]

To stay ahead of the competition, loggers need to keep up at the landing, and the John Deere 437E and 337E Knuckleboom Loaders are now equipped with new grapples manufactured by John Deere to further improve productivity and machine durability. The E-Series machines deliver five percent more swing torque and lift force over previous models,[…]

Chinese wood products production and demand increased in 2016, fuelling log and lumber import gains from Russia, but also from the USA, New Zealand (logs), Australia (logs), Canada (logs) and Europe (lumber). Final year-end statistics for 2016 show that China’s imports of logs and lumber have rebounded strongly from the slowdown in 2015. Softwood lumber[…]

Forico last week demonstrated its long-term commitment to the plantation forestry sector in Tasmania as it completed its extensive 2016 planting programme reports Woodweek. A total of 7 million seedlings (more than 6,300 ha) were planted during the season from September to early January. “This is perhaps the largest current plantation establishment programme by a[…]

Taranaki’s logging contractors are gearing up to harvest a bumper crop over the next few years as trees planted more than two decades ago begin to mature. Many of the plots around Taranaki were planted in the 90s, with most taking between 25 and 30 years before they were ready to be cut. New Zealand[…]

The German truck manufacturer MAN sees Europe’s forestry sector as an increasingly important market. That’s why the company is exhibiting at the world-leading forestry fair Elmia Wood 2017 in the new Load & Transport area, which brings together everything to do with logistics en route from the forest to the industrial consumers. “Our focus is[…]

Wood products manufacturer Woodgrain Millwork, Incorporated announced it is building a $4-million pellet mill at its Lenoir manufacturing site along Complex Street that will create 15 new full-time jobs. The 15,000-square-foot project, which is expected to be completed this spring, will manufacture and package wood fiber pellets to be used for animal bedding and fuel[…]