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Valutec has won contracts to supply timber kilns to two sawmills in western Finland with a distinguished heritage, namely Voma Oy and Westas Pihlava. The mills are investing in three batch kilns and one FB continuous kiln, with kiln commissioning planned for early 2017. “Valutec is an experienced supplier. This investment will give us access[…]

Wood-Mizer LLC, the world’s leading portable sawmill manufacturer, introduces three new log splitters to their diverse line of wood processing equipment. Manufactured in the USA, Wood-Mizer’s new log splitter line is designed for farm operations, small businesses, and commercial wood splitting companies. Offering three portable, heavy-duty log splitter models, the Wood-Mizer FS300, FS350, and FS500[…]

JoeScan, Inc., one of the leading manufacturers of 3-D laser scan heads for sawmills, has released the newest scan head in its JS-25 X-Series, the JS-25 X6B. The JS-25 X6B is a high-performance, six-laser scanner, specifically designed for high-density, snapshot-scanning of logs on carriage headrigs. Each JS-25 X6B scan head can be mounted end-to-end to[…]

Rottne Industri has signed an agreement with Ferronordic Machines AB, which becomes the official distributor of Rottne forest machines in Russia. The agreement with Ferronordic enters into force in December 2016. Rottne Industri also launches forest machines specially adapted for the Russian market. – We are very excited about the new partnership with Ferronordic. They[…]

Sweden’s gross felling in 2015 was estimated to 92.5 million cubic metre standing volume (stem volume over bark from stump to tip. This is an increase by 1% compared with 2014, reports Swedish Forest Agency . Total net felling increased slightly by 1% to 74.3 million cubic metre solid volume excl. bark. Most of the increase[…]

A total of 2.9 million cubic metres of timber were cut for sale in Norway in the 2Q 2016. This is an increase of 8% compared with the corresponding quarter of 2015. In the same period, the average timber price decreased by 5%,  Statistics Norway reports. The aggregated gross value of roundwood sold to the[…]

The volume of US sawn temperate and tropical hardwood imports grew slightly in July from the previous month while the value of imports declined 3%. The drop in import value was largely in temperate species, while tropical hardwood imports grew 1% to $24.1 million in July. Year-to-date tropical imports were down 16% compared to July[…]

High-speed moulder line to Japanese Chugoku Lumber Co. Through great co-operation with our Japanese dealer Oki Kikai Co. Ltd., System TM managed to win the order of a high-speed moulder line to Chugoku Lumber Co. in Japan. System TM designed the system solution and implemented Microtec scanning equipment in the line. The high-speed moulder line[…]

Tigercat is continuing to evolve the G-series drive-to-tree feller bunchers with the introduction of an improved operator’s cab Cab comfort and ergonomic design are key to operator productivity in the woods and the new G-series cab is quiet and well-equipped. On the outside of the G-series drive-to-tree feller buncher cab, the work lights have been moved into enclosures incorporated into the cab structure to[…]

Tigercat continues to expand its range of harvesting heads with the new 570, a robust, high-performance, two-wheel drive harvesting head. The new Tigercat 570 harvesting head offers excellent productivity and reliability, utilizing many of the structural and hydraulic performance benefits of the larger 575, in a package ideally suited to Tigercat H845 series carriers.The wheel arms, pins, bushings, cylinders, feed motors and rotator are shared[…]