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For the third consecutive month, export volumes of Southern Pine lumber have revealed an upward trend. During September, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service recently reported SP exports to be just under 52 million board feet (MMbf). This volume represents a boost of 16% above the same month last year, contributing to a year-to-date increase of eight[…]

Timber REITs Weyerhaeuser (NYSE:  WY) and Plum Creek (NYSE: PCL) said Nov. 8 that they have agreed to merge, creating a combined company with a current market value of $23 billion. The new company will retain the Weyerhaeuser name and ticker symbol.  It will be the largest private owner of timberland in the United States,[…]

PrimeTech offers a wide range of professional mulchers and tracked carriers/prime movers, designed for the most heavy-duty, demanding jobs all around the world: land clearing/mulching, land conversion/subsoiling, road construction/stabilizing -rock crushing -asphalt grinding and mine clearance/demining. Mulchers, Tracked Carriers/Prime Movers PT Series The mulchers, tracked carriers/prime movers of the PT series are perfect for use[…]

John Deere is rolling out its first G-Series forest machine models. Compliant with Final Tier 4 /Stage IV emissions requirements, the 1270G and 1470G harvesters and the 1910G forwarder are making their debut at a launch event in Scotland. The new series models combine excellent fuel economy and higher productivity. The innovative new solutions in[…]

August 2015 saw Dieffenbacher achieve success once again with two new orders. Italian furniture and board manufacturer Fantoni Spa ordered a MDF plant, while the second order was for a particle board plant and came from furniture manufacturer Ganzhou Aigesen in China. These two new orders take the total number of plants Dieffenbacher has sold[…]

Another sales success for Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH: Yildiz Entegre Agac Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Kocaeli, long-standing customer of the Krefeld specialist for wood-based material production plants, ordered two new MDF/HDF production lines in September. With this order, the cooperation of the long-time business partners as well as the success story of the continuous[…]

Waggeryd Cell in Sweden has  invested SEK 60 million ($7 million) in a biomass boiler in order to replace LPG with bioenergy as energy source for the flash dryer. The ground work is just about to start. The mounting of the boiler will begin during March 2016 and the start-up is scheduled for September. The mill’s[…]

Astec Industries, Inc. has entered into an agreement and received a related down payment to build, deliver and install the first production line of a new turnkey wood pellet production facility. The $30 million agreement with Highland Pellets, LLC includes the option to add additional production lines, related equipment and installation services which could bring[…]

Bandit authorized small equipment dealer Cal-Line Equipment has expanded its operation to cover Southern California, bringing its knowledgeable sales staff and service technicians to the Southern California city of Santa Fe Springs, southeast of downtown Los Angeles. The grand opening event is scheduled for Sept. 25-26 at the new location at 13030 Firestone Blvd., Santa[…]

A biomass power plant has been added to an existing geothermal plant in Italy, creating what may be the world’s first hybrid power system featuring the two technologies. Developer Enel Green Power has announced that construction has been completed on the 5 MW biomass plant, which will be used to heat geothermal steam at the company’s existing 5 MW[…]