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Ponsse’s financial statement for last year showed: – Order intake rose by 49% to €361.2 million. – Consolidated turnover rose by 30% to €310.1 million. – Consolidated operating profit rose by 25% to €37.1 million. Arto Tiitinen, President and CEO: “We are especially pleased by the fact that the order intake rose by 49% from[…]

The Prince of Wales (heir to the British throne) has urged the world to form a global partnership to act against the ticking “doomsday clock” of climate change in a major speech to the European Parliament in Brussels today. In the speech, which he delivered to 150 British MEPs and representatives from the European Parliament’s[…]

New wood availability forecasts for the Hawke’s Bay compiled by New Zealand’s Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) will assist with future regional planning for the forest industry and provide infrastructure agencies with credible data for future planning, says John Vaney, Regional Team Leader with MAF Policy in Rotorua. The forecasts indicate the availability of[…]

US groups Jeffrey Specialty Equipment and Rader Companies have combined their domestic sales offices in order to serve the wood, pulp and paper and emerging biomass industries with more complete application solutions including size reduction equipment, pneumatics, material handling, screen and processing, and storage and reclaim solutions. Doug Sublett, Manager of Sales and Marketing for[…]

Two years after the launch of the SP 751 LF Swedish harvester head developer SP has released the “new and improved” SP 761 LF. The latest version has a stronger frame, more efficient hydraulics and improved component protection, an excellent head has become even better. “The SP 761 LF is a sturdy and powerful harvester[…]

The Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) Council has launched a global ‘Governance Review’, directed by an international panel of experts, the majority of whom are independent of PEFC, and with support from the Z/Yen Group. The panel, chaired by Lord Jamie Lindsay of United Kingdom Accreditation Service, includes Björn Andrén of Holmen[…]

Whilst illegal loggers are threatening Sierra Leone’s few remaining forests, including the Outamba-Kilimi National Park, a turf war is being waged between key Government departments tasked with tackling such issues, according to NGO Global Witness. Global Witness has called for new President Ernest Bai Koroma to bring much needed direction and law enforcement to Sierra[…]

The proposals contained in the energy and climate change package published by the European Commission on January 23 this year weaken the competitiveness of the Finnish forest industry on the world market, according to the Finnish Forest Industries Federation. “Finland makes paper products for 100 million people, and that consumes a lot of energy. But[…]

Madill Business Development International Vice President, Bob Larter, announced at the annual Truck Loggers Conference in Vancouver that the company has increased its distribution network into Australia, New Zealand and Russia. “The forestry market is very active world-wide and we are pleased to be able to offer Madill machines in other markets to compliment our[…]

Tigercat has developed a dedicated processor carrier designed for roadside processing applications as well as light duty in-woods harvesting, which is being marketed worldwide with units sold and operating in such diverse areas as the US, Uruguay, South Africa and Australia. The H250B was developed from the T250B loader platform and offers harvesting contractors a[…]