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The countdown is on and exhibitors are getting ready.  We are adjusting to COVID normal and the AUSTimber team is busy planning to ensure maximum participation of exhibitors and attendees. Everyone is looking forward to the opportunity of coming together as communities and as an industry. Our supporters, partners and exhibitors are committed to another[…]

Koskien We are looking for partners for roadside chipping of logging residues and heavy logs and directly related transports in Southern Finland. In addition, we are looking for a partner (s) for energy backbone chipping at terminals. The areas and their chip counts are described in more detail in the tender documents. We are known in our[…]

Serra Maschinenbau GmbH in Rimsting on Lake Chiemsee supplies mobile and stationary sawmills around the world. The successful company is growing steadily and is gaining further production space with a new hall, in order to efficiently realize all future orders. An old warehouse on the company site had to make way for this. The ground-breaking[…]

The Brandt Group of Companies has announced plans to make a major investment in staffing and will hire more than 1,000 new employees by the end of 2021. The new positions will span the Regina-based company’s 100+ location international network, focusing on roles in Canada and the USA. “There’s no question that our people are[…]

“LSAB is a long-term partner of Metsä Fibre’s sawmills, and the agreement with the Rauma sawmill continues this partnership. LSAB Suomi will deliver the sawmill built in Rauma the blades it needs and will take care of necessary services. The company is committed to our common safety targets, and we’ve been able to develop our[…]

Waratah Forestry Equipment announced the new H425, H425HD and H425X – a trio of rugged harvester heads built for tough jobs. With a powerful control valve and four roller feed arm geometry, each high-performance head is productive on wheeled or tracked carriers. “These models are built for durability and performance,” said Brent Fisher, product marketing[…]

Each of the projects will serve to generate additional value from Resolute’s wood products segment across market cycles. Resolute Forest Products Inc. has announced additional capital investments of $50 million in its wood products operations to support its continued growth, and it confirmed the repayment of all amounts outstanding under its revolving and term credit[…]

JCB has developed a hydrogen-fueled engine and also set up a specialist development team as the company believes the technology offers the quickest way to reach carbon dioxide emissions targetsreports Ian Cameron CONEXPO-CON/AGG 365. The company reported it believes hydrogen engines could be used in a variety of its machines although production of the engines would[…]

May to November 2021, Segezha Group (part of Sistema PJSFC) will carry out a set of scheduled reforestation measures in all logging regions: Krasnoyarsk Krai – 11.6 thousand hectares, Republic of Karelia – 9.5 thousand hectares, Vologda Oblast – 4.6 thousand hectares, Arkhangelsk Oblast – 4.1 thousand hectares, Kirov Oblast – 3.1 thousand hectares. The[…]

Ponsse wants to lead the development of future forestry business models and that is why digitalization and data are already part of our sustainable forestry roadmap. Data acquisition and management enable the development of new tools (e.g., remote machine data configuration and scalable data platform) for business development. Also new services (e.g., fleet management, predictive[…]