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Log imports through Xiamen Port, China, totalled 1.905 million cubic metres valued at $46 million in 2017, up 10% in volume and 11% in value compared to 2016, as ITTO reported. The imported logs were from 37 countries with New Zealand, Australia, the USA and Estonia topping the list in terms of volumes. Imports from[…]

Roseburg Forest Products is pleased to announce that Tony Ramm has been promoted to General Manager of Plywood, effective Feb. 1. Tate Muir will replace him as Plant Manager at Roseburg’s Riddle Plywood plant. Ramm was named Riddle Plywood plant manager in May 2014. He joined Roseburg from Weyerhaeuser, where he held increasingly responsible positions[…]

Following the successes of 2017, recycling equipment specialists, Terex Ecotec are quick off the mark in 2018 with the appointment of McHale Plant Sales as exclusive distribution partner for Ireland, North and South. The company will also be an authorised service provider for the products, as the Ecotec brand continues its global expansion. McHale Plant[…]

Steady and strong competition from foreign buyers for New Zealand logs is forcing raw material prices up for local timber processors. The New Zealand Timber Industry Federation says that log prices have already risen by 25% to the local market over the past five years and sawmills are preparing for further predicted log cost increases[…]

Vancouver, BC – Internationally, inventory mapping for foresters has benefited considerably from developments in drone and lidar technologies. Many senior forest managers are now focused on how the new systems deliver better deicsion-making by foresters on the ground out in the woods. Service providers understand that forest managers need a way to tailor the data[…]

In Wood Markets’ new five-year softwood lumber forecast, the continuation of U.S. duties on Canadian lumber exports to the U.S. is expected to cause more short-term market and price volatility. The preliminary duties launched earlier in 2017 rocked the U.S. market and more of the same is expected in 2018. The Wood Markets outlook report[…]

New Zealand log exports hit a new record last year, underscoring the concerns of local manufacturers that the country is sending too many unprocessed logs overseas, posing a threat for local timber supply in the future and undermining the goal to add more value to exports. The country exported NZ$2.41 billion of softwood logs in[…]

Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) recently announced that David Carson, currently president of Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC), has been appointed president of Western Star Trucks and chief diversity officer of DTNA. Carson succeeds Kelley Platt who has been promoted within the Daimler AG global organization to president and chief executive officer of Daimler’s truck[…]

The Atlantic Heavy Equipment Show is returning to the Moncton Coliseum Complex this spring, with over three decades of bringing the industry together on a bi-annual basis. Taking place April 5th and 6th, the event is Atlantic Canada’s most comprehensive heavy equipment show. REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for the colossal event, which attracted a record-breaking[…]

Built for land-clearing and pipeline right-of-way operations, the HG6800TX horizontal grinder offers a high-horsepower engine on a tracked machine with a compact design. Featuring 950 hp (708 kW) in a 92,000 lb (41,730.5 kg) class, and an infeed design designed specifically for feeding larger materials such as whole trees and large stumps, the new grinder[…]