Demand expected to drive further recovery over the next two years – Housing demand in the United States was a key reason for the lumber market crash in 2009. As U.S. housing, and more importantly housing starts, continue to recover, the North American softwood lumber industry is expected to see both demand and price increases.[…]
Chugoku Lumber, the largest Douglas fir lumber manufacturer in Japan, decided to reduce dry beam lumber prices by 2,000 yen ($19.6) per cubic metre after lumber market has been weak since April after the consumption tax was increased by 3%. Movement of structural materials has been slowing since last January, ITTO reports. The prices peaked[…]
Tigercat® is pleased to announce it has officially broken ground for a new $12 million, 127,000 square foot manufacturing facility in Paris, Ontario, Canada, located approximately 100 km southwest of Toronto. Several hundred employees, community officials, Tigercat partners and supporters attended an official ground breaking ceremony last week to mark the start of construction and[…]
Three years in the making and backed by over a half-century of experience in the woods, the John Deere M-Series Tracked Feller Bunchers and Tracked Harvesters are officially making their debut. The latest additions to the John Deere family of tracked forestry machines include the 800M and 800MH-Series Reduced Tail Swing, setting a new standard in midsize[…]
Designed and built in Dubuque, Iowa, the 1050K Crawler Dozer is the largest, most powerful dozer ever built by John Deere. Utilizing years of research and extensive customer feedback, the 1050K has the durability, reliability, and productivity needed for mining, quarrying, road building, and other large-scale applications. “The 1050K is a new generation of crawler dozer[…]
Tigercat is pleased to announce that Aaron Piper has joined the Tigercat product support team. Based in Sunbury, North Carolina, Aaron will focus on providing after-sales technical and commercial support to Tigercat’s customer base in the southeastern United States. Aaron will work closely with Tigercat dealers and prospective customers to further grow Tigercat’s market share[…]
Back in October 2014, the Canadian Woodlands Forum (CWF) proudly announced that DEMO International® was returning to the west coast and would be held in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada, on September 22-24, 2016. The Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia will host the event at their Malcolm Knapp Research Forest located[…]
The Annual General Meeting of Tornator Oyj discharged the members of the Board of Directors as well as the CEO from liability for the financial year 2014. Elected on the Board were Mikko Koivusalo, Erkko Ryynänen, Jari Suominen, Esko Torsti and Jari Puhakka. Continuing as authorised public accountants will be Deloitte & Touche Oy with[…]
As a manufacturer of complete packaging solutions, we have all the necessary expertise and facilities under one roof: engineering, production, assembly, and service. The most reliable technology for compressed packaging on the market wasn’t built in a day. Back in 1993, Willems Baling Equipment was a pioneer in fully-automated bale packaging. And our continuous improvements,[…]
Morbark Inc., has trecognised four of its top dealers. Columbus Equipment Company was named Industrial Dealer of the Year for the second straight year, while Alexander Equipment Company, , and Schmidt Equipment, Inc., earned Gold Tier Dealer status for their tree care products divisions. “Morbark’s dealers are instrumental to our customers’ success,” said John Foote,[…]