Wholly-owned subsidiaries of Shell plc (“Shell”) in Switzerland, the UK, US and Sweden (Shell (Switzerland) AG, Shell U.K. Limited, Pennzoil-Quaker State Company and Shell Aviation Sweden AB) have entered into agreements to acquire the Environmentally Considerate Lubricants (ECLs) business of the PANOLIN Group. The transaction includes the PANOLIN brand, ECL product formulations, intellectual property, technical[…]
dynaCERT Breaks into the Forestry Sector in Western Canada with Fiorentino Bros. Contracting Ltd. dynaCERT Inc. is pleased to announce that it will be installing its HydraGEN™ Technology Units on logging equipment and heavy-duty trucks owned by Fiorentino Bros. Contracting Ltd. (“FBC”). FBC owns over 100 units of heavy equipment and a fleet of over 70 motor[…]
Nisula Forest Oy and Équipement JYL Inc. have signed a dealership agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Équipement JYL Inc. will sell Nisula Forest products, parts and offer services in Québec, Canada. “We are very excited about our new cooperation with Équipement JYL! The Gagnon family and their team have a lot of experience in[…]
USNR has announced the order of a complete sawmilling system to the Chilean company Foraction Chile. This highly advanced production line is designed to process Radiata Pine and will be installed at a greenfield site in the Los Rios region about 800 km south of Santiago. The scope of the contract is a complete sawmill[…]
John Deere is adding to an already significant 2022 investment to fill growing demand from customers and investors for sustainable equipment solutions reports Larry Stewart CONEXPO. John Deere is investing an undisclosed amount to expand production capacity at battery maker Kreisel Electric on the heels of acquiring a majority ownership stake in the Austrian company[…]
The new Rauma pine sawmill of Metsä Fibre, part of Metsä Group, was inaugurated on Monday, 10 October 2022. The sawmill was inaugurated by Prime Minister Sanna Marin with Ilkka Hämälä, Metsä Group’s President and CEO, and Jussi Linnaranta, Chair of the Board of Directors of Metsäliitto Cooperative. With a value of EUR 260 million, the Rauma pine sawmill[…]
RemaSawco AB and Gällö Timber AB have signed an agreement on 27 September 2022 regarding the upgrade of the existing control system in the dry sorting to RemaSawco’s latest generation of the product RS-ProSort, a system for automation and control of board lines in sawmills. The agreement includes delivery, assembly and commissioning as well as[…]
XMReality Inc. has signed an annual subscription agreement with Alta Forest Products based in Chehalis, Washington. Alta Forest Products is the world’s largest producer of wood fence boards. A technology driven company dedicated to sustainable forestry and zero-waste manufacturing, Alta Forest Products is using XMReality to reduce manufacturing downtime across its North American locations and[…]
OneFortyOne has announced the appointment of Mike Bloomfield to the newly created Executive General Manager Wood Products Australia role. Bloom field has held the position of General Manager Sales and Marketing at OneFortyOne since 2017. In this time, he has had a significant impact on the growth of OneFortyOne’s Wood Products business in domestic and[…]
Adding 48,765 square feet will help increase production capacity To further contribute to the economy of northern Wisconsin, TimberPro, a manufacturer of forestry equipment, is making a significant expansion to its current operation in Shawano, Wisconsin, U.S. Working with Keller Inc. as the construction contractor, the new addition will add 48,765 square feet to TimberPro’s[…]