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Growing a productive forest requires work and commitment. Correctly timed thinning operations improve the forest’s growth conditions and make trees grow sturdier more quickly. Register now to the online PONSSE Studio event to hear more about their solutions for thinning sites. At the online event, their customers and specialists will discuss why the smaller sized[…]

Södra’s investment in circularity continues. Through a new partnership with Swedish company Trioworld, Södra’s timber packaging will now contain 30 percent recycled plastic, which will reduce annual emissions from the packaging by around 23 percent. “With the new packaging, we are ensuring high-quality deliveries for our customers, while also taking an additional step towards a[…]

Woodgrain Inc., a manufacturer of wood moulding and trim, will invest nearly $9 million to expand its operations in Smyth County and invest more than $8 million to purchase and expand the former Independence Lumber sawmill in Grayson County reports Augusta Free Press. These projects will create 100 new jobs, save 80 existing jobs, and[…]

Segezha Group PJSC (‘Segezha Group’ or the ‘Company’, MOEX: SGZH), a Sistema company and one of Russia’s leading vertically integrated timber holding companies with a full cycle of logging and deep wood processing, has reported increased pellet production and export to EU countries. In the first half of 2021, KsyloTech-Siberia, the Company’s pellet asset in[…]

Segezha Group, (“Segezha Group” or “the Company”, MOEX:SGZH, a Sistema Company), a leading Russian vertically integrated holding company in the forest industry performing a full cycle of operations from logging to advanced wood processing, produced almost 98,000 m³ of plywood in the first half of 2021 at its Vyatka Plywood Mill, up 2,000 m³ YoY.[…]

The 17,000th PONSSE forest machine has rolled off the production line in Vieremä. The milestone machine, a PONSSE Elk built in mid-August, will start its career in the sure hands of Kuusmoto Oy.   “It is a special privilege to hand over the 17,000th PONSSE machine to the Finnish Kuusmoto Oy. I wish to thank Kuusmoto[…]

Weyerhaeuser Company appoints Travis Keatley as senior vice president (SVP) of Timberlands, effective September 13, 2021. Keatley has served as vice president of Western Timberlands for the company since January 2020, and his appointment follows the planned retirement of Adrian Blocker, who will stay on through mid-October to serve as a senior advisor and aid in the transition. Travis Keatley joined[…]

Ponsse’s Cut-to-Length forest machines have proved an excellent solution for harvesting on steep slopes. An environmentally friendly solution is in high demand due to more work being done on steep slopes as the number of tree plantations increases globally. At the autumns first Ponsse Studio live-event they will share more information about their solutions for[…]

(Lucy Craymer, Stuff) – Millions of cubic metres of logs leave our shores every year – all while we remain desperately short of timber. If you want to build a house in New Zealand, you’ll likely want timber. But in a country that cuts down around 40,000 hectares of trees, there is a shortage of the stuff.[…]

After more than 25 years’ working in domestic and international forestry and agriculture sectors, the Tasmania Regional Forestry Hub’s new general manager will soon return to his home state where he hopes to make a tangible difference to the growth and standing of the local forest and forest products industry. Simon Talbot—who hails from six[…]