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The European Investment Bank and Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) have signed a Euro 150 million loan agreement. The EIB financing will support renewable energy and energy efficiency measures in a pulp mill in Timrå, Sweden, the regeneration and replanting of 68,000 ha of forest – almost three times the area of Stockholm – and the[…]

John Deere introduced Intelligent Boom Control for the 1270G harvester and the 8-wheeled 1170G harvester in June at the Elmia Wood trade fair. Now they are introducing a 6-wheeled model of the 1170G harvester as well as the smaller 1070G harvester. At the same time, IBC will be available also for the 1170G harvester. Precise[…]

Australia’s battered forestry sector and timber industry is finally starting to emerge from the financial wilderness it was cast into nearly a decade ago following the spectacular collapse of managed investment scheme timber plantation companies such as Gunns, Timbercorp and Great Southern. New figures released by the federal government show the timber industry has enjoyed[…]

Fiji’s Minister for Economy and Climate Change says all countries need to prioritise forest protection and rehabilitation as well as financing of forest ecosystems. Source: Radio New Zealand Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum was speaking at the COP23 Climate Conference in Bonn, Germany. Mr Sayed-Khaiyum said while progress had been made in protecting ecosystems to enhance resilience to[…]

Roughly half of all hardwood chips traded in the Pacific Rim have been destined for Chinese ports in the 1H/17 with Vietnam and Australia being the major suppliers, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Pulpmills in China and Japan continue to rely on large volumes of imported hardwood wood chips from a number of countries around[…]

The John Deere 900M-Series Tracked Feller Bunchers and 900MH-Series Harvesters are now equipped with Final Tier 4 (FT4) engines, offering fuel and fluid-efficient machines without sacrificing power and performance. John Deere is the leader in FT4 technology, offering a diesel particulate filter (DPF) solution that is known for its ability to reduce the dependency of[…]

Pine trees moving across Gisborne’s port meet an astonishing six percent of China’s total international demand for soft wood, says Eastland Port General Manager Andrew Gaddum. The January to June 2017 figures extracted from online industry newsletter WoodWeek reiterate what a significant player this region is in a global business, worth billions. “Six percent may[…]

TowerBrook plans future investments to further expand the mill’s capacities Jörg Harbring continues as Managing Director – the ownership change will not affect the employees In 2011 Schweighofer Group acquired unprofitable pulp mill in Hallein – invested more than EUR 60 million, thus securing 250 jobs and creating a profitable company with future growth potential[…]

A multiannual project developed by the Association of Forest Administrators (AFA) and the “Ștefan cel Mare” University of Suceava with the support of Holzindustrie Schweighofer: •7 years of planting and aftercare (from 2017 to 2024) •One million trees to be planted •Over one million euros invested •The first planting operation will take place in November[…]

The Myanmar government has recently taken another step to join a EU-led agreement to combat illegal logging and forest management. The measure will help ease timber exports to the European market. According to Myanmar Times, various stakeholders, from all states and regions, have established an executive committee that will negotiate to be part of the[…]