Siempelkamp to supply two new MDF/HDF plants for Chinese Yekalon-Jiufngyuan Panels, Inc. and Vanachai Group Public Limited in Thailand. Yekalon, one of the leading suppliers of building and decoration materials ordered an 8th Generation 9’ x 33.8 m ContiRoll® press as the core of the line. The scope of supply will include a flash tube dryer by[…]
Valutec has won contracts to supply timber kilns to two sawmills in western Finland with a distinguished heritage, namely Voma Oy and Westas Pihlava. The mills are investing in three batch kilns and one FB continuous kiln, with kiln commissioning planned for early 2017. “Valutec is an experienced supplier. This investment will give us access[…]
JoeScan, Inc., one of the leading manufacturers of 3-D laser scan heads for sawmills, has released the newest scan head in its JS-25 X-Series, the JS-25 X6B. The JS-25 X6B is a high-performance, six-laser scanner, specifically designed for high-density, snapshot-scanning of logs on carriage headrigs. Each JS-25 X6B scan head can be mounted end-to-end to[…]
High-speed moulder line to Japanese Chugoku Lumber Co. Through great co-operation with our Japanese dealer Oki Kikai Co. Ltd., System TM managed to win the order of a high-speed moulder line to Chugoku Lumber Co. in Japan. System TM designed the system solution and implemented Microtec scanning equipment in the line. The high-speed moulder line[…]
This world first for the forestry sector from full-liner Doppstadt performs two recycling tasks in a single process: this combined machine, comprising a DW 3060 type F single-shaft shredder and a matching selector, shreds old wood, green waste and sorted wood waste and then screens them to the required fraction size. The material fed in[…]
Timber REITs Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY) and Plum Creek (NYSE: PCL) said Nov. 8 that they have agreed to merge, creating a combined company with a current market value of $23 billion. The new company will retain the Weyerhaeuser name and ticker symbol. It will be the largest private owner of timberland in the United States,[…]
John Deere is rolling out its first G-Series forest machine models. Compliant with Final Tier 4 /Stage IV emissions requirements, the 1270G and 1470G harvesters and the 1910G forwarder are making their debut at a launch event in Scotland. The new series models combine excellent fuel economy and higher productivity. The innovative new solutions in[…]
Another sales success for Siempelkamp Maschinen- und Anlagenbau GmbH: Yildiz Entegre Agac Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. Kocaeli, long-standing customer of the Krefeld specialist for wood-based material production plants, ordered two new MDF/HDF production lines in September. With this order, the cooperation of the long-time business partners as well as the success story of the continuous[…]
A biomass power plant has been added to an existing geothermal plant in Italy, creating what may be the world’s first hybrid power system featuring the two technologies. Developer Enel Green Power has announced that construction has been completed on the 5 MW biomass plant, which will be used to heat geothermal steam at the company’s existing 5 MW[…]
Modern day sawmill machine centres collect vast amounts of information about logs, lumber, breakdown solutions, downtime, productivity and more. However, more technology has not made life any simpler for mill managers. In fact, it has become more difficult to keep track of whether the technologies are being utilized properly or not, especially as machines are[…]