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This year is an important one for Komatsu Forest. “Having spent time mustering our strength, we’re now ready to launch our new harvesters, forwarders, control systems, harvesting heads, and fellers on a broad front,” the company reports. “This is actually the most extensive update to our product range for very many years. I’m very proud[…]

June July 2025 issue now available Includes ForwardersPonsse / Rottne / Komatsu Cable YardersMM-FORSTTECHNIK GmbH SYNCROFALKE® Cable Yarders: Revolutionizing Timber Harvesting in Steep Terrain SAWLINES USNRFor the first time in many years, anindustrial scale sawmill will be built fromthe ground up in the UK COMACTAI-Powered Gap Control: How theSmart Vision System Is Redefining Log Singulation[…]

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[…]

A new type of forest machine is currently driving around the forests of Sweden. It combines a low-impact approach, increased productivity and an improved operator environment and is the result of a major cooperative project that has been under way since 2019. The concept machine is called Centipede and it has been developed by eight[…]

Construction equipment manufacturers are joining the surge of companies shutting down their operations in Russia. Caterpillar, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Komatsu and JCB have all announced decisions to suspend operations in the country until further notice. In a statement, Caterpillar announced it’s suspending manufacturing in Russia. “Operations in Russia have become increasingly challenging, including supply chain disruptions and sanctions, and we[…]

Some of the major forestry equipment market participants are Kesla Oyj, Hitachi Construction Machinery, Eco Log Sweden AB, Caterpillar Inc., Komatsu Forest, Ponsse PLC, Husqvarna AB, Deere & Company, Tigercat International, Doosan Group, STIHL, and Logset Oy. Global Market Insights Inc. has recently added a new report on the forestry equipment market that estimates the market[…]

From June 1, the cutting unit on all C-heads, Constant Cut, will receive an upgraded design. The upgrade contains no less than 25 points and represents a number of improvements for customers, both in terms of increased productivity and better flow in the production. Constant Cut, Komatsu’s intelligent cutting unit, ensures that the head has[…]

With a couple of exhibition spaces becoming available, two new exhibitors have just been added to the record turnout that’s expected in Rotorua in a few months as part of this year’ s major log transport and wood harvesting event, HarvestTECH 2021. It runs in Rotorua, New Zealand on 13-14 April 2021. Full details can[…]

The visibility in Komatsu thinning forwarders is excellent in all directions. When thinning, it is especially important that the operator has a clear view of both the surrounding forest and the machine’s position relative to each individual tree. That is why the visibility in their thinning forwarders, as in all Komatsu forwarders, is excellent in[…]

Forwarder cranes with a unique design & 100% optimised for Komatsu forwarders The well-matched combination of machine, crane, hydraulics and grapple provides a forwarder with high productivity and good reliability. The design of the cranes involves a minimum of protruding parts, for example our design of the telescopic arm, which helps to protect the remaining[…]