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  Image Systems AB has concluded an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the shares outstanding of the Finnish company Limab Oy. Limab Oy, with offices in St Michel and Helsingfors, is active in contactless measurement technology with applications in the sawmill industry, thereby complementing business area RemaSawco with products as well as market shares,[…]

Softwood logs and softwood lumber imports to China have more than tripled in ten years with lumber volumes surpassing logs by 36% in 2017, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. Imports – China imported record high volumes of softwood logs and lumber in 2017, making the country the largest log importer in the world and the[…]

Last year ULK ordered a high-capacity dry sorting and packaging plant from HEINOLA to their new sawmill in Kostylevo, Archangel region, Russia and installation is nearing completion. This plant delivery is a part of the ULK’s new investments for increasing the sawmill capacity. The mechanical parts were manufactured during the year 2017, and the installations[…]

In a recent article by Russ Taylor, Managing Director of FEA Canada, he outlined how the recent run on lumber prices has put big smiles on the faces of North American sawmill operators and lumber traders. Mill prices for all lumber species in North America have been trending higher since preliminary U.S. import duties began[…]

Expoforest, the only dynamic forestry fair in Latin America took place between April 11th and 13th, with 30,645 visitors. Forestry professionals from all over the world came to Santa Rita do Passa Quatro (Brazil) on April 11th, 12th and 13th to visit the 4th Expoforest – Brazilian Forestry Fair. In total, 30,645 visitors (1st day:[…]

Ponsse presents the new loader for Elephant and ElephantKing forwarders. The completely new Ponsse K121 loader offers a new level of efficiency and speed for load handling in tough conditions. The new PONSSE K121 loader extends Ponsse’s loader series to a completely new size range. The new loader combines high slewing torque and lifting power,[…]

Global timber and wood products market update show modest increases in wood fiber costs and a substantial rise in market pulp prices have improved profitability for many market pulp manufacturers worldwide during the second half of 2017, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly Pulp manufacturers in many countries have seen their wood fiber costs go up[…]

On the 1st of April Mr. Jari Alahuhtala will become the new Managing Director (MD) of Komatsu Forest Oy and Mr. Timo Korhonen will become the new Sales and Marketing Director of Komatsu Forest Oy. “With a heritage of innovations within the CTL-method and being in the forefront in forestry today, Finland is, and has[…]

New Zealand exported more than one million cubic metres of softwood logs in January, only the second time in the country’s history that such a high volume has been shipped in the month. The country exported 1.1 million cubic metres of softwood logs overseas in January this year, up 32 percent on January 2017, according[…]

Global Softwood Lumber Trade Trade of softwood lumber reached an all-time-high in 2017 as demand for wood was strong in most key markets around the world. An estimated 126 million m3 of softwood lumber was shipped from forest-rich countries such as Canada, Russia, Sweden and Finland to markets with high consumption of lumber, including China,[…]