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Focused on Unlocking Customer Value, Deere Announces New Operating Model Resources will be aligned to deliver a differentiated customer experience through production systems, an intuitive technology stack and lifecycle solutions. The new model is designed to unlock new value for customers and respond more quickly to changing market conditions. Deere will adopt a more disciplined[…]

It goes without saying the Covid-19 pandemic has been and still is a major challenge to most businesses and employees. Those that stayed in the game did what was necessary to get through the most difficult market since the last recession. Now, many businesses are preparing to transition back their valued employees and implement the[…]

Stora Enso’s drone research used a drone and a multispectral camera to detect insect damages in Finnish forests. The image interpretation application was able to identify trees where spruce bark beetles nestled. The new forest health data can be used for example to plan forest management, timely silvicultural work and harvesting. The spruce bark beetle,[…]

Between 2017 and 2019, over 270 million m3 of standing timber in Central Europe was damaged by a combination of factors: primarily, changing climate conditions that featured hotter, drier summers and warmer winters. In combination with frequent windstorms, this created ideal conditions for the spread of spruce bark beetles, especially at lower elevations. The damage[…]

Silviculture in New Zealand got a boost with a support subsidy package announced last week from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) which will assist this sector to secure a workforce to meet the 2020 planting season labour requirements. Border closures as part of the NZ COVID-19 elimination strategy have meant the sector couldn’t rely[…]

Gilbert has appointed Scantec Industrieanlagen as its official agent for the Gilbert Planermill Division in the DACH region and Eastern Europe. Scantec, based in Feldkirchen, Germany, offers professional consulting, customer-oriented sales and the highest level of service. The company has planned, delivered and installed more than 750 projects ranging from individual machines to major turnkey[…]

USNR recently installed and started up new vision scanning systems on the edger and trimmer at Waipapa Pine in New Zealand. These systems are the 27th and 28th vision scanning systems that USNR has installed in mills processing Radiata Pine, and adds to the 170+ vision scanning systems sold globally. “The results we have seen[…]

Sibexport signed a contract with AriVislanda AB for the supply of a Swedish-made modern profiling equipment to its sawmill in Irkutsk region, Russia. Installation and commissioning of the equipment is planned for the 4Q 2020. “We thank you for your trust and look forward to a good and long-term cooperation,” says Fredrik Lindkvist, Marketing Manager at AriVislanda.  AriVislanda designs, manufactures[…]

(Released April 2020) Nature conservation consideration taken in connection with Södra’s regeneration harvests and thinning operations has made positive progress over the past decade and is now at a consistently high level. This was revealed by the company’s Green Balance Sheet. “It is gratifying to see that we can remain at this high level over[…]

Pine seedling sales continue to break new records. In four years, the number of pine seedlings from Södra that are sold has risen from just over three million to just over six million. “Demand is so high that pine seedlings are now in short supply, despite a very robust plan on our part. The plan[…]