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USNR in Chile

Major order for USNR in Chile

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USNR has announced the order of a complete sawmilling system to the Chilean company Foraction Chile. This highly advanced production line is designed to process Radiata Pine and will be installed at a greenfield site in the Los Rios region about 800 km south of Santiago.

The scope of the contract is a complete sawmill – from the debarker/log sorter optimizer, through the log breakdown equipment, finishing with the trim/sort/stack line. This project marks one of USNR’s most comprehensive undertakings outside of North America and Europe.

The saw line will be a European-style Merry-Go-Round line that has proven to be very successful in Chile throughout the years. The primary sawing machines will be Sawmaster 1600 band saws arranged in a quad configuration. In this iteration of USNR’s ever-evolving Merry-Go-Round concept, there will be an additional chipper canter and a Circular Saw 700 gang saw. This arrangement makes it possible for certain log sizes to pass straight through the saw line, thus maximizing the productivity on all sawing patterns.

Catech XT edger optimizer
Catech XT edger optimizer

A complete, 45-bin green sorting and stacking line completes USNR’s portion of the project. Main components in the sorting line include a Revolver Lug Loader, Multi-Track Fence, and a Multi-Saw Trimmer. The stacker line features a catching lug tier-forming table in front of USNR’s Low-Profile Stacker with an overhead tier management system to ensure maximum productivity.

In addition to the equipment supplied by USNR, USNR’s partner in Chile, Solecia, will be responsible for supplying the log sorting line, log infeed equipment, and residual handling equipment for this project.

USNR along with our partner Solecia has a long history in Chile, with many installations and devoted customers. This order reinforces USNR’s strong position in the Chilean market and USNR’s position as the leading supplier of Radiata Pine processing technology.

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Eastland Port

Small NZ port supplying world’s biggest timber importer | 7 Nov 2017

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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 not sound like much but when you consider that the Chinese soft wood log market was worth a staggering $US2.2 billion for the first half of this year, then that’s monumental,” says Eastland Port General Manager Andrew Gaddum.

China is the world’s biggest importer of timber. Nearly a quarter (24%) of China’s soft wood comes from New Zealand, with Russia the second biggest supplier at 23%. Figures from the report show that of the 6.2 million cubic metres of soft wood (Pinus radiata) that left New Zealand for China in the first half of this year, 17.5% or 1,080291 cubic metres came out of Gisborne over the same period.

“Every time you see a log it’s phenomenal to consider it’s going across the wharves of a pint-sized port at the bottom of the world and making a big dent in wood supply for the world’s biggest consumers. And because of that international demand, thousands of this region’s families are benefiting.”

Mr Gaddum says the industry’s attention to sustainable forest harvesting means there’s a continuing cycle of planting and growth, known as rotation. “Certainly, everyone is working towards sustainability in this industry for a long time yet.”

As further evidence of local industry strength Eastland Port recorded a solid September for log throughput, and a significant milestone. “Overnight, on 21 September, we handled the 2 millionth tonne of wood for this calendar year. We’ve reached that 2 million tonne mark six weeks ahead of last year,” says Mr Gaddum.

This September, 225,274 tonnes of wood was loaded onto 10 log vessels. It would have been more had bad weather not trapped two ships at Port of Tauranga as the month clicked over to October. As part of its twin berth development plans Eastland Port submitted its first resource consent application (to rebuild wharf 6 and 7, and reshape the slipway) to Gisborne District Council this month.

Source: Eastland Port