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30,000 Machine Milestone

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In just over 30 years in business, Tigercat Industries has shipped its 30,000th machine.

Tigercat Industries has announced that it has built and shipped its 30,000th machine in January 2024, just over 30 years into its existence. From humble beginnings in 1992 when Tigercat had a single product, very little dealer representation, and produced just a handful of machines, the company has grown steadily, expanding both its production capacity and product breadth.

A few quick facts

  • Tigercat debuted the 726 feller buncher in April 1992 at a forestry equipment show in Quitman Georgia.

  • By 1995, Tigercat had two drive-to-tree feller bunchers, two track feller bunchers, and two bunching shear models with distribution in Canada and the United States.

  • By 1997, Tigercat had a full product line to offer southern US dealers with the addition of a knuckleboom loader and the industry’s first successful, serial production hydrostatic skidder.

  • In 2000, Tigercat was well on its way to becoming the dominant player in steep slope harvesting applications, offering a six-wheel drive skidder and the L830 feller buncher. Both were destined to become flagship products for the company. In addition, Tigercat entered the vegetation management sector with its first mulcher carrier. The range of carriers and attachments that have followed are crucial inputs to wildfire mitigation strategies in many regions globally.

  • By 2005, Tigercat was present in Chile, Brazil, Uruguay, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, UK and Sweden among other countries.

  • In 2012 Tigercat had grown in 20 years from two to 1,000 employees and introduced the 880 logger, the first in a series of versatile, forest duty swing machines.

Today, Tigercat has the most complete full-tree product line-up in the industry, along with a growing range of CTL harvesters, forwarders and harvesting heads. Tigercat launched a new brand, TCi in 2022 and put the TCi badge on its first dozer, the 920. In the last four years, the company has been developing a line of material processing products with two launches to date – the 6500 chipper and 6900 grinder. 2024 will see a slew of new and exciting products introduced to the market.

Tigercat recently opened a new facility dedicated to the material processing product line and is currently building an additional facility. When complete the company will have over 1.4 million square feet of manufacturing capacity. That’s 130 000 square metres or 32 acres under roof. Over 160 dealer locations in 25 countries represent the Tigercat and TCi brands, along with an extensive factory support network. The company employs over 2,000.

One thing that hasn’t changed over the years is Tigercat’s dedication to the customer base and its relentless pursuit of innovation and improvement.

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New Tigercat Dealer In Russian Federation

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Tigercat has announced that EkoNivaTechnika-Holding is now a Tigercat dealer for areas of Western Russia and Siberia.

With headquarters in Detchino, approximately 150 kilometers southeast of Moscow, EkoNivaTechnika-Holding has a regional presence through three operational branches: EkoNiva-Teсhnika in the Central region, EkoNiva-Chernozemye in the Central Black Earth region and EkoNivaSibir in the Siberian area.

With 24 years in the Russian agricultural equipment business, the company is a leader in mobile farm equipment and servicing.

Covering fourteen regions, EkoNiva has twelve service centres each with its own spare parts warehouses, state-of-the-art overhaul depots and field service trucks. The company has over 550 employees with a great deal of attention paid to training and development, both in Russia and abroad.

Matt Roberts, Tigercat sales manager for Europe and Russia comments, “We are very happy to welcome EkoNiva to the Tigercat dealer network. The company’s vast experience and proven record in customer support, combined with their operational excellence as a leading heavy equipment dealer in the Russian Federation, is an outstanding match for our products. We are confident that forestry customers in EkoNiva’s area will see great benefit to adding Tigercat products to their fleet with the support of EkoNiva’s strong network of branches and technicians.”

“We are excited to introduce Tigercat to our customers in Northern Russia and Siberia. Our choice for Tigercat is based on the premium quality of the forestry equipment and high level reputation as a customer driven company with strong engineering capabilities,” comments Bjoerne Drechsler, First Deputy Managing Director, EkoNivaTechnika-Holding.

Ekoniva strives to establish a long-term, honest and mutually beneficial cooperation with its customers, stating, “Every customer is unique for us. Each order is completed with consideration of the customer’s requirements and specific possibilities.”

Tigercat looks forward to expanding its customer base in Russia and along with EkoNiva, will deliver a high-class customer.

 

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Tigercat appoints Damien Donoher as Product Support Rep In Pacific Northwest

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Tigercat has announced that Damien Donoher has been appointed to the position of product support representative for the Pacific northwest.

Based in Snohomish, Washington, Donoher is joining Tigercat from the agricultural equipment industry. He holds a degree in agricultural engineering and has previously worked as a product support representative and field service engineer for agricultural equipment manufacturers based in Canada and Europe.

Donoher has strong technical knowledge related to diesel engines, hydraulic and electronic systems for mobile equipment and electronic control systems.

“I am very excited to learn and get started in the forestry equipment industry and to interact with our dealers and customers, especially with such an innovative and progressive engineering driven manufacturer like Tigercat,” “I am very excited to learn and get started in the forestry equipment industry and to interact with our dealers and customers, especially with such an innovative and progressive engineering driven manufacturer like Tigercat,” Damien comments.

With his extensive experience working with dealer networks and equipment manufacturers, he will be primarily involved with product and dealer network support as well as assisting Tigercat engineering with technical issues and product improvement initiatives.

Photo – Damien Donoher, Tigercat product support representative for the Pacific northwest.