Tigercat H250B hits roadside market

Tigercat has developed a dedicated processor carrier designed for roadside processing applications as well as light duty in-woods harvesting, which is being marketed worldwide with units sold and operating in such diverse areas as the US, Uruguay, South Africa and Australia.

Japan’s biomass plan

 Japan will start a five-year plan this year to harness a new form of energy using biomass to produce auto fuels and other industrial products currently made from imported petrol, according to a Reuters report on the Environmental News Network.

Malinen, new Pöyry chief

Harvard graduate and former UPM-Kymmene Strategy Executive Vice President, Heikki Malinen, has been appointed as Pöyry President and CEO. Malinen will take up the position on June 1, 2008. He replaces Erkki Pehu-Lehtonen.
In the past ten years Pöyry has become a major player in the consulting and engineering sector under Pehu-Lehtonen’s leadership. The company has […]

CSIRO research demonstrates need for better management

 Research in Australia showing that Murray River flows are strongly impacted by bushfires has vindicated calls for conservation forests to be actively managed to reduce the frequency and severity of major bushfires.
Research by scientists at the CSIRO Forest Biosciences has found that the 2003 bushfires could reduce flows into the Murray River by more than […]

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