MaskinLeverantörerna’s Forestry Section and Skogsnolia strengthen collaboration

Skogsnolia - one of Sweden’s most important industry trade fairs - is strengthening its collaboration with the trade association, MaskinLeverantörerna Forestry Section, for the supply of mobile machines.

Supporting a new approach to tropical forestry

Australia’s CSIRO is providing technical expertise in support of what US science magazine, Discover, has described as one of ‘the six most important experiments in the world’ - the Planted Forests Project on the island of Borneo. “This Malaysian project is visionary,” says the leader of the CSIRO team, David Boden. “Around the world we’ve […]

Komatsu Forest invests heavily in 2008

This year is an important one for Komatsu Forest. “Having spent time mustering our strength, we’re now ready to launch our new harvesters, forwarders, control systems, harvesting heads, and fellers on a broad front,” the company reports. “This is actually the most extensive update to our product range for very many years. I’m very proud that […]

Timber use growing in South Korea

South Korea is becoming a significant user of wood and recent changes in government economic development plans indicate that the country could see significant growth in the construction of wood-frame single- and multi-family houses over the next 15 years. In contrast to Japan (a country with a long tradition of building wooden homes) and China, Korea […]

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