Tigercat has recently shipped its prototype 480 track mulcher, the latest offering in the company’s growing line of vegetation management equipment. Other models include the M726E and M760 wheel mulchers and the M822C, based on the 822C track feller buncher. 
The new 480 is a 370 kW (500 hp) class track driven mulcher carrier suitable for […]

Wood fiber costs have diminished in all regions of the US this year as the decline in fiber demand by the pulp industry has been greater than the reduction of residual chips supply from the sawmilling sector. The past six months, pulpwood costs have fallen about 10% in the US South and 20% in the […]

Volvo Construction Equipment will bring to the Elmia Wood Forestry Fair a wide ranging package of products and services for forest industry timber procurement and material handling - from access road building to bio-energy raw material harvesting.
Representing the purpose-built, tracked forestry carrier range will be the Volvo FC2121C equipped with a harvester head. Other […]

Metso will modernize the BM 4 board machine line at Stora Enso Kaukopää mill in Imatra, Finland. The start-up of the rebuilt line is scheduled for November 2009. The parties have agreed not to disclose the order value. The order is included in Paper and Fiber Technology segment’s Q1 orders received, according to an online […]

Many Canadian pulpmills run at operating rates of less than 70% in the 1Q/09. As a result, wood chip prices fell in most provinces with the biggest declines occurring in British Columbia and Alberta. The western provinces had the lowest wood chip prices in North America in the 1Q, according to the North American Wood […]

From 18 to 22 May 200, Hannover, Germany, will again be the international hub for the forestry and wood industries. “Despite the global economic crisis, LIGNA will again bring together all the significant players from this sector. Once again this underlines the outstanding status enjoyed by the event and is a clear sign that exhibitors […]