International Forest Industries is preparing its annual technology review for the Cut-to-Length harvesting sector and is requesting contributions from the industry’s leading suppliers.We’re asking for up to 500 words on your latest application or technology news regarding harvester and forwarder development along with at least one high resolution image (1mb).

MOLINE, Illinois - The new John Deere 900 KH-Series Tracked Harvesters offer extra power and productivity to take on the toughest trees, with dual power options at 300 hp or the industry-first 330 hp.
The 900s feature a larger displacement Tier 3 PowerTech PlusTM 9.0L engine that delivers the power needed to move, swing and harvest faster […]

MPM Engineering has installed a new State of the Art Scanning System at Kapstone Kraft Paper Corporation’s sawmill in South Carolina, USA for Log Breakdown.  The sawmill already has a Bucking system from MPM that utilizes the high density 3D scanning data to grade the stem and cut logs out of it depending upon their […]

New NZ forest products industry map just released

Every two years, New Zealand’s most authoritative map of the forest products industry is produced by the Forest Industry Engineering Association. Previous editions appear on most walls of companies involved in or associated with forestry in New Zealand.

Waratah has expanded its product line to include an advanced delimbing/debarking solution for the New Zealand, Australia and other Asia-Pacific markets. The highlight of the HTH618C is its double-bottom delimb knives that provide increased stem coverage, resulting in improved delimbing and debarking quality. Many of the benefits found on the HTH618C, including the heavy-duty rotator, […]

PARIS ON, APRIL 15, 2010 - In late 2009, after three years of intensive product development, Tigercat completed the prototype 1135 harvester, shipping it to Sweden where it underwent intensive product testing throughout the winter with a number of harvesting contractors. After a successful round of testing and machine demonstrations, Tigercat AB, based in Hede […]