More horsepower plus new hydraulic and operating systems. Those are some of the innovations on John Deere’s new bundler, the 1190E, which was shown for the first time at World Bioenergy in Jönköping, Sweden.

“Machines for handling biomass are an important part of our product mix,” explained Per Väppling, marketing manager for John Deere in Sweden […]

“The basis is a Morbark 3800, which we’ve equipped with a rotary base, tracks, cab and grapple boom. The result is a chipper that can easily navigate forest roads. Because it’s completely mobile, one operator can manage the entire process from the raw material to the finished chips in containers.”

The speaker was Mats Johansson, who is […]

To assist with the recent influx of chipper sales and wood waste recycling business in the logging sector, Bandit Industries signed on a new dealer in the southern U.S. Leslie Equipment Company, with ten locations throughout West Virginia, Southern Ohio, and Eastern Kentucky, features large rental fleets and vast inventories for immediate purchase.

In the first quarter of 2010, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI) reached US$76.77/m3, the highest level in over a year, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly.

US$1 billion for Indonesian logging moratorium
Indonesia’s President, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has announced a two-year moratorium on new logging concessions, part of a deal with Norway in which Indonesia will receive up to $US1 billion if it adheres to a letter of intent signed by the two countries reports Friday Offcuts.

Mr Pasi Nieminen has been appointed as Managing Director of Oy Logset Ab from June 1st 2010