Caterpillar Forest Products recently announced enhancements to improve durability and performance of the Cat® HF201 and HF221 felling heads for track feller bunchers. Both heads are available in partial or full tilt configurations.

A crane tilt function is now available for the Valmet 860.4. This function facilitates forwarding in steep terrain.

Komatsu Forest has launched a remote support service for the control systems used in all Valmet forest machines.

“Development moves fast, especially on the IT side of things, and customer needs are constantly changing,” says Per Annemalm, product manager for Valmet forwarders at Komatsu Forest.

The AU$2 billion Penola Pulp Mill project in South Australia, shelved during the global recession, has been revitalized since The Commonwealth Bank recently came on board to help raise capital costs for the 750,000 tonnes/year mill, The Advertiser reported on 5 July.

China’s potential fibre-supply gap (the difference between total demand and total domestic supply) is projected to reach approximately 150 million m3 (roundwood equivalent) by 2015 - or a volume that is more than the entire Canadian timber harvest in 2009 - a strong indication that China’s wood imports must continue to rise in the short- […]