Export of wood chips from Australia is on the rebound, reports the Wood Resource Quarterly. After last year’s ten-year low, shipments so far in 2010 are up 38 percent for pine chips and 12 percent for Eucalyptus chips.

NZ forestry production and trade data for the March 2010 quarter is now available on the web. Details can be found at address below*. Key points - compared with the same quarter of the previous year (March 2009) are;

LMI Technologies Inc. (LMI) has announced a 5 year warranty on all of its chroma+scanTM products. This includes the 2000, 2400, 3000 and 4000 family of products (sold based on  standard list price)

Eucalyptus pulp log prices in Brazil have been very stable in the local currency and they have hardly changed at all since 2006, as reported in the Wood Resource Quarterly.

John Deere Construction & Forestry  has launched a woody biomass website (www.woodybiomass.com) designed to educate and inform about the importance of harvesting woody biomass.

With the recent redesign of the popular Bandit Model 3090 Track Chipper, land clearing contractors and loggers now have unrivaled power and productivity without sacrificing operator comfort.

Key upgrades to this 30″ capacity chipper include a roomy, spacious operator’s cab  provided with a rear entry door, an emergency escape door on the left and a pop-out […]