John Deere Construction & Forestry’s new Knuckleboom Loaders are bulked up over their predecessors for improved durability and performance.

Productivity-increasing features include the fuel-efficient John Deere 6068 Tier 2 PowerTechTM engine with a high-pressure common rail electronic fuel injection system for improved cycle times and new Pressure Compensated Load Sensing (PCLS) hydraulic pumps with a dedicated […]

Friday offcuts  ran a couple of stories recently on the release of a new map for New Zealand’s forest products industry. The 2010 full colour maps,

April 2010 was a month where record volumes of pinus radiata logs were shipped out of New Zealand. The vast majority were headed for Asia where other suppliers such as the USA and Canada, are also ramping up supply. The ability of Asia and in particular China, to absorb the increased supply, is being tested.

The Administration of Komi Republic and DOK Kalevala has recently signed a Protocol on cooperation in construction of a woodworking mill in Petrozavodsk. DOK kalevala is to become the first company in Russia that will produce different kinds of OSB. reports ‘Runa’.

 Metso will supply a roll wrapping machine and conveyors to the joint-stock company JSC Solikamskbumprom for the company’s mill in Solikamsk, Russia. The wrapping machine is scheduled to start up next spring. It will serve two of the mill’s four paper machines, PM1 and PM2. The value of the order will not be disclosed.