For those who always wanted to work in the forest, here is the ultimate toy - the virtual harvester. Would-be lumberjacks can see this serious video game on display at the PF Olsen Forest Industries Expo from 2 September in Rotorua.
The John Deere simulator fells virtual trees, strips the branches and cuts the stems to […]

Sales at John Deere’s construction and forestry division rose +50% year-on-year for the nine months to 30 June to US$ 3.8 billion, and the company expects this momentum to continue for the full year. John Deere said it expected its worldwide sales of construction and forestry equipment to increase +45% for full-year 2011.

“The increase reflects […]

In January 2012, HewSaw will deliver a HewSaw SL250 TRIO sawing line to Bombala in New South Wales on the southeast coast of Australia. The agreement was signed on 29th April 2011. The construction work will begin in August 2011, and the project is scheduled to finish in December 2012.
The delivery includes a log sorting […]

Clément Puybaret (30), Forest Engineer, has been appointed Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S., a subsidiary of Ponsse Plc as of 15 August 2011. The current Managing Director of Ponsse S.A.S. and Southern Europe Regional Director, Tapio Ingervo, is leaving the company to pursue his career with another employer but will continue as the member of the […]

Red Stag Timber in Rotorua commissioned this week New Zealand’s first operational Continuous Counter Flow Kiln. The kiln capacity is 100,000m3 of dried timber per annum. Rather than the more traditional kiln designs and operation, the Mahild double tracked 60 metre kiln uses two tracks within the kiln. The heat from the hot dry exiting […]

According to the latest import statistics from China Customs, Canadian lumber shipments to China (almost all from B.C.) increased by a whopping 97% in the first six months of 2011 over the same period in 2010. Chinese softwood lumber imports from Canada totaled 3.14 million m3 for the first six months of 2011 as compared […]