AFM-Forest Ltd and Wood Power Company vGmbH have signed a dealership agreement in Italy
Under the terms of the agreement, Wood Power will sell AFM-Forest products, parts and services in Italy for the products manufactured by AFM-Forest. A large wind storm hit the northern part of Italy last year. An estimated 15 million m3 of trees were destroyed by the storm. AFM-Forest and Wood Power will help in the windfall clearing operations by offering AFM products and services needed in this area. Source
Caterpillar introduces Cat® Productivity for the performance overview of equipment on the jobsite
Cat Productivity provides detailed production data, allowing companies to increase profit by remotely monitoring jobsite productivity. The Cat Productivity application visualizes site-level data from the onboard systems across a fleet of machines and assets, transmitted by a Cat Product Link™ telematics device. Accessible via web browsers on desktop and mobile devices, users can analyse and compare Cat Productivity’s consolidated and actionable site-level data and easily spot opportunities to lower cost and improve efficiency. This is all done ‘on the go,’ without the need to visit a physical job site. Source
Logset Oy appoints a new CEO
Tommi Ekman, 44, has been appointed Logset Oy´s CEO and will start in his new position in late 2019. Ekman comes to Logset from John Deere Forestry Oy, where he has worked as General Manager, Marketing & Order Fulfillment. Ekman has 19 years of experience from different demanding tasks within the global forest machine industry and he has worked several years for John Deere and Waratah Forestry Attachment. Source