Tigercat increases product support capacity in Brazil
Marcos Dos Santos has joined the Tigercat product support team in the position of Brazilian factory support representative, based in Arapoti, Parana State, Brazil. Marcos will be providing after sales technical support to Tigercat’s growing customer base in Brazil. He has more than twenty years’ experience working within the forestry industry in the technical support area. He began his career with Stora Enso as a junior mechanic and further developed his skills at the dealer level with Latin Equipment do Brazil and CBI do Brazil. Source
Ponsse received a President award for internationalisation
Sauli Niinistö, the President of the Republic of Finland, gave Ponsse Plc a special recognition from the annual Internationalisation Award. The Internationalisation Award is a recognition granted to Finnish companies that have gained international success and to the communities behind them. The special recognition was based on Ponsse's long-term profitable and sustainable international growth and modernisation. Source
Kai Wärn, President and CEO of the Husqvarna Group, was awarded leader of the year at a ceremony in Sweden
He has improved profitability, sharpened the Group’s strategy and reorganized the Husqvarna Group into a more customer focused and brand-oriented company. The leader of the year is the most prestige award of its kind in Sweden and it is awarded by Affärsvärlden in cooperation with Korn Ferry, Mannheimer Swartling and PA Consulting Group. The award goes to a person who has demonstrated an outstanding leadership in business or management. The award was founded in 1984 and this year it was awarded for the 34th time. Source
Bandit Industries will spend all of 2018 celebrating its 35th anniversary
Bandit Industries started out as Foremost Fabrications in a small one-room shop by Mike Morey Sr. and Diane Morey. The first chipper was a Model 100 Brush Bandit. Today, more than 60,000 Bandit machines are in use all around the world, and more than 200 dealer locations serve our customers in six continents. Source
Italian crane manufacturer Fassi acquires 100% ownership of Cranab
Fassi acquired part-ownership of Cranab in 2013 and has since then increased its ownership in the company step by step and, with the acquisition of Hans Eliasson´s shares, has now become the full owner of the Cranab Group, which consists of the companies Cranab, Vimek and Bracke Forest. Their ambition is to develop Cranab to become a crane supplier with a wider product range, in which truck-mounted timber and recycling cranes become new products. Source