COFE and FORMEC Fall Meeting in Corvallis Rescheduled for June 2021
The planned COFE annual meeting this fall was to be a collective meeting with FORMEC. With the current uncertainty and required travel planning window for our members and especially those coming from abroad, the meeting has been officially postponed and rescheduled for 6 - 9 June 2021 -- still in Corvallis. The call for abstracts will be October 15, 2020 with a submission deadline of January 15, 2021. Visit https://cofe-formec2020.org for more information.
Record year as Rottne Industri AB celebrates 65-year jubilee
Rottne Industri AB is entering its 65th year as one of the world’s leading forestry machinery manufacturers. Never before in the history of the company have so many forestry machines been delivered as in 2019. Source
Echo Incorporated Announces Launch of Hand Pruner
Echo announced the launch of the HP-42, a hand pruner designed to help increase yields for urban farmers, commercial growers, such as cannabis farmers, and home/professional gardeners. The HP-42 is the lightest and most user-friendly precision-cutting hand pruner in the Echo line-up. Source
Axel Johnson International invest in Elforest
Axel Johnson International’s business group Driveline Solutions strengthens its position in the driveline market via its investment in Elforest AB, effective 31 March 2020. Elforest is a technical consultant, focused on electric and hybrid-electric driveline systems for mobile off-highway segment, serving a number of recognised OEMs in the Nordic market. Source
Usewood produces a new timber cart
The new cart has a load capacity pf 2000 kg (4,400 lb). The hydraulically driven bogies are directly connected to the drive hydraulics of the Usewood machine. The trolley has a 70 cm (28 in) hydraulic telescope at the front of the trolley, which allows the trolley to be loaded with a Usewood Forwarder and Combi loader without removing the trolley. Source