News Articles - October 2011 - Issue 2

North America news - Cat CT660 vocational trucks ready to work.

Bell Equipment to offer operator simulator training.

South American news – Deere and Hitachi to add construction equipment factories in Brazil.

South American news – MAN Latin America announces record investments.

Timber harvesting guidelines are often developed and implemented to protect environmental values and maintain site productivity. This research investigated the affects of these harvesting guidelines on the productivity of felling and skidding machines.

Different guidelines specify the quantity and type of biomass that should be left on site. This research examined the adherence of harvesting operations to five USA state guidelines.

The Komatsu 398 is a versatile head designed to operate in thinning and clearfelling.

The new Cat 563C and 573C wheeled feller bunchers are joined by the new SH-56B felling head.

CBI has produced a compact, yet extreme-duty drum chipper for the biomass market.

16-19 November 2011 - EXPOCORMA - Concepcion, Chile.

17-18 November 2011 - FICA BIG DAY OUT 2011 (practical field day) - Masterton, New Zealand

22-24 March 2012 - WoodEX for Africa - Johannesburg, South Africa.

29-31 March 2012 - AusTimber (and conference) - Mount Gambier, South Australia.

29-31 May 2012 - 5th World Bioenergy 2012 (exhibition and conference) - Jonkoping, Sweden.   NEW!

29 May-2 June 2012 - CONEXPO - Moscow, Russia.

6-8 June 2012 - Forexpo 2012 - Mimizan, France.

13-16 June 2012 - KWF Expo 2012 - Bopfingen, Germany.

27-29 July 2012 - Lumberjack World Championships - Wisconsin, USA.    NEW!

30 August-1 September 2012 - FinnMetko 2012 - Jämsänkoski, Finland.

20-22 September 2012 - Demo International - Saint-Raymond, Quebec.

5-8 June 2013 - ElmiaWood - Jonkoping, Sweden.

USA news – New dealer for Morbark in Texas.

Hiab, Kalmar and MacGregor products to share Cargotec’s elephant logo.

FPInnovations provides an online questionnaire designed as a continuous improvement tool.