Deere Reports Improved Net Income in the Fourth Quarter

Deere expects to benefit from improving conditions in the farm economy and stabilization in construction and forestry markets. Higher crop prices and improved fundamentals are leading to renewed optimism in the agricultural sector and improving demand for farm equipment. At the same time, Deere expects to realise the benefits of their smart industrial operating strategy, which is designed to accelerate the delivery of solutions that will drive improved profitability and sustainability in their customers' operations. Source

Miika Soininen appointed to Ponsse Plc’s Management Team

Miika Soininen (38), student of technology, has been appointed Director of IT and Digital Services in Ponsse Plc’s Management Team. He will start in his new position on 1 December 2020. Soininen will report to Ponsse Plc’s President and CEO Juho Nummela, and his location will be in Vieremä. Soininen started working at Ponsse in February 2018 as an IT Manager, and he has also been responsible for the company’s digital services starting from the beginning of September 2020. Before transferring to Ponsse Plc, Soininen was the Managing Director of Qentinel Finland Oy. Source

Productivity in small tree thinning operations

The preliminary results from case studies in the SMALLWOOD project have been released and will be presented during a virtual conference on 7 December 2020. The conference aims to present preliminary results of the SMALLWOOD project, present field studies done in Sweden, Finland, Slovenia and Spain, present an innovative boom tip mounted felling head in different types of thinning and two working methods, present preliminary results of productivity studies done in small diameter stands, and present preliminary results about damages in the remaining stand. Source