In Logging-on’s first issue of October, Tigercat makes an interesting strategic acquisition of a material processing manufacturer. ROI will now be in the Tigercat stable with their range of innovative equipment. John Deere continues to make improvements and updates to their forestry swing machines. Back to Tigercat, who have now released their 1165 mid-sized wheeled harvester, the brother of the big 1185 wheeled harvester released fairly recently. Rayco have a produced a new forestry mulcher and have made updates to their crawler truck. Finally, we look at the strategic focus of Kesla in the chipper manufacturing business.