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Smart digital services for safety, productivity and sustainability

01 July 2024
Komatsu’s Smart Forestry gives you access to a collection of digital services that help make the workplace safe, smart, productive and sustainable, whether you have one or a hundred forest machines. You can keep track of your machines, collaborate with colleagues, and make wise decisi
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Tigercat’s new 6040 carbonizer

01 July 2024
Tigercat Industries has released the 6040 carbonizer. This long-awaited product replaces the 6050 carbonator that Tigercat marketed for a brief time after acquiring the product through the purchase of ROI in 2019. The mobile onsite wood conversion system is once again available in the
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FAO training boosts forest data collection in Southeast Asia

01 July 2024
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has shared the latest tools and techniques to support data collection from satellite imagery for monitoring forests with experts across Southeast Asia, including for the subregion’s mangroves. Source: Timberbiz Particip
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Scion projects collaborating with US and UK researchers

01 July 2024
Two Scion research projects have been awarded Catalyst: Seeding funding for projects in collaboration with United States and United Kingdom research organisations. Source: Timberbiz Principal scientists Dr Michael Watt and Dr Brian Richardson were behind the successful projects which
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Castra Falls goes from Sustainable Timber Tas to the Central Cost Council

01 July 2024
Through a collaboration between the Central Coast Council and Sustainable Timber Tasmania, the future of Castra Falls has been confirmed for the benefit of the local community. Source: Timberbiz The Central Coast Council has signed a lease agreement with Sustainable Timber Tasmania, a
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Auto Quick Coupler demo at Loggabull

01 July 2024
A field demonstration of the Auto Hydraulic Quick Coupler was held recently at Loggabull’s harvesting operation in Kinleith Forest on New Zealand’s north island, showing how one machine and operator can carry out multiple tasks. Source: Timberbiz This project and field demonstration o
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HQP’s community event to showcase forestry on the Fraser Coast

01 July 2024
On Saturday 20 July HQP will hold its Fraser Coast Plantation Community Day to show what it takes to grow a sustainable forest. Source: Timberbiz HQP’s pine plantations on the Fraser Coast are among the biggest in the southern hemisphere and grow up to 10 million seedling a year. Loca
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Virtual invitations into the forest

01 July 2024
FWPA is excited to provide opportunities to enhance engagement on the sustainable nature of forestry at industry events by using virtual reality (VR) to transport attendees into the heart of the forest. Source: Timberbiz Six new VR headsets have been made available for use by stakehol
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Forico’s new gen logstackers commissioned in Tasmania

01 July 2024
Forico has purchased two New Generation Wagner L90 Logstackers for its mills in northern Tasmania, the first of the new generation machines to be commissioned in Australia. Source: Timberbiz The two new ‘Wagners’ arrived at Long Reach Mill in the East Tamar and Surrey Hills Mill in Ha
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Rob de Fégely retires

01 July 2024
Rob de Fégely, co-founder and director of Margules Groome, retired on 30 June 2024. Source: Timberbiz Mr de Fégely’s career in consulting began in the 1980s when he joined Ray Margules, a pioneer in forestry consulting in Australia. Over the past four decades he undertook a countless
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