Heléne Mellquist appointed President of Volvo Penta
Heléne Mellquist has been appointed President of Volvo Penta and member of the Volvo Group Management Team. Heléne Mellquist is currently President for the European Division of Volvo Trucks. She…
Quinte West: 140-year forestry legacy ends
TORONTO — Workers at the Sonoco paper mill in Quinte West are spending their last day on the job today after the company decided earlier this year to shutter the mill…
Closure of Mackenzie mill threatens entire community
VANCOUVER— Unifor is warning of dire consequences for Mackenzie, B.C., as the Paper Excellence mill in the forestry town goes into indefinite curtailment. “The federal and provincial governments have failed…
Clearing technology from WESTTECH
Clearing technology from WESTTECH: the stump removal shear Woodcracker® R and the clearing rake Woodcracker® G work efficiently – solely or in combination The stump removal shear Woodcracker® R was…
Estonian Ferrel AS acquires Finnish Farmi Forest.
Ferrel AS, a producer trailers and other attachments to tractors founded 1997, has acquired a pioneer in agricultural and forestry machinery manufacturing Farmi Forest Corporation from Normet Group. The combination…
Scots tree planting “punching well above its weight” says Ewing
New figures published today show that despite the COVID-19 challenges, Scotland delivered over 80 per cent of all new tree planting in the UK. In total, 10,860 hectares of new…
Ford, Volkswagen Sign Agreements for Joint Projects
Ford, Volkswagen Sign Agreements for Joint Projects On Commercial Vehicles, EVs, Autonomous Driving Will collaborate on commercial vehicles – city van created and built by Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and later…
Sandy Brownlie
Alexander J Brownlie CBE of BSW Timber Ltd (known as Sandy), passed away peacefully at home with his family on June 5 aged 84. Born on August 24, 1935 into…
Actis welcomes housing minister’s ambition
Actis welcomes housing minister's ambition to embrace MMC after COVID-19 crisis MMC will help the country achieve its target of building 300,000 new homes a year by 2050 An ambition…
Water repellent WISA-SpruceWR
Water repellent WISA-SpruceWR facilitates construction in varying humidity conditions (UPM, Helsinki, 9 June 2020 at 11:00 EET) – UPM Plywood introduces a new water repellent WISA-SpruceWR plywood that enables efficient…