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Chips Pile Up As Pulp Prices Decline
A glut of chips on the BC coast is forcing some tough choices on
sawmills =97 curtail production or stock unwanted inventory.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/chips.html

Whether you live in Alberta, Canada; Rotorua, New Zealand; Pretoria,
South Africa; or Helsinki, Finland;  Logging and Sawmilling Journal
articles contain a wealth of information that is useful to individuals
in the forestry issues around the world.  Here's a sampling of the
latest and greatest LSJ articles on ForestNet at
http://www.forestnet.com.


An Operator's Dream
Older West Coast grapple yarders are among the toughest machines in the
bush to operate.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/dream.html

MacMillan Bloedel looks beyond BC
A new MDF plant at Pembroke, Ontario - am MB joint venture - continues
the company's strategy of diversifying outside of BC and into new
product lines.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/mbmdf.html

Optimizing At Roadside
New automated delimber measuring systems like Denharco's ControlPlus II
take optimizing in the bush a step farther. The system can be
retrofitted to older machines.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/optimize.html

Tech Update:  Harvester and Felling Heads
The Inchworm, Hahn Manufacturing, Forest Technology, Pierce Pacific,
Koehring Waterous, Denharco, Ultimate, Quadco, AFM Harvesters, Ponsse,
Keto, Farr Installations, Hytec, Sisu Valmet, Gilbert, Pika, Hultdins,
Fabtek, Riskley, Balderson, Loewen, Lako.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/techjune.html

A Backroad SURPRISE =

Well off the beaten track in BC's rustic Kootenay Valley, a
sophisticated sawmill and reman plant =97 Meadow Creek Cedar =97 produces=

more than 75 different products to Japanese specifications.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/cedar.html

New Forwarder Awaited
Timbco, building on the success of its T400 series feller bunchers,
builds its first forwarder, the eight-wheel TF 815. Following field
testing, the unit will go into production this fall.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/forward.html

Silvicultural Sector Seeks A Voice
Employing 18,000 seasonal workers, BC's silviculture contractors have
little lobbying clout and almost no representation in the planning
process.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/silvi.html

Forest Expo
A record 406 exhibitors and 21,500 attendees visit the biannual Forest
Expo in May in Prince George, British Columbia.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/expo.html

Supplier Newsline
Baker portable band sawmill, Morbark, Thin Kerf Technologies,
Cutler-Hammer Opcon, Microridge Systems, Western Woodlot Equipment,
Selcom Laser Sensors, Industrial Woodworking Machine.
http://www.forestnet.com/log&saw/june/supply.html

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