International magazine - Komatsu Forest

We’ve
broadened
our focus
The time for the forestry industry’s
most important conference
is drawing near and
Komatsu Forest will of course
be in attendance. Elmia Wood is the
world’s largest forestry fair with some
50,000 visitors from all corners of the
world and provides an important global
show window. After a little more than
a year with Komatsu as owner, it will be
exciting to present Komatsu Forest to
the international forestry industry as the
complete supplier that we are.
We’ve made our future objectives clear.
We continually work to develop the company
and strive to become even better.
We achieve this through various
efforts, such as placing a greater focus
on quality, where our long-standing Japanese
tradition of systematic quality
assurance will be of great benefit. We’ve
already taken a broader grip on quality
assurance with our Total Quality Management
System. Quality is something
that now permeates our entire operation
– from development, through production,
to service and spare parts supply.
We’ve learned that the forestry industry
has strict requirements and that the conditions
under which different customers
operate can vary considerably. But one
thing is clear. Our customers will always
INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE
Publisher: Roland Lundqvist
roland.lunqvist@komatsuforest.com
Editor: Anders Pauser
anders.p@nordreportern.se
Address: Just Forest, Komatsu Forest AB,
Box 7124, SE-907 04 Umeå, Sweden
Contact: Telephone +46 90 70 93 00,
fax +46 90 19 16 52
be able to rely on Valmet machines.
We also strive to be a full-line supplier
with global coverage. We are already
a broad supplier as we can offer both
Valmet’s forestry machines and Komatsu’s
tracked construction machines to
the forestry industry the world over. We
would, however, like to offer our customers
even more. This is why we will
broaden our product offering in order to
become a full-line supplier.
Those of you who are able to visit us
at Elmia Wood will see that we are well
on the way. r
Timbco
Hideki Yamada
Chief Executive
Officer,
Komatsu Forest AB
Internet: www.komatsuforest.com
Production: AB Nordreportern
Writers: Gunnar Andersson, Anders Pauser,
Roger C Åström
Photographers: Gunnar Andersson, Anders Pauser,
Nate Burton, Roger C Åström, Marcus Gustafsson
Layout and design: Fredrik Lundell
Printing: Tryckeri City, Umeå, Sweden
Contents
LoadFlex3 increases choice 4
Tougher and more durable 6
A year with Komatsu Forest 8
Long-term quality assurance 10
Clear strategy for success
Germany’s largest pulp mill
12
invests in Valmet 14
Coordination
in Central Europe 16
Bear hunting on
a backwoods river 20
ProSelect
– everything you need 24
Tailor-made
e-commerce system 25
New center strengthens
product training 26
New skidder 28
Thin rapidly and profitably 29
Tailor-made for steep terrain 30
Lower pressure
reduces barking 36
Paper: Gotic Silk 130 gram
Circulation: 33,000
Languages: Swedish, Finnish, English, German,
French, and Portuguese
Contents may be quoted if source is stated
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