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QUALITY LEAVES A LASTING IMPRESSION We know the forest. We also know the challenges facing modern-day wood harvesting. We know that quality machinery demands tyres that live up to the task. We have developed and manufactured forestry tyres for several decades. We strongly believe that investing in quality is the sensible choice. Nordic Tyres (UK) Ltd Unit 2 Sydney Place Lockerbie, Dumfries & Galloway DG 11 2JA tel +44 (0)1576 203 020 fax +44 (0)1576 203 029 Nokian Tyres Inc. 339 Mason Rd. La Vergne TN 37086 Nashville USA Tel. 1 615 287 0600 Fax 1 615 287 0610 www.nokiantires.com Nokian Forest King F Nokian Forest Rider Nokian Forest King TRS L-2 Tyres 4 U 165 -171 Milton St. PO BOX 233 N.S.W. 2131 Ashfield Tel: 61 (02) 9799 9133 Fax: 61 (02) 9799 3211 Nokian Heavy Tyres Ltd P.O.Box 20, FI-37101 Nokia Tel. +358 10 401 7000, fax +358 10 401 7318 www.tyres4u.com.au www.nokiantyres.com/heavytyres
A Great Year The year 2007 has been positive in many ways, for me as the new CEO of Komatsu Forest and for the company.We’re experiencing an economic boom in all markets except North America.The challenge for us, as well as for our colleagues in the industry, has not been to sell enough machines, but rather to meet the enormous demand.We’ve used every means available to meet customers’ needs for new machines and we’re well on the way to increasing production capacity. Greater production capacity is a prerequisite for long-term growth, as all analyses indicate that demand for raw materials in the forest industry will remain high.From our position as one of the leading forest machine manufacturers, we can look forward to at least another four or five good years.Other industries reliant on raw materials will enjoy an economic boom until 2015, although there may be small downturns. Consequently, Komatsu Forest will continue its intensive product development efforts.In terms of volume, Europe and North America are currently important markets for our business, though Russia, South America, Asia and China will make strong headway over the coming years. Our ambition is to meet the needs of each market. Throughout 2008, we’ll implement a number of targeted initiatives.These will INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE Publisher: Roland Lundqvist roland.lundqvist@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 12 04 60 include the continuation of our quality assurance work, further improvements to product support services, and as already mentioned, increased production capacity. We’ll also continue our environmental program to produce fuel-efficient machines with reduced environmental impact.The environment is one of Komatsu Forest’s core values, and we hope that by refining harvesting methods we can contribute to more environmentally aware logging. With the resources we’re now investing, I’m convinced that 2008 has the right criteria to be as successful as 2007 – if not more so. r Toshio Miyake Chief Executive Officer, Komatsu Forest Internet: www.komatsuforest.com Production: AB Nordreportern Writers: Gunnar Andersson, Anders Pauser, Erik Säfvenberg Photographers: Anders Pauser , Erik Säfvenberg, Gunnar Andersson Layout and original: Fredrik Lundell CONTENTS Even better 350.1 4 France – Europe’s third largest timber producer 6 New proactive organization 7 Control at every stage The Dubuis Family 8 chooses Valmet 445FXL features new 10 undercarriage 12 Market news 14 Five forestry trends 18 Increased logging in the future 20 New MaxiL ProSelect – new saw bars and saw 21 chains to choose from 25 Thinning a hot topic 26 Customers are the key 29 Optimized transport saves money and the environment 30 Forest machines need broadband 31 Popular website 32 Printed by: Ågrens Tryckeri, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden Paper: Gotic Silk 130 gram Circulation: 47,000 Languages: Swedish, Finnish, English, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, and Russian The content may be quoted if the source is cited. komatsuforest.com JUST FOREST NO 4 • 2007 3
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