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Forestnet Magazine, previously Logging & Sawmilling Journal, stands as the pinnacle publication in Canada’s forest industry, distributed six times annually from coast to coast, spanning British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador. With a distribution network reaching logging contractors and every mill and manufacturing operation nationwide, it serves as a vital link in the industry’s information ecosystem.
Operating from the heart of the Canadian forest industry in British Columbia, Forestnet Magazine covers a wide spectrum, from the intricacies of woodlands to the advancements in timber processing. Its content caters to all stakeholders, from small-scale logging contractors to top-tier executives spearheading the development of state-of-the-art mills and biomass facilities.
Moreover, the magazine plays an active role in promoting forest industry trade shows, including prestigious events like the BC Truck Loggers and the Interior Logging Association, Atlantic Heavy Equipment Show, Montreal Wood Convention and the BC Council of Forest Industries and many more.
Notably, Forestnet Magazine boasts unparalleled market coverage, cementing its status as the foremost forest industry magazine in Canada. Its extensive reach eclipses that of any other media, ensuring it maintains the highest readership among forest-related publications in the country. Source
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| Language | English |
| Country | Canada |
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Georgia-Pacific has completed upgrades to its Pineland Lumber sawmill, a project that saw the new sawmill line under construction even as the existing sawmill line continued to operate. By Tony Kryzanowski Anew chapter has started at the much-storied Georgia-Pacific (GP) Pineland Lumber sawmill, located in east Texas near the town of Jasper, population 899, that includes installation of a new, state-of-the-art sawmill line.
Logging & Sawmilling Journal
by Matthew Nemeth, E+E Elektronik The U.S. kiln-dries about 29 billion board feet of lumber annually. The product’s utility is wide ranging, from framing and finishing construction to furniture and other consumer goods. From forest to table, finished wood products can be found in nearly every home or business across the globe. But make no mistake, while wood is a commodity, getting it into a usable state is a meticulous and precise, multistep process.
TECH UPDATE - Directional Fellers and Harvesting Heads
Log Max The Log Max 7000XT DISC is Quadco’s newest Log Max harvester/processor head. A disc takes the place of the bar and chain as the main saw. It is the same swing-out saw as found on Quadco’s Intermittent heads. Quadco says that this easy to maintain saw is going to be the preferred choice for those not willing to cope with bent saw bars and the labour-intensive and costly task of grinding chains.
Logging & Sawmilling Journal
B.C.’s AAA Logging was used to working with used iron, but it recently changed gears on that strategy, and purchased a new John Deere 2154G tracked processor with a Waratah HTH 622 B head—and hasn’t looked back. By Jim Stirling Boadie Forsyth reckoned the low-bed driver had pulled into the log yard to ask for directions. But the driver wasn’t lost. He knew exactly where he was. He had delivered the shiny new processor he’d been hauling to its new home.
B.C. LOGGER ADDS TimberPro/Log Max combo
B.C. logging contractor Kurtus Randle likes to keep his employees happy and busy—and has them working on solid, reliable iron including the newest piece: a TimberPro TL775D harvester equipped with a Log Max 12000XT head. By Paul MacDonald Kurtus Randle, the owner of logging outfit KR Logging Ltd., says he has been fortunate with the half-dozen employees he works with harvesting timber around the Powell River, B.C. region, about 180 kilometres and two ferry rides northwest of Vancouver.
Logging & Sawmilling Journal
Operational options, issues and economic values of first generation managed natural forests in Canada BY TONY KRYZANOWSKI The transition from natural forests to natural managed forests or ‘plantations’ is well advanced in Canada.
Logging & Sawmilling Journal
By Tony Kryzanowski The Origin Materials chemical plant in the city of Sarnia, in southwestern Ontario, began commercial production this past summer, and converts wood residues into the building blocks used to produce plastic materials for containers like pop bottles, clothing, textiles, car parts, tires, carpeting, toys and fuels.
THE “GO-TO” PLACE for chainsaws…
The Walker Family on Vancouver Island has a rich heritage of meeting loggers’ exacting needs for chain saws, and Walker’s Saw Shop continues to be the “go-to” place for professional fallers—such as Buckin’ Billy Ray Smith—on the island. By Jim Stirling The outline of the hills against the sky hasn’t changed. But most other familiar shapes have vanished. Little surprise, really. It was 1949 when Bob Walker first laid eyes on his new home with its wooden sidewalks, buildings and bustle.
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By Tony Kryzanowski Preparations well underway for DEMO International 2024 Anticipation is rising with less than a year remaining until DEMO International takes over the Ottawa/Gatineau area, September 19 to 21, 2024. A world class event for the forestry industry, this signature show is organized under the ownership of Canadian Woodlands Forum on a unique forest property in Venosta, Quebec.
GROWTH in mass timber market spurs expansion
Anticipating growth in the mass timber market, Alberta’s Northland Group has plans for a major expansion of its recent glulam acquisition, Western Archrib. By Tony Kryzanowski Western Archrib, a sister company to Fort McMurray, Alberta-based Northland Forest Products, is embarking upon an $82 million phased expansion of its glued-laminated structural wood systems manufacturing operations.