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  • Ponsse Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of Ponsse Plc. Today, the family-owned company, which started from the dream of forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in a small village workshop, operates in harvesting markets in 40 different countries. During these 50 years, the company has become one of the world’s largest manufacturers of forest machines based on the environmentally friendly cut-to-length method.

    “Ponsse has grown and developed, above all, thanks to its customers, stakeholders and personnel. Throughout our company's history, our customers have given us direct feedback to steer our research and development. What is more, the high quality, environmental and efficiency requirements set by forest companies and sawmills have clarified the direction of our R&D activities. We wouldn’t have been able to become one of the world’s leading forest machine manufacturers if it were not for our committed and professional personnel,” says Juha Vidgrén, Chairman of Ponsse’s Board of Directors.
    “The highly demanding harvesting industry calls for determination and close cooperation. To quote our company’s founder Einari Vidgrén:  “No one man could have done this on their own. It’s vital to find the right people.” Ponsse continues to work following this same spirit, even today,” Juha Vidgrén says.
    Environmentally friendly harvesting and customer-driven R&D activities heavily steer Ponsse’s operations. The goal is to develop innovative products and services in line with sustainable development, with everything starting from customer needs.

    Celebrating together round the world
    Ponsse celebrates its 50th anniversary at logging sites, together with its customers. The massive roadshow started in Finland on 23 January, with an anniversary lorry leading the way. From Finland, the Together roadshow will pass through Europe on its way to North and South America, Asia and Australia, covering 30 countries and 110 locations altogether. The roadshow will stop at the FinnMETKO fair in Jämsä, Finland, at the beginning of September. Demonstrations will feature the latest models, the PONSSE Cobra harvester and the PONSSE Bison forwarder, and the flagship of the model series, PONSSE Scorpion. All forest industry professionals and everyone else interested in the field are welcome to watch the demonstrations! 
    At home in the world’s forests
    Continuous investments and development have been Ponsse’s cornerstones ever since the 1970s. This has helped the company to improve its competitiveness. During the past few years, Ponsse has created more than 200 jobs and invested EUR 145 million in its service businesses, R&D and production. All PONSSE forest machines are still manufactured in the company’s birthplace in Northern Savonia, where the four-hectare forest machine factory represents the most modern manufacturing technology in the world.  Last year, the 15,000th PONSSE forest machine was manufactured in Vieremä. 

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    Feb 7, 2020 - 6 years ago

  • Komatsu America’s New HD785-8 Off-Highway Truck With High Horsepower

    Delivers excellent maneuverability and travel performance on grade for mining, quarry, and aggregates

    Komatsu America’s new HD785-8 rigid frame off-highway haul truck, with a Tier 4 Komatsu SAA12V140E-7 engine, has the highest in class net horsepower, 1,140 HP (849 kW) in North America. With a payload capacity of 101.6 U.S. (short) / 92.2 metric tons, it’s built for mining, quarry, and aggregates.

    HD785-8 being loaded

    “The HD785-8 has excellent travel performance on grade, and wet multiple disc brakes on all four wheels provide great downhill brake retarding performance,” said Robert Hussey, product marketing manager, Komatsu America.  “The HD785-8 delivers fast acceleration out of the pit and the new cab keeps operators comfortable during long shifts, resulting in high production per hour.” 

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    Feb 6, 2020 - 6 years ago

  • LiuGong Pushes Into Quarry And Aggregates With New International Team

    LiuGong is committed to providing the comprehensive solutions that customers have become accustomed to from LiuGong, and customer segments are becoming an increased focus for the company. 

    The first step in realizing these goals is a new international team responsible for developing LiuGong’s quarry and aggregate business. Leading the team is John Calder, Director - Quarry and Aggregates.

    Mr. Calder has worked with LiuGong for the last two years in product support and brings extensive industry experience. After university, where he studied Economics and Business, John worked at International Harvester in Australia for 5 years.  John then joined Caterpillar in Geneva, Switzerland where he held a number of senior international positions in marketing, sales and dealer development over a 30-year career.

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    Feb 6, 2020 - 6 years ago

  • Women In Trucking Association Announces Driver Ambassador Program

    The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) announced the launch of its Driver Ambassador program. The purpose of the program is to raise awareness of the non-profit association’s mission, promote the career opportunities women have in trucking, celebrate their accomplishments, remove obstacles female truck drivers face, and increase membership for the organization.

    Kellylynn McLaughlin, a professional over-the-road CMV Driver and Training Engineer for Schneider National, will be the official WIT Driver Ambassador. Debbie Sparks, vice president of WIT, will manage the program.

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    Feb 6, 2020 - 6 years ago

  • 6 Evolving Technologies In The Construction Industry

    Attend the education session “Pathway to Resilience: Concrete Solutions to Sustainable Communities” on Tuesday, March 10, 2020 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. at CONEXPO-CON/AGG.

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    Every year, natural disasters threaten infrastructure and human life. The greatest damage (measured in repair dollars) is caused by storms. It is not only the high winds of thunderstorms, but rain and hail that cause the damage.

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    Feb 5, 2020 - 6 years ago

  • Uptime Performance Of 830 M-T Leaves Stella-Jones With “No Other Option” For Pole-Handling Yard

    When the 830 M-T log handler reached the end of its six year lease term with 22,000 service hours, Stella-Jones Inc.’s, Plant Manager Darrin Vigue did his due diligence to choose its replacement. But in the end, Vigue returned to the machine that had served him so well for the previous six years.

    Stella-Jones has learned to rely on the 830 M-T log handler in this Galloway pole
    facility all of the yard’s loading operations through two non-stop shifts every day.

    “We considered other makes, including two of the industry’s top OEMs,” Vigue says. “But there were really no other options for us. The SENNEBOGEN is a good machine; everyone is happy with it.”

    The facility that Vigue manages is one of several wood utility pole treatment plants that Stella-Jones operates in British Columbia. Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir poles are first trimmed and debarked at another facility, then distributed to various yards such as Galloway for further treatment.

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    Feb 5, 2020 - 6 years ago

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