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Silvatech's Opens New BC Facility 
International Silvatech Industries Inc recently moved into its new, 36,000-sq-ft custom facility in Langley, BC. The building -housing engineering, fabrication and assembly functions -can contain up to eight different development projects simultaneously. State-of-the-art gantry cranes and other equipment allow aluminum and steel production assembly, while a 350-hp hydraulic test facility ensures quality control is maintained. In production is the SX series of swing boom and parallel arch grapple skidders, featuring SyncroTrack hydrostatic drive with a four-pump system driving four hydraulic wheel motors and providing 100 per cent power to all wheels as needed. An on-board computer adjusts tire speeds for turns, while maintaining constant traction control, the company says. The series includes the 13-foot and 15-foot swing boom grapple skidders-the SX-704 SB and the SX-706 SB-the SX-704 PA and the larger SX-706-PA parallel arch grapple skidders, as well as the SX-706 PM prime mover that delivers more than 300 hp. Circle Reader Service Card #586

DynaMotive Technologies Focuses on Biofuels 
DynaMotive Technologies Corporation is focussing exclusively on the bioenergy field and the development of BioOil derivative products, following the divestiture of its metal cleaning subsidiary, DynaPower Inc, later this year. The company recently acquired Border Biofuels Ltd in the UK and, along with Canadian Forest Products Ltd, is developing commercial applications for wood waste, turning it into BioOil to power the forest industry. DynaMotive's 10- tonne-per-day plant at the University of BC uses a system called pyrolisis-basically cooking the wood waste at a high temperature and breaking it down into an environmentally sustainable fuel to create power. A commercial demonstration plant, likely near a mill in the P r i n c e George area, will follow up the UBC plant, the company says. Circle Reader Service Card #587

Perforex Solutions Acquires CAM Technologies 
Perforex Solutions Corp, a database management company, has acquired CAM Technologies Inc, a provider of wood industry information technology solutions. Under the acquisition, Perforex Solutions has also acquired the software business of Perforex, a forest industry performance management consulting firm. Personnel from both companies are focussed on development and support for products such as SiCam RealTime, SiCam Caliper Lumber Size Control Systems and the new Perforex PowerSuite Tree to Transport management system. Perforex partners with forest products companies to deliver enterprise-wide solutions to support the operations team. Circle Reader Service Card #588

Intelligent NIR Gauges from NDC Infrared 
NDC Infrared Engineering offers the latest generation of intelligent near infrared (NIR) gauges, the pre-calibrated MM710 backscatter gauge with ultra high-speed moisture measurement that is 10 times faster than other gauges, the company says, giving more representative sampling while improving accuracy. Dual detector referencing provides long-term gauge stability by eliminating the effects of changes in the source lamp or other system components. The technique has been further refined with a new Lapdog feature that uses beam-splitting technology to ensure its two detectors track each other faithfully. Unlike other gauging systems, it can tolerate changes in lighting, product or ambient temperature and variations in relative humidity. The MM710 requires no routine maintenance. Circle Reader Service Card #589

Timberjack's New Drive-to-Tree Feller Bunchers 
Timberjack's first rubber-tired feller bunchers, the drive-to-tree 740 and the 840, are purpose-built for firm-surfaced, rolling terrain and, when fitted with flotation tires, can also operate in swampy conditions. With a wheelbase of 104 inches and 110 inches respectively, the 170-hp 740 and the 200- hp 840 offer mobility where frequent moves between sites are necessary and where the stand is sparse, requiring travel between trees. Both models are available with a choice of three continuous high-speed disc saws (from 18 to 22 inches) with an optional shear head attachment with open-centre hydraulics available for the 740. Other features include hydrostatic transmissions, front and rear axle hydraulic differential locks, high-pressure, closed-centre, load-sensing hydraulics, hydraulic tilt cabs and 90-degree steering (stop to stop) with rubber steering stops. Lever steering is also available. Circle Reader Service Card #590

Valmet Offers CTL Video 
Partek Forest has released a promotional video, The Changing Face of Forestry, which provides the outlooks of Valmet equipment owners and industry professionals on the cut-to-length concept in North America and the role of Valmet machines. Future issues of Partek's international magazine Just Forest (formerly Logging International) will contain an insert for the North American readership featuring Valmet product information as well as current news, stories and events, the company says. Circle Reader Service Card #591

Superior Pulp Chips with CAE's Optichipper 
CAE Forestry Systems has developed Optichipper to produce superior wood chips in the manufacture of chemical pulp. Chips produced in field trials had a tighter thickness distribution, contained virtually no overthick classifications and had about half the rejects, while achieving a Kappa reduction of nine points when compared with conventional chips, the company says. The Optichipper targets both chip length and thickness, producing chips much closer to target with an accept rate of over 90 per cent before screening. Circle Reader Service Card #592

PG Mill Supplies Relocates to New Site 
After 15 years, PG Mill Supplies Ltd has moved to a new location to better serve the sawmilling and valueadded industries. Its new 15,000-square-foot building, near the BC Rail industrial site in Prince George, BC, enables the company to showcase a variety of woodworking equipment and offer expanded machine shop services, including planer and sawmill machine centre rebuilding, knurled rolls, grinding and more. PG Mill Supplies is owned by Gerry Bergeron and Bruce Sutherland. Circle Reader Service Card #593

Comact Acquires Maxi-Tour Inc 
Comact Inc, a North American leader in the design and manufacture of sawmill equipment, has acquired 70 per cent of Maxi- Tour Inc of Vanier, near Quebec City, Quebec. Maxi-Tour specializes in design, fabrication and installation of handling equipment for sawmills. The remaining 30 per cent of Maxi-Tour shares will remain with shareholders Jacques Dussault, Guy Chabot, Richard Maltais and Fernand Tremblay, who will remain in their positions. Combining their capabilities, the Chicoutimi-based Comact and Maxi-Tour will provide a greater range of products to serve their customers' needs. The latter will now be known as Maxi-Tour Comact, one of three subsidiary companies of the Comact Group. Comact operates 13 divisions and has nearly 1,500 employees in North America. It has a consolidated turnover of more than $220 million from its three subsidiary companies. Circle Reader Service Card #594

USNR Acquires Forano 
USNR, the largest US-based manufacturer of sawmill machinery has acquired the Forano Group, one of Canada's leading manufacturers of sawmill machinery and high-capacity lift trucks. Founded in 1873, Forano currently operates facilities in Montreal and Plessisville, Quebec and Kamloops, BC. According to USNR's president and chief executive officer George Van Hoomissen, the operations acquired from Forano will immediately begin doing business under the name USNR-Forano and the Kamloops and Langley, BC facilities will be consolidated within 30 days. With the addition of the product lines acquired from Forano, USNR now offers machinery and control systems for all of the major operations involved in manufacturing lumber, including automated systems for log preparation and primary and secondary breakdown, as well as edging, trimming, sorting, stacking, drying, finishing and material handling. It also produces machinery used in manufacturing various types of engineered wood products. Headquartered in Woodland,Washington, USNR now has plants in all North America's lumber-producing regions. Forano Quebec operations will continue to be managed by Ronald Brousseau, who has served as Forano's president since 1984. Brousseau has been named president of USNR-Forano. Circle Reader Service Card #595

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