The supply of MDF in the Southern African market has been constrained for many years. That is all set to change in July 2024. With an investment of R1,875 billion, PG Bison‘s MDF Contiroll line…
Stepping up as a pioneering provider of Forestry Rental Solutions in South Africa, AFGRI Equipment is launching a premier machinery rental service. There is choice of rental opportunities to enable customers to leverage cutting-edge forestry…
On 2 July, Kenya’s President William Ruto ended an almost six-year moratorium on logging in the country’s commercial forests, leaving the ban on logging indigenous forests in place. In 2018, as deputy president, Ruto announced a 90-day ban…
Blaming indiscriminate harvesting of public and private forests, President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda has revoked all timber export licenses and permits, effectively banning exports of timber from the East African country. Read the full story…
When Umvoni Solutions, a well-established timber harvesting contractor in the Mpumalanga Lowveld wanted to speed up infield bunching and presentation of felled timber, they opted for two nimble Bell Skoggers with grabs and fitted with…
Ponsse’s southern African distributor and service partner, MTS in Mbombela, Mpumalanga, recently delivered two brand new Ponsse Elephant King forwarders to a customer for clearfell operations. Chris Odendaal, the owner of MTS, says the Ponsse’s…
What do an agronomist (Maswazi Mkhtshwa), an accountant (Jabulile Kunene), and a pharmacist (Kholiwe Shabangu) have in common? You’d probably say nothing; however, they are cousins and partners in Khojama Investments, an eSwatini contract harvesting…
Two successful years have flown by since the world’s largest manufacturer of mechanised forestry equipment, John Deere’s dealer channels began expanding in Africa and the Middle East to enable customers to be productive and efficient…
Johan Kruger, the national sales manager for Husqvarna South Africa, says selecting the correct saw chain for the required workload enhances the performance and efficiency of the chainsaw’s output. Husqvarna range of X-CUT chainsaw chains…
Established in 2005, AfrEquip is one of the leading suppliers and service providers to the South African forestry industry. It specialises in technologically advanced machines for mechanised harvesting operations. Read more on this here –…
