In January 2025, the Nukor Group will celebrate its 65th anniversary and open the doors to a fresh chapter in its storied history. It has relocated to its new headquarters in Edenvale, Johannesburg. The relocation…
A chainsaw operator’s lightning-fast reflexes aren’t enough to prevent chainsaw injuries, making personal protective equipment (PPE) an unwavering necessity. While most professional chainsaw operators use essential PPE gear like goggles, eye protection, and gloves, protective…
Montigny, the largest privately owned and integrated timber company in Southern Africa, has augmented its in-house harvesting team by adding a Ponsse Ergo harvester and a dual-purpose Buffalo forwarder-skidder. The mechanisation drive for safety and…
Blowers are an integral part of fire management programmes. The STIHL BR 700 and BR 800 backpack blowers are powerful, reliable and robust, making them ideal for this type of work when you need blowers…
John Deere is rolling out its first H Series wheeled cut-to-length forest machine models. The large-size class machine models – the 1270H and 1470H harvesters and the new 20-ton load capacity class 2010H and 25-ton…
Africa’s distinct ecosystems demand a specialised approach to logging that emphasises sustainability while catering to the ever-growing global demand for timber. Enter John Deere’s innovations: TimberMatic Maps, TimberManager, JDLink and IBC. These state-of-the-art solutions, having…
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…
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…
The STIHL MS 500i chainsaw is the world’s first chainsaw featuring STIHL injection technology that replaces the carburettor with fuel injection, dramatically improving the startup (no choke), fuel consumption, efficiency, and the machine’s acceleration. It…
