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Elmia Wood – The world’s largest in-woods International Forestry Fair Full-scale forestry operations are Elmia Wood’s hallmark and it is this live action that draws crowds from around the world. Exhibitors at Elmia Wood demonstrate technology and know-how for the entire forest lifecycle. Next event 5-8 June 2013. www.elmiawood.se

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We also know from experience that some degree of sales vacuum can occur in the months leading up to Elmia Wood.
Torbjörn Johnsen
The big benefit is mechanising the clearing of boggy patches and other difficult spots.
Johan Dagman, Ebeaver.
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A terrible year for forwarders but there is light at the end of the tunnel

The number of forwarders registered in 2013 ended up at a record low. As few machines were registered last year as in the crisis year of 2009. The market shrank by 23 percent, or almost a quarter, compared with 2012. But many people are now seeing signs that a brighter future is on the horizon.Komatsu and Gremo are the only companies that did not have fewer registered machines in 2013 than in 2012. Komatsu thereby increased its market share to 24.5 percent. All other manufacturers lost market share. Ponsse experienced the biggest decline, with a drop to 10.9 percent. The manufacturers

Elmia Wood 2013: An important vitamin injection for the entire forest industry

Elmia Wood 2013 was the most important international forestry fair for many years. And it wasn’t just because of the huge attendance figures and best possible weather. “This was the vitamin injection the whole industry needed,” said Dieter Reinisch, information manager at John Deere.He praised Elmia for a well-organised fair with more foreign visitors than before. “Our impression is that half of the people who came to our stand were from countries other than Sweden. This year’s Elmia Wood was also proof that forest professionals have a pent-up need to update their machinery. So far

Elmia Wood 2013 – presenting high-tech solutions for tomorrow’s forest industry

Elmia Wood 2013 is a forest technology milestone to the future. Never before have so many innovative products and ideas been presented at a forestry fair. Ever-cheaper and more accessible computer technology is making a huge impact on the advancement of forestry practices.“To put it simply, we can say that things which only NASA had fifteen years ago can now be bought online for 99 dollars,” explains Torbjörn Johnsen, Business Area Manager at Elmia. “The availability of computer power, processors and sensors is opening up completely new possibilities.” Elmia Wood has always been a

John Deere first with crane tip control on forest machines

A true world first is en route to the forests south of Jönköping, Sweden. John Deere is presenting the world’s first forwarder with crane tip control at Elmia Wood 5-8 June 2013. The high-tech Intelligent Boom Control (IBC) system with Crane Tip Control is a major breakthrough on the market and is expected to attract huge interest and attention.“People have been talking about this for a very long time and a lot of research has been done into crane tip control,” explains Anders Strömgren, head of the Swedish sales company John Deere Forestry AB. A very long time is actually almost 30

A world-first at Elmia Wood 2013: Fighter aircraft technology in forest machines

Will fighter aircraft technology make its way into the forest to enable more efficient operation of forestry machines? The Swedish-Norwegian company Optea is ready to present its pioneering The Forest Falcon to the world’s gaze at Elmia Wood. A ‘head-up display’ (HUD) featuring all the necessary information projected directly into the air within the operator’s field of view so he has no need to move his gaze could take the operation of forest machines to new heights.“Our images appear as if you have a transparent screen hanging on a fishing rod five metres in front of you, exactly where you

GPS and drones can improve tree planting

Progress in technology and machinery has increased the efficiency of felling operations but replanting is still a manual, time-consuming process. However, the use of modern digital technology and drones for aerial photography can lead to major gains, argues Hans Thunander. He has developed a totally new tree planting concept that envisions a 50-percent increase in efficiency within ten years.“I’ve spent my whole life in silviculture and these ideas have been germinating for a decade,” he explains. “But now I feel the technology is far enough advanced that it can be used to make replanting

KWF Forsttreff at Elmia Wood

The German forestry research institute Kuratorium für Waldarbeit und Forsttechnik (KWF) is again holding its popular Forsttreff meetings at Elmia Wood. KWF organises fairs in Germany and is constantly seeking out new innovations and ideas in forestry. The Forsttreff events at Elmia Wood will offer a unique opportunity to discuss and evaluate all innovations and developments at the fair.“We’re sending out information to each exhibitor and asking them to give us their ‘keywords’ to see what innovations there will be,” explains Reiner Hofmann of KFW. “ We will also have a dialogue with the

A forest filled with innovations

The world’s biggest international forestry fair, Elmia Wood, will be bigger than ever this year. The industry is gearing up for a huge party of people and machines when manufacturers and suppliers present their latest products and innovations in the woods south of Jönköping, Sweden from 5 to 8 June 2013.“Times are still tough in the forest industry but interest in the fair has never been greater,” says Torbjörn Johnsen, product manager of Elmia Wood. “We’ve never had such a big fair in terms of stand space.”   One-third of the 500 exhibitors are international companies that will be

Reminder - Press Invitation to Elmia Wood 2013, 5–8 June

Welcome to the cradle of forest technology and innovation!The forestry world’s biggest meeting place, Elmia Wood, is happening again this year. It is important for our exhibitors and for us that you report on what is being presented at Elmia Wood 2013. We therefore want to provide the best conditions for you so you can do a good job.A few rooms reserved in Jönköping are still available for accredited journalists. First come, first served. Accredit online  Focus on innovationThis year we are highlighting an aspect of Elmia Wood

Invention can save a billion euro a year

Over a billion euro can be saved in the Swedish forest industry every year if the transport of felled timber from the forest to the final customer is made more efficient. Inventors Lennart Olving and Maria Drott have developed a revolutionary patented total concept that will be presented at Elmia Wood.“All the hardware is available and the corresponding system of handling unit loads is already standard in many other industries,” Lennart Olving explains. The invention involves using unit loads to simplify handling and thereby condense and shorten the entire chain from the harvesting site

Welcome to the cradle of forest technology and innovation!

Press Invitation to Elmia Wood 2013, 5–8 June The forestry world’s biggest meeting place, Elmia Wood, is happening again this year. It is important for our exhibitors and for us that you report on what is being presented at Elmia Wood 2013. We therefore want to provide the best conditions for you so you can do a good job.Focus on innovation This year we are highlighting an aspect of Elmia Wood that in the fair’s 38-year history has made the greatest impact on the forestry world. That is, as a showcase and catalyst for all the innovators and new products that over the years have helped

Can a handful of innovations give the harwarder a place in the forest?

Despite its major advantages, the harwarder, a combined harvester and forwarder, has never made a breakthrough. The profitability has just not been there.At Elmia Wood 2013, Swedish innovator Christer Lennartsson is exhibiting a machine with the potential to transform the harvester from vision to reality.A few harwarders do exist on the market but most forest contractors have a wait-and-see attitude to them. Christer Lennartsson says this is for several reasons. One is that a contractor may be restricted to using a special harvester head that limits the machine to doing only thinning.“

Elmia’s forests are getting crowded

Despite considerable uncertainty about the future of the forestry market, there is clearly great interest in participating in the Elmia Wood forestry fair from 5 to 8 June this year. Organisers are now working to build extra stands for all the companies wanting to exhibit their products and services.“The fair site is almost fully booked but we’re receiving enquiries every day from more people wanting to exhibit,” comments Jörgen Andersson, who is in charge of stand sales at Elmia Wood. He and his colleague Johan Löfgren, who manages the planning and construction of the fair site, are now

Self levelling – easy to imagine, hard to design

Focus: InnovatorsLars Lameksson has played an important role in the development of modern forestry machine systems. Several times his company LL Skogsmaskiner has reached the stage of being able to start mass production. “But solving problems is what drives me, not managing factories,” he says.LL Skogsmaskiner still exists and has been taken over by Lars’s sons although he remains actively involved. His workshop still stands where it all began, in the woods near the town of Ljungby in southern Sweden. Here he has designed and built a number of unique forest machines. The best known

Swedish forwarder market stays strong in 2012 – defies manufacturers’ predictions

Finnish pdf version included! Elmia ’s summary of the 2012 forwarder statistics for the Swedish market shows 335 machines were registered. This is fewer than in the record year of 2011 but in no way a poor result. Machinery manufacturers had believed the forwarder market was strong until the summer but then weakened. In fact, the registration data reveal the opposite was true. What is most interesting, says Torbjörn Johnsen, business unit manager at Elmia, is that there was no visible sales decline at the end of the year. Instead, the market

Small machine with a big attachment – the solution to mechanical clearing?

World premiere at Elmia Wood 2013 : There’s long been talk about doing mechanised clearing in the forest but so far little has actually been achieved. At Elmia Wood 2013 one solution to this impasse will be presented: a large clearing head on a small base machine. “The worse the conditions, the better the concept works,” says its design engineer Johan Dagman, who will prove his point at the fair.Dagman is responsible for creating the remote-controlled Ebeaver, which was presented at SkogsElmia 2011. He is himself a forest contractor and originally developed

Experienced trade fair team has future in its sights

In just over a year’s time, the gates to Elmia Wood 2013 will open at Bratteborgs Gård in Vaggeryd, south of Jönköping. Planning for the fair’s content and themes is in full swing, and to date 230 companies have booked places at the fair. But even though there’s more than a year to go until the next forestry fair, the trade fair team are already publishing the dates for upcoming forestry fairs in 2015 and 2017.“Companies appreciate having plenty of advance notice and a long-term approach,” says Veronika Albert, who is responsible for communication for Elmia’s forestry fairs. “Many companies

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