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Klabin is expanding its Wedge use for its new mill site in Ortigueira, Brazil.

“The aim is to maintain the same practicality and speed in analyses as we have experienced in our other mills.”
– Elielson Batista, Process Engineer, Klabin 

Klabin has been using Wedge since 2018. Features such as modeling, linear regressions, multivariate correlations with dynamic compensation of process delays have been in active use. Also, the flexibility to incorporate multiple databases in a single system has been valued. 

“Wedge has facilitated quick responses and speedier support for decision-making. It has been especially valuable for discovering disturbances and identifying opportunities to optimize our processes.”
– Elielson Batista

The new Wedge deployment is part of the Puma II Project which is the biggest investment in Klabin’s history.  Its operation is an important milestone in Klabin’s expansion cycle, which reinforces its capacity for sustainable growth combined with technology.

We love to help our customers and the forest industry to make the most of data. One nice example of this is how data extracted from our CFLogistics: LogForce application was used in a study which led to legislation changes in Finland. 

In autumn 2020, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) was investigating the need for changes to the so-called Forest Damage Act, as spruce bark beetles cause more and more damage due to global warming. With the help of data extracted from CFLogistics: LogForce, they were able to estimate how the timber flows and costs of transport would change if the time limit for the removal of barked coniferous wood were tightened in some parts of the country.

On the basis of the study, the Natural Resources Institute Finland made a number of recommendations that have led the Finnish government to submit a proposal to Parliament to amend the Forest Damage Act. Under the amendment, some of the areas in Zone B of the current Forest Damage Act will be transferred to Zone A, which will tighten the time limit for the transport of spruce timber harvested before June 1 from the roadside storages to wood terminals and log yards in the transferred areas. The changes are due to enter into force at the beginning of 2022.

Read more in Finnish (pdf, Luke) >>

Today we had the pleasure of hosting an interesting discussion at the GeoForum Summit about how to utilize geospatial data in operational management in forestry.

Our Perttu Aunola summed up the debate: Good technical capabilities and well-functioning networks enable us to develop the entire value chain in forestry, both the processes of the wood supply chain and the sustainability, safety and productivity of work in the forest.

Thank you for joining the discussion Koneyrittäjät, University of Eastern Finland and Metsäteho Oy.

One of the leading industry magazines, Paper360°, wrote an article about how the packaging giant DS Smith digitalizes its mills across Europe. We are happy that DS Smith chose our process data analytics system, Wedge, as the tool.

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Trimble Forestry is pleased to announce that Green Triangle Forest Products (GTFP) has chosen Land Resource Manager (LRM) to manage 22,000 hectares of Pinus radiata, a medium-density softwood, in an area known as the Green Triangle in South Australia and South Western Victoria.

LRM is part of Trimble’s Connected Forest™ portfolio of solutions. It provides a desktop, web, and mobile platform to manage activities, assets, schedules, progress, and costs for effective planning, compliance, and reporting. It is integrated with Esri’s ArcGIS platform to provide full GIS mapping functionality.  

To learn more about Trimble Forestry’s Connected Forest solutions, email forestrysales@trimble.com or call Trimble Forestry sales at 888-443-4241 in North America. Trimble Forestry has sales offices around the world. To find a local contact number outside of North America, visit: forestry.trimble.com/contact-us.

About Green Triangle Forest Products:  In May 1999, GTFP (a joint venture of Weyerhaeuser Australia and Global Forest Partners LP) acquired a plantation, sawmilling, and remanufacturing business in the Green Triangle. GTFP plantations are spread throughout the Green Triangle region in six main areas, Tarpeena, Cafpirco, Kongorong, Caroline, Kentbruck, and Dartmoor with a net plantation area of 22,000Ha.

About Trimble’s Forestry Division

Trimble’s Forestry Division offers SaaS and enterprise software to improve the productivity and sustainability of the world’s most recognized integrated forest product companies, forest managers, conservation organizations, government departments, finished product manufacturers, and the partners that connect the global forest supply chain. Trimble’s Connected Forest™ solutions manage the full raw materials lifecycle of planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transporting, and processing. For more information, visit: forestry.trimble.com.

About Trimble

Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation, and logistics. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.

Trimble is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd to implement its LIMS solution at Harmac Pacific’s Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp mill located on Vancouver Island, near Nanaimo, BC. 

Harmac Pacific mill will be implementing several of Trimble’s Connected Forest products, including LIMS, BoomWiz, WeighWiz and LabWiz, to help automate its operations.  

About Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd:

Harmac Pacific operates a Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft (NBSK) pulp mill located on the east coast of Vancouver Island near Nanaimo, British Columbia. Nanaimo Forest Products Ltd. (NFP), the owner of the Harmac Pacific trademark, restarted the mill on October 3, 2008, The Harmac mill produces high quality Kraft pulps made from custom blends of Douglas fir, western hemlock, balsam fir, interior SPF and western red cedar. The pulp is sold in Asia, Europe, North America, and Latin America . With its strategic location on a deep water port, the mill is well situated for cost effective export of pulp and receipt of raw materials such as wood fiber. For more information you can visit online at: www.harmacpacific.com.

About Trimble’s Forestry Division

Trimble’s Forestry Division offers SaaS and enterprise software to improve the productivity and sustainability of the world’s most recognized integrated forest product companies, forest managers, conservation organizations, government departments, finished product manufacturers, and the partners that connect the global forest supply chain. The Connected Forest solutions manage the full raw materials lifecycle of planning, planting, growing, harvesting, transporting, and processing. For more information, visit: forestry.trimble.com.

About Trimble

Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity, and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety, and sustainability. From purpose-built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware, and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial, and transportation. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.

(Vancouver, British Columbia – September 21, 2021) The Binderholz Group, Trimble and Microtec jointly announced today that the Binderholz Live Oak Mill in Florida was brought to full operational status in a short span of time. The timeline is described as follows:

The turnaround time from weighing a truckload of logs using Trimble’s Truck Scale Software (WeighWiz) to a production planner analyzing log cost information is approximately 15 minutes. Logs procured for the mill were processed by the state of the art, high speed log scanners from Microtec which measure log volume. The volumetric data is then fed into Trimble’s Log Inventory Management System (LIMS) via an automated interface. Complex, server-centric algorithms in LIMS compute log costs for thousands of logs per second. Binderholz’s downstream systems then access this information for production planning.

The software implementation was run on a tight ship. The sawmill received its first truckloads of roundwood logs on February 10, a mere 20 business days from the software project kick-off . “It was a very challenging schedule”, according to the Project Managers and Functional Leads representing all three parties. “We had many challenges but in the end we were able to find solutions for all of them as a team”, they further added. All three parties continue to ensure that round the clock support is at hand to resolve any arising issues and that the mill runs at optimal capacity.