John Deere Forestry Oy has received two major orders for forest machines from clients in Russia. Under the contracts, John Deere will supply the whole fleet of forest machines for Ruukki Group Kostroma sawmill and pulp factory projects and 29 forest machines for Investlesprom in Segezha and Vologda. All of the machines will be built at John Deere’s factory in Joensuu, Finland.
The delivery of the first machines relates to Ruukki Group’s extensive ongoing investment programme there. The programme covers Ruukki Group’s new investments in the town of Manturovo in the Kostroma province, around 370 miles northeast of Moscow, where the company is planning to build a coniferous sawmill and a pulp mill over the next few years. Once the investments have been implemented, the area’s timber use capacity will grow to around six million cubic metres a year. In terms of harvesting capacity, this is equal to the workload of around 300 forest machines over the next few years.
The contract with Investlesprom covers14 wheeled harvesters and 15 forwarders. The parties have also included a clause regarding the option of supplying a further 13 machines. In addition, the contract sets out terms for a customised training, maintenance and spare parts service. Investlesprom is one of the largest forestry companies in Western Russia and it harvests more than 2.5 million cubic metres of timber per year. Investlesprom is also Russia’s largest forest lender. The company owns around 11 million acres of forest in four different locations around Russia.
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