New module adds capabilities for assigning fleets to road-side inventory, and creating delivery schedules from the unit to the mill Remsoft announced that a new Transportation Scheduling module will be available by mid-year for Remsoft Operations, the company’s cloud-powered operational planning system for forestry. Launched in 2018, Remsoft Operations targets coordination challenges across forest operations planning and scheduling. Key among …

Robotics Plus, a world-leading robotics and automation company developing innovation to unlock new levels of productivity in agriculture, has been named in the THRIVE Top 50, an annual ranking of leading global AgTech companies exemplifying the best in agriculture innovation. Robotics Plus, the only New Zealand company to make the 2020 Top 50 ranking, was just one of five companies …

An interview with Dr. Kevin Lim, company founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Kevin Lim will deliver a presentation, The Forestry Geospatial Platform—Forestry 4.0 in Action, on the first afternoon of the 2020 edition of ForestTECHX. His talk will explore how geospatial technologies have unlocked a new digital and interconnected future for the forest industry. Dr. Lim founded Lim Geomatics …

Martin Castonguay is the Research Leader of Precision Forestry for FPInnovations. Martin will be joining us at ForestTECHX to share on Automated Truck Dispatch Systems for Log Hauling. An automated truck dispatch system was developed to allow a truck driver to request a trip that will be optimized based on logistical criteria. The approach developed by FPI is based on …

Last year, Metsähallitus and CollectiveCrunch started to explore how artificial intelligence (AI) could be utilized in the planning of forestry operations. Due to the promising results Metsähallitus decided to expand the project together with its innovation partner CollectiveCrunch. The objective is to train the AI to automatically prepare more advanced and up-to-date forestry management plans than ever before. In the …

Rolf Schmitz has an Engineering Degree and MBA, with a strong business development and sales background. Rolf has built global sales and product marketing teams in the mobile industry. Rolf was the Business Development lead at Coding Technologies, a tech firm that was sold to Dolby Labs for €270million in 2007. In CollectiveCrunch Rolf takes care of finance, funding, marketing …

Remsoft and Weyerhaeuser will present on Optimized Operations Management at ForestTECHx, a leading forest management technology conference on the latest technologies, innovations and practical tools to increase forest operations productivity. Remsoft is partnering with Weyerhaeuser to speak on the topic of Optimized Operations Management at the upcoming ForestTECHx in March, 2020. ForestTECHX is a leading forest management technology series on …

Grant Sutherland is the Product Manager for Trimble Forestry. He provides management for supply chain and SaaS solutions within the Trimble Connected Forest portfolio of products. Grant is also responsible for developing new markets, project management, supporting and training sales team and communicating Customer needs to development teams. We are very fortunate to have Grant present at ForestTECHX 2020!

Author: Rezatec Information has always been at the heart of the forest managers job – knowledge of stand age, tree species, fire and storm damage, pest and disease and logging costs have all been essential for profitable forest management for decades. What is different now? The technology available for collecting, analyzing and presenting this information, with emphasis on the frequency …

Pam Tucker co-founded Utility Composites Inc. in 1993 to make composite fasteners which are sold world-wide. Utility Composites product line has expanded from fasteners for wood and composites to include fasteners for rubber and tracking fasteners, all of which are made in the U.S. Pam holds over twenty patents and has published several articles in refereed journals. Prior to Utility …

Two Kiwi tech companies will have the opportunity to scale their businesses after being named inaugural winners of the ANZLF Trans-Tasman Innovation and Growth Awards tonight in Auckland. Tectonus, a company pioneering seismic structural resilience technology, and Robotics Plus, who are using robotics to solve global challenges in primary industries, will receive A$20,000 ($21,407) and participate in a series of …

Having attained an Honours Degree from Liverpool University Dr Glenn completed a PhD in Molecular Biology from Leeds University in 1995 and travelled to New Zealand for a Postdoctoral role at Genesis Research and Development, a start-up biotech firm. Dr Glenn developed Genesis Research’s high throughput DNA sequencing group and became the Head of the Genomics Division which included the …

Dr. Kevin Lim founded Lim Geomatics in 2006 on the heels of completing his doctorate at Queen’s University. His thesis on the estimation of biophysical properties using airborne lidar remote sensing set the stage for how geospatial technology is transforming the forest industry. Dr. Lim’s research is still widely cited and often included on mandatory reading lists for graduate students …

As Senior Vice President of Remsoft, Doug Jones leads the Solutions & Innovations Team in pursuit of Remsoft’s expanded offerings through product and solution development. Over the past 15 years with Remsoft, Doug has traveled the world to work closely with Remsoft clients, speak at conferences and meet many people in the forestry community. He is seen as a thought …

Tim Vallings is the Chief Commercial Officer for Rezatec, responsible for direct sales across all verticals, globally, and has been with Rezatec since its founding in 2012.  Tim has worked for the past 20 years for both PLC and Start Up businesses in the natural assets environment, focused on Forestry and has proven experience across all commercial disciplines, having lead …

Better regulation, flight control, batteries and software would improve the range of craft and data quality, argue Nicholas C. Coops, Tristan R.H. Goodbody and Lin Cao. Drones are revolutionizing environ mental research. Using small remote-controlled aerial vehicles, scientists can photograph far-flung places more quickly, easily and cheaply than by conventional surveys done on foot, by car or from balloons, satellites …

Remote sensing technologies are enabling more efficient and profitable forestry operations. The latest forest technology conference in Vancouver in early March features practitioners who specialize in helping their forestry clients to see how well these systems work. A range of knowledgable and practical forest management experts will deliver insights into this new technology at the ForestTECHX conference in Vancouver on …

When it comes to extracting value from forests, one of the most important developments in forest technology today is STICKS software. It’s a paradigm shift for loggers and forest owners. While hidden in most modern harvesters, unlocking the system leads to a wealth of information for optimizing woodflows. The unique harvesting and woodflow system was developed by an Australian forester …

Vancouver, BC – Practical foresters with ‘boots on the ground’ experience will feature an international forest technology conference coming in March. They’ll demonstrate how strong provider-user partnerships can speed implementation and adoption of timesaving forest management technologies. One international keynote speaker, David Herries from Interpine, leads a company well versed in creating partnerships to improve measurement for forest management clients. …

Vancouver, BC – In early March, a new international forest technology conference is set to bring the latest harvest planning technologies from around the globe to British Columbia foresters and harvesting operations managers. “With mechanized harvesting, new technologies in harvesters have been proven to lift log grades and outturn consistently. Internationally, Australian loggers have ben among most quickest early adopters …