Tag: digitalisation

The proposed $86m initiative in New Brunswick aims to improve wood fibre tracking, supply certainty and operational efficiency across the forest products industry.Digital technologies could improve wood fibre tracking and supply chain efficiency in Canada’s forest products industry (Image: Unsplash)Canada plans to invest up to $50m in a new...

Appointment comes as the sawmill sector faces rapid technological change.Heikki Laaki, the newly appointed chief technology officer at Jartek (Image: Jartek)Finnish wood-processing technology firm Jartek has named its current head of automation, Heikki Laaki, as chief technology officer. The move marks a strengthening of the company’s push to develop...

AI-driven EVORIS platform recognised for advancing digitalisation in manufacturing.From left to right: Isabelle Bräuer, Jan Bär, Jürgen Woll, Manuel Steger and Florian Schleissinger accepted the NEO2025 Innovation Award on behalf of the EVORIS team at Dieffenbacher (Image: ARTIS-Uli Deck / TRK)The Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion has awarded Dieffenbacher the NEO2025 Innovation...

Using hydrogen-powered airships, drones and AI, SCA is building a digital twin of its forests to plan more efficient and sustainable management.SCA’s airship aims to map and monitor trees at an individual level (Image: Niklas Andersson)Data that provides detailed knowledge about forests and land has become a valuable tool...

Siempelkamp will expand on its 2023 focus on full plant autonomy at LIGNA 2025 with a closer look at the control room of the future (Image: Siempelkamp)Siempelkamp will participate in LIGNA 2025 under the theme “Smart. Sustainable. Siempelkamp.” The company has continued to develop concepts for the wood-based panels...