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LOGGING & BIOMASS NEWS
Tigercat: Ilim Group visits Canada
Ilim Group is the largest pulp and
paper organization in Russia. Ilim
Group’s upper management team
made the long trip to Canada in
December to get a closer look at
the Tigercat manufacturing plants
in Ontario.
Headquartered in St.
Petersburg, Ilim Group is the
largest pulp and paper organization
in Russia. Its mills account for
more than 75% of the total pulp
production in the country and the
company’s harvesting operation is
currently running twelve Tigercat
machines – three 870C track
feller bunchers, three skidders,
two H855C harvesters with 575
harvesting heads and four T250D
track loaders.
The upper management team
made the long trip to Canada to
get a closer look at the Tigercat
manufacturing plants in Ontario.
After touring the Tigercat facilities,
the group flew to northern Alberta
to visit the logging operations
of Joe Martushev, whose
ancestors settled in Canada after
emigrating from Russia a couple of
generations ago.
The field visit gave the
Ilim representatives a unique
opportunity to speak with
Canadian-based loggers in their
native language and to get first
hand feedback on the equipment. It
was also helpful in that the Alberta
conditions and operations are quite
similar to Russia.
Terex Ecotec making strides in Ireland with appointment of
McHale Plant Sales
Following the successes of 2017,
recycling equipment specialists,
Terex Ecotec are quick off the mark
in 2018 with the appointment of
McHale Plant Sales as exclusive
distribution partner for Ireland,
North and South. The company
will also be an authorised service
provider for the products, as the
Ecotec brand continues its global
expansion.
McHale Plant Sales is one
of Ireland’s leading plant and
machinery distributors with a
strong presence in constructions,
civil works, quarrying, forestry and
agriculture sectors and a customer
base that includes many leading
firms active in the environmental
recycling and waste management
activities. With a history that dates
back to its establishment in 1952,
McHale Plant Sales operates on an
all-island basis from headquarters
in Birdhill, near Limerick City in
Ireland’s mid west region, and
from a sales and technical support
centre situated on the east coast of
Ireland at Rathcoole, near Dublin
City.
Commenting on their recent
appointment Tim Shanahan,
Managing Director said, “Honoured
to be appointed to represent Terex
Ecotec products in Ireland, North
and South, we in McHale Plant
Sales look forward to applying
the full weight of our organisation
to the task of building on the
excellent position that the Terex
Ecotec range currently holds within
the marketplace”.
“In addition to our work in sales
and marketing, a major focus of
our effort will be to communicate
to customers the technical, service
and parts support that we are
geared to provide within sectors of
industry that are expected to grow
even more significantly in the years
ahead” he said.
Conor Hegarty, International
Sales Director for Terex Ecotec
commented “We are delighted to
welcome McHale Plant Sales to our
growing distribution network, who
are uniquely positioned to provide
localised coverage in our home
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market. This is a great opportunity
for us to work with this highly
experienced business, to expand
and strengthen our foothold in
Ireland. We are committed to
delivering high quality products,
offering superior customer support
and only partner with the best
distributors who have the ability
to react quickly to customer
requirements.”
“The opportunity and potential
that exists within the buoyant
Irish market excites us and
we are confident that McHale
Plant Sales are well placed to
capitalise on this, having already
successfully placed a TDS 820 Slow
Speed Shredder into the largest
independent waste management
operation in Northern Ireland, River
Ridge in recent weeks. Operating
across multi-sites River Ridge
offers a broad range of collection,
treatment and diversion from
landfill solutions to many of NI’s
local authorities, public bodies and
private operations” he added.
Terex Ecotec has achieved
significant growth and
development and today offer a
world class, full mobile product
portfolio of chipping, shredding,
screening and composting
equipment. Additionally, a range
of waste handlers efficiently
load material into the Ecotec
equipment to maximise throughput
capabilities.
Irish customers can buy with
confidence – Local Service, Local
Parts and Local Experts.