John Deere Forestry has received an order for 18 cut-to-length excavator-based harvesters,18 harvester heads, and nine forwarders from Brazilian paper company Suzano Papel e Celulose. The company also ordered a John Deere track harvester simulator with the TimberRite measuring and control system.
Together with seven purpose-built wheel harvesters and two forwarders already delivered to Suzano by John Deere Forestry`s Brazilian subsidiary, the machines represent 75 percent of Suzano`s equipment purchases over the past year.
Suzano Papel e Celulose is one of the largest integrated producers of paper and eucalyptus pulp in Latin America. Suzano produces cellulose and paper exclusively from its cultivation of planted forests, and the company is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council for its silviculture plantation management.
The equipment orders are recogniton of John Deere`s leadership position in the South American forestry market, said Emilio Sabetta, John Deere Forestry`s director of sales and marketing for South America.
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