Heavy Magazine 1/2010
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1/2010 \ y NOKIAN HEAVY TYRES' CUSTOMER MAGAZINE "THE ATTITUDE RIG AND MINDSET ARE THE KEYS u S TO ! SUCCESS" If > 2 B..A AUSTRIAN CASTELL FAMILY TRUSTS ITS | OWN FOREST^^H MACHINERY| ..w__. visait. ight equipm for soft-soiled TERRAIN 4. * f' TYRE LEASING - A NEW SERVICE IN THE PoRT oF RAuMA 12 Ricin irty

RI SSUL TS FllOlVf TII1 KIGIIT ATTITUDl Afto Tyryl is driving a brand new Yalmel 860.4 foiwarder. - Thts is my fourih machine ol the same brand; the prevtous one was even of the same mode!. However, thanks to the baf䠢nced bope design, ths machine differs drasikalty Irom its predecessor it holds a lirm grip on the ground even in tough places and 15 more reliable to drive " 1 :> 1 yi. 1 woiks as a harvesting contracter in Asikkala, central Finland. His custo-mer is one of the feadng Finnish tomber Dfodu<ers and refiners, Versowood, - ifs the goal that keepsyou geing. rhece must be a pay day...

conunuous leiiewdi arket operators are starting to regain their trust in positive conomie development. The utilisation rates of heavy machinery are increasing, and the demand for tyres has gone up. The guick conomie recovery has also led to an increase in the pri驩es of many raw materials. Even with the mereased demand, we aim to guarantee tyre availability for our customers. In the challenging conditions of last year, we placed a solid focus on developing our services and products. We diversified our logistics and customer service concepts. We will continue to search for new ways of...

With an esta-t^of ,000 hectares, Castell is'a , major forestowner in Austria. Trfè.company uses only its own harvesters and forwarders. Since the begjjnning of this year, the company has been using the radial Nokian Forest Rider tyres that have added efficiency to harvesting. 6 1/2010

he Castell-Castell estate is situated in the northern part of Austria near the border with Bavaria. The family has owned a little over 5,000 hectares of forest since the late 19th century. Bernhard Mitterbacher, CEO of the Forest Adminitration of the Castell-Castell family leads us through the forest of full-grown spruce. Contrary to many other estates, the property is in one compact block, which helps in the planning and daily work as no machine needs to leave the property when going to or coming from an assignment. Managing risks The climate is ideally suited to growing spruce and this...

for this kind of opration. Optimum terrain, best tree species mix and optimum size - it all fits together. Therefore, our own machines are competitive against the machines of entrepreneurs on the free market, says Mitterbacher who is known for his exact management methods. Radial tyres are the best choice Castell owns an excavator-based harvester (K魴nigstiger, "King Tiger") for extracting the big spruce trees out of the naturally grown "reju-venation cones" as they are called in German. But most of the work is done with a whee-led machine - since December 2009, a John Deere 1270 E series....

Austrian Forestry Austria is a forest country with more than 48% of the area covered with trees, about 4 Mio. hectares. The main tree species is spruce (54%), the second most important beech (10%). Broadleaved trees are getting more important. As a result of the historic developments most of the Austrian forest is in private hands. Biggest landowners are the state with 10 %, followed by the city of Vienna (watpr protectioo forests) and Mayr-Me Inhof. Most of the 250.0e0 forese ovenars are farmers with forest holdings 2mall eh than 2 ha. Therefore m obilization of wood fon sawm illing and...

Low rolling rsistance increases in significance In the future, Nokian Tyres will increasingly focus on the energy economies of tyres. Magazine tests already indicate that Nokian tyres feature a lower rolling resistance than many of their competitors. The rolling resistance of tyres accounts for as much as one-fifth in a passenger car's fuel consumption. Low rolling resistance can reduce the car's fuel consumption up to one-half a litre per one hundred kilometres. This translates into 12 g less CO2 emissions per kilometre. A low rolling resistance is also an important feature for electric...

EU classification will facilitate tyre slection All heavy tyres to be equippe with Tyre Pre The new EU rgulation that will soon be introduced will make it easier for consumers to compare the environmental effects of dif驭ferent tyres. By the beginning of November 2012, all passenger car tyres sold in the European Union must be equipped with a label indicating their rolling resistance, wet grip and noise levels. The new regulations concern passenger car, van, truck and bus tyres. The classification system is similar to that of the energy efficiency of household appliances. Tyres' energy is...

very week, the Port of Rauma is visited by 25 vessels on their way to such destinations as Baltimore and Jacksonville in the United States. The most important clientele of the port consists of paper industry repreͭsentatives. New possibilities related to energy products, such as the import of wood chips and export of pellets, are currently being explored. The nuclear power plant construction site at Olkiluoto is in the port's area of influence, and many project deliveries are made via Rauma. In addition, the Port of Rauma is planning to construct a new container yard. The port opera-tor...

Port of Rauma The Po^tof Rauma is Finland's most significant port for paper ort and the third-largest container port in the country. tainer handling volumes, as well as the transport distances, have kept increasi.n.g even during the financial recession. Tyre "uces the^time required for machine servicing. second-biggest cost item after fuel costs. Before, we invested in new tyres, but now we only pay for the use of tyres. We trust the tyre provider's commitment to timely deliveries, which will also help us save costs, Viinikkala tells us. Tyre condition is the provider's responsibility The...