Successful debut for Forest Romania

Professional forestry in Romania has gained a longed-for meeting place and the exhibitors are thrilled with the first edition of the Forest Romania forestry fair in Transylvania.

The exhibitors praised the trade fair’s concept of focusing exclusively on the professional primary forest industry. Having such a highly targeted industry fair is a totally new approach for the Romanian market.

“During my four years at this company we’ve never before participated in a trade fair that has given us so many valuable customer contacts,” said Ovidiu Stănciulescu, Product Manager at Terra România. The company sells machinery and equipment for timber transport and handling but also operates in the construction sector.

Lightweight skidder

“I believe in this fair as being an important one for the future,” said Anders Strömgren, who is in charge of John Deere’s independent dealers in the European market.

John Deere’s Romanian distributor Elmas presented the new log skidder, Timberhawk, which is designed by Haas Maschienenbau in Germany. The skidder is not part of John Deere’s own product range but was shown at the request of its distributors. Timberhawk’s nine-tonne weight makes it considerably lighter than American skidders and it has a winch. Its measurements and weight are based on the Timberjack 240C.

“It was developed to suit the southern European market, so the timing to exhibit it here at Forest Romania was perfect for us,” Strömgren said. “We believe this is a good way to complement the range of machines we offer via our distributors.”

Much-appreciated demonstrations

One of the fundamental concepts behind Forest Romania is that new technology should be shown in operation so that visitors can see with their own eyes how it works.

“The visitor interviews done during the fair reveal that this aspect was greatly valued,” said Forest Romania Project Manager Anamaria Deliu. “The visitors gave the fair high marks across the board and gave the very highest marks to the demonstrations on the forest trail.”

Forest Romania 16–18 September 2015 brought together 60 exhibitors who together represented more than 130 different organisations and producing companies. Just over 1,600 visitors attended the fair

Forest Romania was organised by Elmia AB of Sweden and DLG of Germany. The next fair will be held in September 2017.

For more information, contact:

Anamaria Deliu, Project Manager: +40 754 636 800, +46 70 418 29 04, anamaria.deliu@elmia.se

Torbjörn Johnsen, Elmia, +46 70 646 16 86, torbjorn.johnsen@elmia.se

Reiner Hofmann, DLG, +49 172 5437 157, r.hofmann@dlg.org