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Waratah Wins Award at Forest Expo  
Waratah Wins Award at Forest Expo

Winning awards for show exhibits is almost a habit for Waratah Canada, and the company's display at the recent Canadian Forest Expo was no exception. Waratah won second place for Best Outdoor Equipment Display at the biennial international show, held in June in Prince George, British Columbia. Read more.

Waratah Wins  
Waratah Wins "Best Outdoor Equipment Display"

It's better to be good than lucky, as Waratah Canada showed at the recent Forestry and Trades Convention hosted by the Interior Logging Association.  For the sixth time in eight years, Waratah was awarded the...Read more.

A Waratah milestone: 200 Harvesters delivered in NZ 
A Waratah milestone: 200 Harvesters delivered in NZ
Peter Douglas Logging, Northland, New Zealand, recently took delivery of the country’s two-hundredth Waratah harvesting head. Douglas owns four other Waratah harvesters, and expressed surprise at the milestone and honor during the delivery process. Read more.

Waratah won the Best Site at AUSTimber 2008   
Waratah won the Best Site at AUSTimber 2008
Waratah’s exhibit was judged the Best Site at AUSTimber 2008, the logging exposition. The company immediately donated the $1,500 prize money to... Read more.

Waratah's AUSTimber Meeting Proves a Success 
Waratah's AUSTimber Meeting Proves a Success
More than 30 visitors from around the world enjoyed the opportunity to meet with Waratah officials at the company’s worldwide distribution meeting, held during the week of AUSTimber 2008, the big logging exposition in Mount Gambier, South Australia. Read more.

Waratah Australia Receives New Training Simulator 
Waratah Australia Receives New Training Simulator
Australian operators-in-training will soon have a chance to try their hand on Waratah Australia's new Tracked Harvester Simulator, delivered this month. The mobile simulator will be used for training at many different workshops planned throughout the country. Read more.

Waratah Forestry Customers Go  
Waratah Forestry Customers Go "Down Under"
Waratah Forestry Attachments customers from the Pacific west coast to the chilly upper peninsula of Michigan traveled to the deep south of Tokoroa, New Zealand, to visit the birthplace of the Waratah 600 Series Processing Heads. Read more.

Waratah unveils new high-performance processing/harvesting head. 
Waratah unveils new high-performance processing/harvesting head
Waratah Forestry Attachments has announced the addition of a new processing/harvesting head to its powerful HTH600 series. The HTH624 C model is part of a new generation of attachment heads that deliver unparalleled performance and productivity. Read more.

How a Waratah head makes more money for a Georgia logger. 
Processing for Dollars: How a Waratah head makes more money for a Georgia logger
“We love it,” says Truitt Pitts of his Waratah HTH622 Tree Processor. “It does what we want it to do and it does it very well.” Pitts is vice president of Truitt & Pitts Logging, which operates one logging crew within about a 50-mile radius of its home base in Yatesville, Georgia. Read more.

Waratah-OM Oy builds the 1.500th. Waratah HTH470/John Deere 758HD 
Waratah-OM Oy builds the 1.500th. Waratah HTH470/John Deere 758HD!
Harvester head manufacturer Waratah-OM Oy has built the 1.500th. Waratah HTH470 / John Deere 758HD since its very first introduction in 1998. The HTH470 was delivered by Waratah Forestry Attachments to one of its Danish dealers. Read more.



Christina Sohler has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship 
Christina Sohler has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship
Christina Sohler has been awarded a $3,000 scholarship from the Associate Members of the Alaska Forest Association towards her continued education at Western Oregon University. Read more.



Waratah takes top award! 
Waratah takes top award!
Waratah Canada once again took the prestigious honour of Best Outdoor Heavy Equipment Display at the Interior Loggers Association Show, April 19-21 in Vernon, British Columbia. Read more.



Loggers turn out in force at Bangor Expo 
Loggers turn out in force at Bangor Expo
Waratah Forestry Attachments were high profile in Bangor, Maine, earlier this month for the Northeastern Forest Products Equipment Expo. A record 7,000 people attended the two-day expo held May 4 and 5.

The 2007 Expo was sponsored by the Northeastern Loggers’ Association and held at the Bangor Civic Center and Bangor Auditorium. Over 250 exhibitors showed off their forestry products. Read more.
Industrial Tractor Open House  
Southern Hospitality—Industrial Tractor Open House
John Deere Forestry dealer, Industrial Tractor Co., Inc. welcomed loggers and their families to the grand opening of their newest facility in Walterboro, South Carolina, on December 9, 2006.

John Brent, forestry sales manager, was pleased with the turnout and the interest shown by the loggers. Read more.

Waratah and Hultdins Reach Marketing Agreement on Directional Felling Head 
Waratah and Hultdins Reach Marketing Agreement on Directional Felling Head
Waratah Forestry Attachments has reached a marketing agreement with Hultdins to be the exclusive distributor for the Hultdins SuperFell SF851. Under this agreement, the felling head will be marketed worldwide under the Waratah brand name as the FL85 directional felling head and will be supported by the Waratah global distribution network. Read more.

Waratah Forestry Attachments Makes a Splash in the Pacific Northwest 
Waratah Forestry Attachments Makes a Splash in the Pacific Northwest
The fifth live "In-the-Woods" show was hosted by the Pacific Logging Congress on September 20–23 in Clatskanie, Oregon. The theme for this year’s event was "There are no borders, from our house to your house." The Logging Congress' goal was not only to provide a forum for loggers, equipment manufacturers, and distributors to showcase the latest forestry equipment, but to also...
Waratah reveals new products in Finn Metko 2006 
Waratah reveals new products in Finn Metko 2006
With hundreds of exhibitions and more than 30,000 people in attendance, Finland's Finn Metko is a major event. During the three-day show, Metko is attracting a more and more international audience—and becoming a reference for Western and Eastern Europe. This year's show was held August 31-September 2. Waratah was there, and once again had the most popular stand among the attachment manufacturers. Its extensive line of harvester and processor heads—along with the...
Waratah Cuts Down the Competition In Richmond 
Waratah Cuts Down the Competition In Richmond
The Expo Richmond Logging Exhibition, held May 19 and 20 at the Richmond Raceway Complex, was a great event for logging contractors from up and down the eastern coast and the southern states. Over 10,000 attendees filed through the 12 acres of outdoor forestry exhibits over the two-day event. Doug Landers, General Manager, Waratah U.S.A., said "The Richmond show exceeded our expectations, with overwhelming customer interest in the heavy-duty 600 Series Processors. More and more...
Beautiful Bangor Welcomes Record Crowds 
Beautiful Bangor Welcomes Record Crowds
A record crowd of over 7,000 was in attendance at the Northeastern Forest Product Show held at the Bangor, Maine, fairgrounds exhibit center May 13–14. The show’s opening day brought wind gusts of up to 45 mph, but it didn’t deter the loggers from coming out to see the latest and greatest forestry equipment from over 250 exhibitors. With their extensive display of harvesting/processing heads, the Waratah Forestry Attachment group showed why they have become...
Waratah at Elmia Wood 
Waratah at Elmia Wood

Jönköping, Sweden, was the backdrop for the world’s largest forestry show, which takes place every four years. Over 50,000 people attended the event from June 1–4, 2005, and Waratah was among the exhibitors. The Waratah Forestry Attachments site featured a wide range of processing heads on display, from the large 600 Series for big wood applications to 400 and 200 Series that are sized for applications in between. The traditional campfire was the central...

New Parts Depot (English & Francais) 
New Parts Depot (English & Francais)

Waratah sets up a parts depot in Eastern Canada. Waratah has set up a second office in Dieppe, New Brunswick, to serve the eastern Canadian dealers better.

Afin d’ameliorer le service de pieces dans l’est du Canada, Waratah va proceder a l’ouverture, le 30 Janvier prochain, de ses nouveaux bureau...

Waratah Makes A Big Show At Rotorua Show 
Waratah Makes A Big Show At Rotorua Show

In early March, at the 2006 Forest Industries Show in Rotorua, New Zealand, Waratah Forestry Attachments exhibited their extensive line of harvesting and processing heads, as well as unveiled the new TimberRite™ measuring system. It was all aimed at increasing customer productivity and uptime, and lowering daily operating costs. This year's show had participants from around the world, including Australia, U.S., Canada, Finland, Germany, Holland, Russia, Chile, Indonesia and many other countries. The new TimberRite...

Waratah wins again 
Waratah wins again

Waratah Canada made another good impression at the annual Interior Logging Association Forestry show and Convention held in Kamloops, BC, April 10-13. Besides a full array of Waratah harvesters on site in the static exhibit, a colorful booth outlined in re-forested pine trees was surrounded by "bug killed" lodge pole pine fencing constructed and erected by the staff members. The Canada group also hosted and brought to their booth the West Coast Lumberjack Show. The show featured ...

 
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