For Comfortable Overnight Stays JENZ Supplies HEM 583 R-Truck on Volvo Truck to Estonia

No. 57 | July 2017 AKTUELL

Information for customers and staff

HEM 593 R Cobra “A machine in perfection”

JENZ Service Who does what in the internal sales force?

New product presentation HEM 583 R-Truck Volvo For comfortable overnight stays

UAB RB Baltic JENZ dealer in Lithuania Contents JENZ AKTUELL No. 57

Preface 3

“A machine in perfection” 4 Klaus Euringer reports on his experience with the first “Cobra” in Bavaria

Who does what in the internal sales force? 6 Your contacts in the internal sales force

More power, less consumption 8 With a Fendt 1050 and the JENZ HEM 820 Z power takeoff shaft chipper, Josef Sturm currently owns the most powerful combination available.

For comfortable overnight stays 10 JENZ supplies HEM 583 R-Truck on Volvo truck to Estonia

International dealer conference 2017 13

LIGNA und Elmia Wood 2017– two exciting trade fair weeks 13

Successful at the third try 14 UAB RB Baltic has been the JENZ dealer in Lithuania for 4 years now

Trade fair dates 16

News in brief 16

Imprint

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Dear readers,

even things which appear to be familiar bile chipper in these areas also in- and almost impossible to improve still clude hotel costs and the time which need to be looked at from another view- the driver has to use up to get there point every so often. This results in and back to his work location. solutions with real improvements. This consideration went through my head This means that there are new require- as my wife and I took part in a Catho- ments placed on the HGV chassis. And lic adult education study tour last au- it’s exactly these requirements that tumn with a travel group through the we have implemented on the basis of a densely-forested Baltic countries. The Volvo FH chassis provided by the cus- population density there is only 29 in- tomer together with an HEM 583 R, in habitants per km2, but where we live close cooperation with the local deal- 230 people live on the same area. When er. You will find an extensive report you produce woodchippings from re- covering further details of this excit- sidual forest timber there are a wide ing project in the following pages. range of requirements made by different owners which result from these At the same time we will be reporting completely different statistics. on the complete opposite in the current newsletter: a HEM 593 R Cobra, in When designing mobile chippers we which the driver can operate the HGV had basically always looked at things and the chipper from one location. This from a viewpoint based on the fact that has been made possible through the machine operation and chipper driving addition of a rotating driver’s cab. should be carried out from one place in the ideal case. However, our deal- You will be able to see how differ- ers and customers there have passed ent the conditions in practice can on a further requirement: “The driv- be and which different solutions re- er should be able to sleep in his truck sult from them. In the end this is what overnight. The widely-spaced operat- makes our job so exciting and var- ing locations make this necessary, the ied – it never gets boring. And this loading crane and chipper should be is exactly what we hope you will find controlled from a separate crane cabin.” when you read the following pages.

At first we couldn’t make head or tail Your of this concept. However, once you drive through the thickly-forested, thinly-populated landscape of the Baltic countries it becomes obvious. The costs incurred in using a mo-

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Neustadt-Arresting (jkr). The little Ba- itially using a pow- varian community of Arresting, which er takeoff shaft-driv- is part of Neustadt village and sits in an en HEM 561 Z. “That idyllic location on a slightly hilly rise, was the first JENZ ma- has just under 100 residents. The Dan- chine I owned” said ube snakes its way through the coun- Mr Euringer, who used tryside only around 3 km to the south. a John Deere 8530 It is 45 km to Regensburg in the east, with 206 kW (320 hp) 30 km to Ingolstadt in the west and as a tractor. Now, the 100 km to Munich in the south. Klaus farmer and business- Enough space for machines and woodchippings – Euringer lives and works in the mid- man has taken the the new company premises in Neustadt an der Donau. dle of this magnificent natural setting. next step and invested in a HEM 593 R Cobra The trained farmer took over his parents’ mobile chipper. “It’s a super machine” resting. Klaus Euringer produces wood- farm in 2000. The 46-year-old plants praised Mr Euringer. It’s actually the very chippings and markets them himself. wheat and maize on around 40 hectares, first “Cobra” to be found in Bavaria. “A but he has leased out the majority of his tractor and a mobile chipper together Mr Euringer had no trouble selling his land. “We used to grow hops, but we’ve were just too long for me. I wanted a more used HEM 561 Z mobile chipper on his stopped doing that now” said Mr Eu- powerful, shorter and more manoeuvra- own initiative in a very short time. “The ringer, who lives on his parents’ farm to- ble machine” said Mr Euringer as a reason chipper was sold even before the Co- gether with his wife and their 21-year- for his decision. “The driving comfort is bra was delivered. JENZ also provided old daughter. In addition to farming of course much better on top of the pow- me with a loan machine for this reason, Mr Euringer also used to work for a pri- er capabilities and flexibility, and I can which I think is excellent” said Mr Eu- vate contractor for whom he operat- be on the road at up to 80 km an hour.” ringer, who knows his new HEM 593 R Co- ed JENZ machines. Six years ago he took His customers are located within a bra mobile chipper inside and out by the step towards self-employment, in- radius of around 50 km from Ar- now. “To me, this JENZ chip-

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per is a machine in perfection. There are “This cooperation worked really well” still a couple of details to sort out, but said Helmut Krammer, manager of the brief facts they’re just minor details like the fact JENZ South Branch office. After all, there that the dirt arrester is too long – I short- were a couple of extra customer require- Performance potential ened it myself – or an additional fix- ments which had to be considered on Fragmentation of hardwood ing for the toolbox.” Overall it’s impor- Klaus Euringer’s machine. “The Cobra up to (in cm) 45 Fragmentation of softwood tant for Mr Euringer that he is heard. was delivered with special paintwork and up to (in cm) 56 “It’s important for me that my con- had chrome-plated bull bars fitted to the Throughput up to approx. (in lcm) 220 tact in the company, the engineers and front. On top of that, we installed an ad- designers listen carefully to the im- ditional mounting for an extra screen Draw-in opening provement ideas we customers have. basket on the crane. Klaus Euringer is Draw-in width (mm) 1400 Draw-in height (mm) 680 After all, it’s us who operate the ma- very happy with that. “That went well. It chines in practice. And we know exact- makes changing the screen basket easier Main drive ly what works and what doesn’t” he said. for me, and it saves time.” Changing the Standard diesel engine MAN, Euro 6 Drive power (in kW/HP) 353/480

blades over is also just as problem-free and convenient. The screen basket cover opens hydraulically at the push of a but- ton. The blades can be replaced simply and without requiring much force if you are armed with a hose reel and a heavy impact wrench. To finish off, Mr Euringer would like to emphasise the setup of his flexibly-usable Woodcracker L 920 which he uses to split oversize trunks. He’s very happy to pass on his positive expe- Three generations in front of the new Cobra, Klaus Euringer rience, for example during demonstra- (top) is extremely satisfied with his new chipper truck. tions. He has already impressed several potential purchasers with these. 

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Service opening times: Mon. – Thu.: 7.00 – 17.30 Friday: 7.00 – 16.30 Saturday: 7.00 – 12.15

Who does what in the internal sales force? Your contacts in the internal sales force

Petershagen (ehe). Service perfectly matched to the ma- department sells the second.” JENZ is also aware that perfect- chine is indispensable for the avoidance of expensive down- ly functioning after-sales service is increasingly important time. This especially applies to mobile woodchippers with and has continued to extend this area over the last few years. job deadlines. It’s not without reason that people say: However, who is the right contact for various problems at “The sales department sells the first machine, the service JENZ headquarters? We’ll be answering this question below.

–Service management– –Guarantee processing– the complete overview if something does go wrong in the end

Service manager Wolfgang Benditte is Damage to machines is an everyday responsible for coordinating the cooper- occurrence. Bernd Westermann deals ation between the various service areas. with the processing of guarantee claims Mr Benditte, who is 57, has been at JENZ and verification of the facts. This also for 22 years and knows everything there includes passing the claim on to suppli- is to know about JENZ machines and the ers for diagnosis and tracking the pro- service area. His tasks include clarifi- cesses. “There is a bit of detective work cation of special processes, for example there as well” is how the 57-year-old extensive repairs and conversions, and describes his tasks. Wolfgang Benditte Bernd Westermann also staff management.

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–Servicehotline– –Spare parts sales– immediate help on the phone the right part at the right time

Sascha Gerling Sebastian Fullriede Nicolas Buss Silvio Patzsch Marcel von Behren Tobias Brethauer

The first contact with JENZ Service normally takes place via the The spare parts staff are also in direct contact with the customer. customer hotline. The experienced technicians and engineers from “The right part at the right quantity at the right time to the custom- the Mechanical and Electrical departments deal with the telephone er – that’s our job“ explained Silvio Patzsch, manager of the spare fault analysis. “The guiding principle we work on is ‘help for self- parts department and deputy service manager. This also includes help’ – we try to find a way for the customer to rectify the problem organisation of outside components such as cranes, motors or HGV on his own initiative during the call”, explained Sascha Gerling, accessories, or parts supply to the service workshop. In order for Service Hotline Manager. If this doesn’t work, the team deals with this to work, an extensive warehouse in the main works and three clarification of the problem together with the appropriate specialist regional warehouses distributed across Germany are available. On area. On top of this, assembly deployments are coordinated, quota- top of this, the department deals with sales of the Woodcracker and tions for machine repairs and spare parts supplies are drawn up and selling off other remaining components. customer training is carried out.

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–Service workshop– –Service assistance– repairs and maintenance in the works support in the background

Regular, professional maintenance of There are many tasks, both technical machines increases their service life or commercial, which are dealt with in considerably. The service workshop the background during the standard carries out this task for this reason and service day. Service engineer Chris- also deals with professional implemen- tian Vodde, who provides technical tation of repairs in cases of damage. assistance, analyses any abnormalities The team, led by master craftsmen which were not clarified during the Thomas Wolf, also deals with machine initial analysis. Apart from this he Thomas Wolf conversions and retrofitting, prepa- Christian Vodde deals with an extensive range of tech- ration of reusable old parts and all nical tasks, special customer queries service activities for the JENZ company and training. vehicle fleet. Direct customer contact Frauke Lührmann supports the ser- is not very common, “but we know the vice team in Commercial matters. She customer’s machines if they come into processes the assembly and workshop the workshop for maintenance regu- repair work which is being carried larly“ said Mr Wolf, who is 47. out for drawing up invoices, and also deals with the complete insurance Frauke Lührmann process for machine breakage damage (customer information, declaration of assignment, expert assessor contact).

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More power, less consumption With a Fendt 1050 and the JENZ HEM 820 Z power takeoff shaft chipper, Josef Sturm currently owns the most powerful combination available.

Aindling-Hausen (jkr). This is a combi- bination fit the picture. “The capaci- nation you just have to see: the most ty is gigantic. We drive the woodchip- powerful Fendt working together with pings away in three sliding floor trailers. the biggest JENZ-power takeoff shaft At its peak it manages 45 bulk cubic me- chipper. And the master of this powerful tres every quarter of an hour. That means technology is Josef Sturm, business- around 1000 bulk cubic metres of for- man from Bavarian Hausen, a village est woodchippings every day, if it comes in the community of Aindling in the from standing timber it sometimes even rural district of Aichach Friedberg. reaches 2000 bulk cubic metres. For private households we chip using a size Josef Sturm in front of his new Fendt Vario 1050 The Fendt Vario 1050 is currently the 38 screen basket and produce 130 bulk largest series tractor available with its cubic metres per hour” said the busi- 380 KW (517 hp). The 52-year-old says he 80 cm and is designed for large tractors nessman. Despite the increased perfor- had to wait almost 2 years before he re- with a power of between 150 kW (200 hp) mance, the diesel consumption has been ceived his new tractor, which at that time and 400 kW (540 hp). In other words it’s reduced from 4.4 litres per thousand bulk was the “most-viewed machine” at the just right for the largest and most pow- cubic metres down to exactly 4.0 litres. Agritechnica according to the manufac- erful tractor which Fendt ever built. turer. The HEM 820 Z, which is the larg- He drives the combination himself. est power takeoff-driven mobile chip- The actual techni- “I manage that really easily. I’m com- per made by JENZ, was already available cal specifica- pletely satisfied with JENZ machines, on the market. Josef Sturm received his tions which Jo- and I have never regretted deciding first coarse chipper from the series in sef Sturm has to buy JENZ. Even if I do get lots of of- 2012, and replaced it with a new mod- measured in fers I’ll be sticking to my mobile el in 2016. The machine chips shrubs practice with equipment. I can reach any work- and standing timber of a diameter up to his new com- place at any time of the day –

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chipping every year and then 2000 hours of tractor driving. According to Mr Sturm “It gets more and more all the time.” His customers, who are spread over a radius of 150 km, still include many private households but also the Augsburg and Aichach Forestry Associations.

Josef Sturm has a permanently em- ployed HGV driver and an office work- er on an hourly basis. On top of this he’s helped by his mother whose farm, where his works premises are now located, he moved to when he was four years old. “At the time we converted the pigsties to a workshop, and the large hall where we used to store the grain is where the ma-

Powerful combination: the Fendt Vario 1050 with the HEM 820 Z, the largest JENZ power takeoff chipper chines are now kept” he explained. Mr Sturm no longer actually farms himself. “We’ve leased out our 30 hectares.”  and I can get out of any field again as vested about €300,000 in a Fendt 930 well” said Josef Sturm, laughing. tractor and a power takeoff shaft-driven JENZ HEM 540 Z mobile chipper. In The trained farmer started 18 years 2008 he got a JENZ HEM 581 Z, and he brief facts ago by logging in the forest. “Basical- bought the largest JENZ HEM 820 Z mo- ly, Gerald Seidel gave me the idea to bile chipper in 2012 and again in 2016. Performance potential start woodchipping” said Mr Sturm Fragmentation of hardwood up to (in cm) 60 with hindsight, and added: “I made His first customers were private house- Fragmentation of softwood the decision two or three weeks later holds, but he also had enquiries from up to (in cm) 80 and then started working in the wood- the Botanical Gardens in Augsburg at Throughput up to approx. (in lcm) 260 chipping business.” At the time he in- the time. “On top of this I was extreme- Draw-in opening ly active myself, I drove around a lot and Draw-in width (mm) 1200 managed to acquire a lot of orders” said Draw-in height (mm) 820 Mr Sturm. He worked for a total Main drive of 150 hours on the chipper Power consumption approx. (kW) 150–400 in the first year. Nowadays it’s more like 1000 hours of

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For comfortable overnight stays JENZ supplies HEM 583 R-Truck on Volvo truck to Estonia

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The Volvo brand is particularly popular The customer ordered in Scandinavia and the Baltic countries. the FH 16 with 550 hp That is quite obvious from many chipper and a 4-axle tridem customers’ vehicle fleets in the region. A chassis as a chipper request for a chipper on a Volvo chassis is base. The JENZ engi- therefore not really a surprise. It finally neers were now on the happened in November last year, and line. Stefan Müller, then the first JENZ HEM 583 R-Truck on Research and De- a Volvo HGV chassis was ready. A ma- velopment Manag- chine tailor-made to suit the customer, er told us about the and one which is really worth a look. project’s special fea- tures: “With the Vol- “Chipper drivers in the sparsely-pop- vo chipper truck, we ulated Scandinavian and Baltic coun- have to take power tries have to work under completely dif- off at a different lo- ferent conditions compared to those in cation along the driv- central Europe, with its high population etrain in comparison density” explained Hartmut Schnecken- with the MAN chip- er, International Sales Manager. “Some- per trucks we used as times the deployment sites are a long way standard up to now.” apart. The drivers are often on the road As in all long-distance with their chipper trucks for a considera- lorries, the Volvo does bly longer period and often have to over- not have a front wheel night in them.” The 55-year-old supports drive and only drives the above areas for JENZ, and knows his the first two rear ax- customers’ needs. The comfort provid- les. For this reason ed by the driver’s cab is much more im- a power divider was portant in these cases – after all, it needs used in order to route to be a mixture of workplace and sleep- the power flow ei- ing quarters. “This is why the customers ther to the chipper or prefer a luxurious long-distance driver’s to the rear axles. “All cab and don’t mind operating the chip- the drive components per from an external additional crane are also designed for cabin.” On top of this the HGV should at this purpose as ‘heavy least be partially usable on uneven roads, duty’ components” ex- which isn’t necessarily the case for most plained Stefan Müller. HGVs with long-distance driver cabs. The wheelbase is Volvo scores points in both cases, be- slightly longer than cause the Volvo FH in question is also the standard chip- available with a medium-height chas- per truck due to the sis as a series production. This is not drivetrain. Howev- the case with other manufacturers. So it er, Mr Müller consid- was only logical that Estonian customer ers this an advan- PK Oliver made the decision for the Vol- tage because both the vo FH 16 with three possible power stag- first and last axle are es of 550, 650 and 750 hp. “On top of this, steered. “This means Plenty of space: Hartmut Schneckener, who is 1.92 m tall, the company already had an extensive that the HGV is still demonstrates the space available in the driver’s cab (top). Volvo vehicle fleet and a special relation- very manoeuvrable The wide bed provides plenty of space for comfortable ship with Volvo” said Mr Schneckener. despite its four axles.” overnight stays (bottom).

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also be built on without requiring spe- several telephone conferences. In ad- brief facts cial approval. Customer PK Oliver decid- dition, the customer visited the Peter- ed to take a chipping unit with a medi- shagen works to see the state of devel- um power class, the HEM 583 R. “That’s opment and the construction himself. Performance potential a standard machine” said Mr Müller. The Fragmentation of hardwood up to (in cm) 45 objective was to build the machine on The alternative concept definitely re- Fragmentation of softwood as simply as possible. “That’s why we de- sults in savings of work time and hotel up to (in cm) 56 cided to orientate ourselves on our pow- costs under the corresponding deploy- Throughput up to approx. (in lcm) 200 er takeoff machines and we also applied ment conditions, and at the same time it Draw-in opening the pump distribution transmission we achieves maximum comfort for the driv- Draw-in width (mm) 1200 use in our power takeoff machines. That er. “It is completely different to the pre- Draw-in height (mm) 680 is something which has established it- vious chipper trucks, and it might re- Main drive self successfully over many years of prac- sult in overhauling the question: crane Standard diesel engine VOLVO, Euro 6 tice.” Apart from this, the construction cab or driver’s cab with mowing win- Drive power (in kW/HP) 405/550 ensures that all the hydraulic compo- dow” said Stefan Müller. Customer PK Ol- nents in the chipper are as far away from iver is satisfied whatever the outcome. the diesel motor heat source as possible. “We saw this the way their eyes lit up Adding the chipper to the 4-axle tridem once the machine was ready for collec- chassis also offered the engineers a fur- The 36-year-old is extremely happy with tion. The deployment experience the ther advantage. “With one axle at the the project’s progression. “We worked customer has made up to now is very front and 3 at the rear we still have suf- in very close cooperation with PK Oli- positive, and a second machine is al- ficient reserves in terms of weight and ver, our Estonian dealer OÜ Autra repre- ready in production for the custom- length” explained Mr Müller. This means sented by Toomas Triisa and our dealer er” reported Hartmut Schneckener. “I that other chipping units, for example consultant Allan Laurimäe.” Every de- really think we can expect a few fol- the HEM 593 R or the HEM 821 R, could tail was discussed structurally during low-on orders from other countries.” 

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On the 15th and 16th of product range and new technical devel- March, the internation- opments were reported over the morn- al JENZ dealers came to- ing. Demonstrations of chippers and gether at the company’s shredders could be viewed at vari- main headquarters in Pe- ous locations during the afternoon. tershagen-Friedewalde for their annual sales con- JENZ regularly uses this event to in- ference and enjoyed the form its dealers about current develop- best possible weather. ments, and it also provides an opportuni- ty to exchange views during discussions During the course of about current topics. The organisers were a block of lectures very happy to hear considerable praise the general’s compa- from the sales experts, who arrived from ny situation, the JENZ a total of 22 different countries.  LIGNA and Elmia Wood 2017– two exciting trade fair weeks

Two large international trade fairs took place within 3 weeks – the LIGNA at the end of May and the Elmia Wood at the beginning of June.

The trade fair marathon started on 22 May with the LIGNA on the trade fair grounds in Hanover. With visitors numbering 93,000 for the second year in succession, the number of international visitors rose to 45 %. This was also appar- ent on the JENZ trade fair stand. JENZ presented itself as part of the firewood production line on the outside areas, and

showed chipping units in the medium of Jönköping. Together with its Swedish performance range in the form of the sales partner Värmdal & Traktorservice, stationary HE 561 StA and the mobile JENZ presented its Cobra concept in HEM 561 R-Truck chipper truck. addition to power takeoff machines and a range of drum construction methods. Only a week later the show moved to Despite the bad weather, the trade fair Sweden. The largest forestry trade fair team was extremely satisfied with the in the world, the Elmia Wood, started on number (around 41,000) and the quality 07 June in the forests south of the city of the visitors. 

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Vilnius. Rytis Bakševičius knows ex- know about from Lithuania” he ex- Rytis had to prove his persistence when actly what he wants. The 46-year-old plained. “After my studies I collected trying to make contact with JENZ. “I Lithuanian founded his company UAB further experience in this sector, and knew JENZ since I started working in the RB Baltic more than 10 years ago, and about two years later I started prepa- sector, and tried to make contact from since then he has been at the top of rations for founding my own compa- time to time. The third attempt was suc- the intensely competitive Lithuanian ny. The time came in September 2006, cessful” he reported with a smile. “I market. He had several attempts at when the young businessmen found- think we had acquired a good reputa- making contact with JENZ, only the third ed his own company, UAB RB Baltic. tion through our cooperation with oth- was to be successful: JENZ and RB Baltic er German companies, that helped.” signed a dealer contract in March 2013 RB Baltic sells and rents out machines, to start a very successful cooperation. carries out repairs and maintenance The company is growing in terms of per- and deals with smooth spare parts pro- sonnel and space. “RB Baltic is a fami- Rytis Bakševičius learnt a lot about the vision. “Right from the start we spe- ly company. My partner Inga and I have waste disposal sector during his stud- cialised in machines and equipment for been working together right from the ies at Bremen University at the be- waste disposers” reported Rytis. At the start. Our headquarters was always in ginning of the 2000s. “There were so beginning, this included waste contain- Vilnius”, said Rytis, who is at home in many new things for me, things I didn’t ers (made by Weber), underground con- the Lithuanian capital. By 2013, the area tainers (Bauer-Suedlohn), baling presses they rented was no longer sufficient. (Strautmann), screening machines (Ter- “We then moved into our own new offic- ra Select) and compost turners (Back- es, which pro- hus). Over time the product range was vided more supplemented by new products and room for ex- additional sales agencies. JENZ ma- pansion and chines were added, as was plastic washing equipment and plastic recycling equipment made by Herbold and NGR.

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es.” This means the biggest challenge is convincing customers that an excellent product is really worth the price.

The high level of competition doesn’t exactly make it easier for the small company. “We represent almost all European manufacturers, and we are fighting for every customer.” On top of this high level of competition between woodchipper producers itself results in low woodchipping prices and tension. “This also has an influence on the willingness to invest, of course. Our task is then to find the best solution together with the customer, ir- General Manager Rytis Bakševičius (centre) together with his new employees respective of whether it’s a power takeoff Adomas Kanopa (service engineer) and Vytautas Jauga (project manager). machine, a chipper truck, used or new.”

At the moment, chipper trucks are especially in demand. “Previously the power takeoff machines sold best because the customers wanted to connect their chippers to the tractors they already had” explained Rytis. However, the demand for mobility and therefore the demand for chipper trucks increased over time. “Nowadays your typical woodchipping producer works one day in the forest and the next day he has to be somewhere else which is maybe 150 km away, which is why the chipper truck is preferred nowadays.” The low weight compared with chippers with add-on motors and the lower maintenance costs resulting from having only one motor also motivate the customers. “I can still see potential for the future in this sector” said Rytis.  UAB RB Baltic presented chipper trucks and power takeoff machines last year at the “Bal- tijos miškai”, an important trade fair for forestry and forestry technology.

for employing more staff.” Nowadays The situation hasn’t exactly got sim- the company consists of 7 people. pler over the last few years in terms of his JENZ customers. “Customers in Lith- The team deals collectively with cus- uania want good, reliable and effi- tomers from a wide range of sectors, cient machines. At the same time they but they all have one thing in common: expect good service during and after “All of them process waste, whether it’s the guarantee period, and they want communal, wood or plastic wastes.” all that at the lowest-possible pric-

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Date Trade fair Location Company

JENZ trade fair dates 2017

August 2017 01.08.2017 – 02.08.2017 DemoForest Libramont (Belgium) Van Bemmel 17.08.2017 – 20.08.2017 24th Internationale Forstmesse Luzern Luzern (Switzerland) JENZ 18.08.2017 – 19.08.2017 Mittia Skogstransport 2017 Ljusdal (Sweden) Värmdal 31.08.2017 – 05.09.2017 Karpfhamer Fest/Rottalschau Karpfham (Germany) JENZ September 2017 06.09.2017 – 07.09.2017 Innov Agri Ondes (France) Noremat 06.09.2017 – 10.09.2017 MATEXPO Kortrijk (Belgium) Van Bemmel 07.09.2017 – 09.09.2017 innoLignum SOPRON Sopron (Hungary) Forest Power 06.09.2017 – 10.09.2017 Rieder Messe Ried (Austria) JENZ Österreich 14.09.2017 – 14.09.2017 5th International Practical Day for Composting Knittelfeld (Austria) JENZ Österreich 26.09.2017 – 29.09.2017 EXPOBIOMASA Valladolid (Spain) EMSA 28.09.2017 – 30.09.2017 Forest Romania Zizin (Romania) Forest Power October 2017 24.10.2017 – 26.10.2017 Recycling Gorinchem (Netherlands) Van Bemmel November 2017 07.11.2017 – 10.11.2017 Ecomondo Rimini (Italy) VAMA 12.11.2017 – 18.11.2017 AGRITECHNICA Hanover (Germany) JENZ 28.11.2017 – 29.11.2017 11th Bad Hersfelder Biomasseforum Bad Hersfeld (Germany) JENZ As of July 2017. Information without liability.

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Forest Power moves regional company”. Magne Gitmark has Reconstruction has started into new company building established itself as an important local After the fire in the administration The Hungarian JENZ dealer Forest Power employer since it now employs 29 staff. building on the 19th December, the has now moved into its new company demolition and reconstruction work is in building. The company headquarters is full swing. The administration building, now in Cserszegtomaj on the western which was completely destroyed, will be corner of Lake Balaton. András Bálint and reconstructed and the new reception area his team of 8 further staff now have plenty which was also damaged is being renovat- of space for their offices, warehouse and ed. The construction work is expected to workshop on a total of 530 m2 of space. be complete at the end of 2017 or begin- The company now also uses a 100 kW ning of 2018. woodchipping heating plant. We wish them all the best for the new move! The jury, which consisted of represent- Love which gets under your skin atives from local politics and business, Lars Johanson, chipper driver for the Nor- justified the prize by the fact that the wegian company Biodrift, had a special company has worked using healthy token of love economic policies over many years and tattooed on has therefore produced local jobs and his fore- supplied the market with good products arm. He is and services. Owner and general manager unmistakably Thor Aage Gitmark accepted the prize a fan of “his” together with his son Trond and dedicated HEM 821 DQ it to his father, company founder Magne Cobra hybrid. Magne Gitmark awarded prize Gitmark (89), and also to his enthusiastic Magne Gitmark, which has been JENZ staff whose exceptional commitment he dealer in Norway for 24 years now, was underlined. Many congratulations on this awarded a regional prize as “Lillesand special award!

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