PARIS ON, JANUARY 21, 2009 – Due to the current global financial crisis and specific weakness in the forest products industry which in turn has caused a severe decrease in demand for forestry equipment, Tigercat has initiated a temporary pause in production for a period of two weeks.

Tigercat forestry machines well suited to demanding ground scarification applications.

PARIS ON, FEBRUARY 10, 2009 – Swedish scarifying contractors are turning to super-duty Tigercat machines to handle demanding applications in steep and rocky terrain. The 1075B forwarder and 625/635 series six-wheel drive skidders are particularly well suited to the extreme conditions.

PARIS ON, FEBRUARY 18, 2009 – Tigercat has appointed ICC Peru SAC as its authorized full service dealer for the country of Peru. Established in 1995, ICC Peru is a leading after-market supplier of track components, engine parts and ground engagement tools. In addition to the construction and mining segments, ICC Peru was the distributor for Franklin Equipment Company until its unfortunate bankruptcy in December 2008. ICC Peru still retains one of the largest stock of Franklin parts in the world to support the large population of these machines in Peru.

The H250B processor offers exceptional value with its low capital cost, strong structure, high performance and low operating costs.

PARIS ON, JANUARY 23, 2008 – In 2007 Tigercat developed the H250B, a dedicated processor carrier designed for roadside processing applications as well as light duty in-woods harvesting. The machine is currently being marketed worldwide with units sold and operating in such diverse areas as the US, Uruguay, South Africa and Australia.

PARIS ON, JANUARY 10, 2008 –  As Tigercat periodically adjusts and expands its product offering to meet the changing requirements of logging professionals throughout the world, the company has recently released a new leveling undercarriage and along with it a new track carrier model.

The initial run of TH575 harvesting heads is proving highly productive in a variety of debranching and debarking applications worldwide.

PARIS ON, JAN 24, 2008 – The initial run of Tigercat's new TH575 harvesting heads have accumulated thousands of operating hours over the course of 2007. Performance has been excellent and uptime, extremely high. The heads are operating in spruce, pine and poplar applications in Canada as well as pine jobs in Chile, Brazil and South Africa and eucalyptus delimbing and debarking in Australia. Additional units have recently shipped to Australia, Russia and western Canada with H822C, LH830C, H855C, H860C and H250B Tigercat carriers.