Tigercat at Elmia Wood 2005

PARIS, ON, June 14, 2005 –  2005 marked Tigercat's third showing at Elmia Wood,  widely touted as the world's largest and most important forestry industry tradeshow. 

Although the turnout was obviously strong in terms of attendance from Scandinavian countries, Tigercat also entertained customers and potential customers from such diverse countries as Canada, United States, Chile, Brazil, Germany, France, Australia, South Africa, Scotland, Ireland and Russia.

Göran Persson, managing director of Tigercat AB in Hede, Sweden says, "Elmia Wood 2005 was the best Elmia show I ever have attended. Tigercat had a magnificent stand with a full range of both forwarders and harvesters. Our new forwarder line attracted a lot of interest and it is apparent that not only North American contractors appreciate more solidly and robustly designed forestry machines."

The 2005 Elmia show was especially important for Tigercat as the company unveiled its new family of 1000 series forwarders. The culmination of five years of research and development, Tigercat's new forwarder line consists of the 14 tonne 1055, the 18 tonne 1065 and the 20 tonne 1075. All three machines are powered by the Mercedes 906.

According Persson, "Our new 14 tonne forwarder was greatly approved by the show visitors. The 1055 will set a new standard for 14 tonne forwarders." 

The Tigercat forwarder line is characterized by durable design and construction, a large comfortable operator's station and unparalleled access to the engine and hydraulic components. Forwarder designer Jeff Lotz comments, "On the Tigercat forwarders, when you tilt the hood, you get access to the whole engine. When you tilt the cab over, you get access to the entire hydraulic system. This sort of service access is unique to the Tigercat forwarder line."

Tigercat also showed the H09 and the H16 wheel harvesters. As the Tigercat brand name is becoming more established and recognized in the Swedish market, Elmia 2005 was an appropriate time to introduce these two well established machines painted in Tigercat yellow for the first time ever. The agile H09 -- always a crowd pleaser -- was demonstrated in a thinning application throughout the four day event.

"The  Tigercat H09 was attracting a lot of interest and so did our clear felling harvester, the Tigercat H16," comments Persson. "A number of persons from various countries such as Australia, Chile and Germany expressed a genuine interest in the Pendo cabin equipped H16 as well as in the H09 after having taken a ride together with the owners of the harvesters."

To reflect the international presence at Elmia Wood, Tigercat displayed an H860C track harvester in addition to the wheel models. The H860C harvester is new offering for Tigercat, based on the new 860C platform. Designed in response to market demand from Scotland, the machine attracted especially strong interest from UK, Australian and North American contractors. The H860C and may also be well suited to contractors working in the extensive blow-down in southern Sweden and Denmark.

About Tigercat

Tigercat Industries designs and manufactures premium quality forestry and off-road equipment with manufacturing facilities in Canada and Sweden and worldwide distribution. The diverse forestry line includes complete full-tree and cut-to-length harvesting systems.

Tigercat and the Tigercat logo are registered trademarks of Tigercat Industries Inc. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Copyright (c) 2001-2005 Tigercat Industries Inc.

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Contacts:
Paul Iarocci, Tigercat Industries Inc.
519-442-1529 Ext. 314

piarocci@tigercat.com

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