Zebulon, NC, March 4, 2002 - The Forestry & Industrial Equipment Division of Blount International, Inc., a leading manufacturer of timber harvesting, site clearing and industrial equipment, announced today the introduction of a new line of Prentice branded mill-yard equipment consisting of three models of rubber-tired log loaders ranging in size from 22.5-ton capacity to 36.5-ton capacity. Included is the all-new 22.5-ton model with adjustable height cab, designed specifically for the North American market. First shipments will be made to Blount dealers this spring.
Dennis Eagan, President of Blount's Forestry & Industrial Equipment Division said that this introduction is in keeping with the company's ongoing commitment to provide state of the industry equipment to its broad customer base, which in addition to short-wood, tree-length and cut-to-length contractors, includes mill-yard owners throughout North and South America.
Blount's Prentice brand is the market leader for knuckle boom log loaders in the Americas, having been manufactured in the United States since 1945. Other Blount market leading brands of timber harvesting equipment include Hydro-Ax® feller-bunchers, CTR® ground-saw slashers and pull-through delimbers, and Fabtek® cut-to-length harvesting equipment.
The Forestry and Industrial Equipment Division of Blount, Inc., maintains facilities in Prentice, Wisconsin; Owatonna, Minnesota; Menominee, Michigan; and Zebulon, North Carolina. Corporate headquarters for Blount, Inc. is in Montgomery, Alabama.
For more information call us at (919) 269-7421 or email us at sales@blount-fied.com.
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