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Nelson Forests Ltd. of NZ to Implement Cengea's Forest and Fibre Management Solution
Vancouver, BC – June 24, 2011 - Cengea Solutions is pleased to announce that Nelson Forests will be implementing Cengea Forest to manage its operations and supply chain in New Zealand. More information about Nelson Forests can be found at www.nelsonforests.co.nz.
About Nelson Forests Limited - Nelson Forests Limited (NFL) is an entity created by Global Forest Partners LP (GFP) in late 2007 to acquire and manage high quality Radiata Pine plantations located in the Nelson and Marlborough regions, in the South Island of New Zealand. NFL comprises approximately 63,000 hectares of trees and the Kaituna Sawmill, both of which are managed by its wholly owned subsidiary, Nelson Management Limited.
NFL's estate consists of 16,000ha of freehold land and 60,000ha of Crown Forest licence land, formerly State Forest, whose establishment started in 1927. NFL's plantations are managed on an average 30 year rotation and has reached a sustainable harvest of 1.1 million cubic metres per annum. NFL produces high density, high quality, FSC™ certified wood from its intensively managed forests. 80% of the resource is Radiata Pine, 68% of which is pruned, 14% is Douglas Fir, and 6% other species. 60% of log production is processed locally with the remainder exported to Asia from the ports of Nelson and Marlborough. NFL also purchases logs from other forest growers within the regions.
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