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E V E N T Pragati Majdan in New Delhi Thin kerf sawmilling success at DelhiWood Thin-kerf sawmill manufacturer WoodMizer repor ts a busy stand at DelhiWood, where the company presented its wide range of equipment for small-medium and larger companies. Wood-Mizer's recently appointed country manager for India, Bobby Joseph, was on the stand to welcome visitors and discuss their needs. "We made many new contacts and generated a good level of enquiries for our products", said Bobby. "There was particular interest in our new WM1000, which can cut tropical hardwood logs up to 1.5m diameter and has been designed especially for sawmillers in Asia. This allows us to serve a new section of the market, and judging by the reaction of visitors the new sawmill will be a successful development for us. "Our Small Log Processing line for efficient and cost-effective processing of small logs for applications such as fencing and pallet material and other thin boards has already proved popular in the region, including several installations in India, and continued to appeal to visitors at DelhiWood. "We also attracted a lot of interest in our 'Orange' range of sawmills, especially the LT20, LT70 and LT70 Remote - with an order for the last of these taken during the exhibition". The company's own-manufactured thin-kerf sawblades, which are designed to give accurate cutting with minimal waste and are suitable for all makes of sawmill as well Wood-Mizer's range, were also presented at DelhiWood. Wood-Mizer arrived at the exhibition having just concluded a sale to one customer of two LT20B sawmills - which have a modular bed to which sections can easily be added to allow the increasingly popular practice of loading two logs end-to-end and sawing both in one pass of the head - together with the E400 edger saw. This is the first E400 edger to be sold in India, and allows sawmills to add value to their operation by producing square-edged boards from cants that have been cut from the log on the sawmill. "It was a good show for us", said Bobby. "We arrived on a high note after that sale just before the show and we ended on a ‘high’ because of the business and potential business on the stand". WOOD-MIZER TODAY SPRING 2011 17