A Kalmar RTD 3026 log stacker with a lifting capacity between 15,000kg and 30,000kg.

Swedish packaging material manufacturer Korsnas has signed a servicing agreement with Kalmar for about 60 materials handling machines.

The agreement will include 40 electric forklifts used for internal transport during Korsnas's production of sulphate hardwood pulp, cardboard and paper.

Kalmar managing director Jan Ohlsson said that, since the late 1990s, Kalmar had been servicing the machines of more than 15 major forestry industry and sawmill companies.

"We are now responsible for 200 to 300 machines," he said. "The customers get guaranteed access to well-adapted machinery with the cost agreed in advance.

"We work together with each customer to create an optimum solution based on every operator's unique requirements."

Founded in 1855, Korsnas produces 700,000 tonnes of sulphate hardwood pulp and 660,000 tonnes of cardboard and paper a year.

The company, wholly owned by Investment AB Kinnevik, exports 85 per cent of its products, mainly to Europe and Asia.

Its machines are used for handling raw materials during production and unloading finished products at Korsnas's facilities in Gavle, Sweden.

Kalmar has been servicing Korsnas's terminal tractors since 2000 and the new agreement extends its service to include Korsnas's other machines, from large firewood processors to wheel-mounted loaders and forklifts.

Ohlsson, who would not disclose the contract value, said Kalmar would now service almost all Korsnas's machines, except for "smaller forklifts".