Tornator and Blom Kartta strengthen co-operation for forestry services
Tornator Oyj and Blom Kartta Oy have signed an agreement for an extensive cooperation for remote sensing based forest inventory. The project will cover about 200 000 hectares of forest, owned by Tornator in various parts of Finland. The agreement will last until 2016.
The project includes aerial photography, laser scanning and forest inventory analysis.
“Over the past few years, Blom Kartta has undertaken various inventory projects for Tornator. Accurate forest inventory information adds significant benefits to our business. This agreement will ensure that all our relevant forest parcels are covered with high quality and consistent inventory information,” Tornator’s managing director Arto J. Huurinainen says.
Tornator already takes advantage of a wide range of spatial data in their daily business operations. Point clouds based on laser scanning are used for the production of various types of surface models, and ortho imagery is the core material of the ERP system to support operational planning.
Forestry analysis is based on Blom’s vast experience within remote sensing based forest inventory production. Blom has provided laser scanning for forest inventories in Finland as well as abroad for almost ten years. “We strive for close and long-term relationships with our clients. Blom aims to deliver forest inventory information to Tornator in the most cost-efficient manner. The agreement also empowers development of new methods to produce additional value-added remote sensing data to Tornator’s operations,” Blom Kartta’s managing director Mikko Salonen says.
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For further information please contact:
Managing Director Arto J. Huurinainen, Tornator Oyj, tel. +358 10 563 0001
Managing Director Mikko Salonen, Blom Kartta Oy, tel. +358 10 322 8978
About Tornator
Tornator own about 600,000 hectares of forestland, which makes Tornator the third largest forest owner in Finland. Our core business is wood production and the sale of cutting rights. In addition, we sell high-quality waterfront plots and soil resources, and lease rights of access to our land. Tornator also buys forestland near their current holdings. Tornator’s net sales are some EUR 80 million. Tornator employs nearly 200 forestry professionals, mainly in south-eastern and eastern Finland. Besides the head office in Imatra Tornator has 14 regional offices around Finland, and subsidiaries in Estonia and Romania.
About BLOM
Blom is a leading European service provider within acquisition, processing and modelling of geographic information. Blom maintains unique European databases with collections of map, images and models. With particular focus on online services, Blom provides data and solutions to customers in government, enterprise and consumer markets and enables partners to create applications using Blom’s databases, location based services and navigation solution. Blom has app. 450 employees and subsidiaries in 9 countries. The company headquarter is located in Oslo, Norway. Blom is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (ticker BLO). For more information, visit www.blomasa.com.