Thursday 16

10:00 am - Opening of Asturforesta 2011.


10:00 am - Beginning of machinery demonstrations.
Throughout the day you can enjoy the exhibition of machinery by various exhibitors.


11:00 am - Visit to the manufacturing plant of wood pellets pellets Asturias, S. L. "
Guided visit to a pellet mill with a production capacity of 30,000 tons per year, which is located in the Industrial La Curiscada in Tineo.


11:00 am - Technical Session. "ICT in the Forestry Sector"
Organized by Centro de Tineo SAT. Fundación CTIC.
D. David Álvarez González, Head of the Centre de Tineo SAT.


12:00 h. - Lectures. "Associations and Forest Ownership"
Organised by Forest Owners Association of the Principality of Asturias, with assistance from:
• D. Peter David Palomar, President.
• D. Alvaro Fernandez Martinez, Vice President.
• D. Iván Fernández Castaño, Secretary.
• D. Jose Ramon Garcia Alba. Forestry Board member and partner.


16:00 pm - Visit to the plant manufacturing wood pellets pellets Asturias, S. L. "
Guided visit to a pellet mill with a production capacity of 30,000 tons per year, which is located in the Industrial La Curiscada in Tineo.


17:00 pm - Official Opening of Asturforesta 2011.


20:00 pm - Closing Asturforesta 2011.

Friday 17

10:00 am - Opening of Asturforesta 2011.


10:00 am - Beginning of machinery demonstrations.
Throughout the day you can enjoy the exhibition of machinery by various exhibitors.


11:00 am - Visit to the manufacturing plant of wood pellets pellets Asturias, S. L. "
Guided visit to a pellet mill with a production capacity of 30,000 tons per year, which is located in the Industrial La Curiscada in Tineo.


11:00 h. - Lectures. "Sustainable Forest Management and a commitment to products from the forests"
Organized by PEFC (Spanish Association for Forest Certification) and ESCRA (Entity Applicant Regional Certification of the Principality of Asturias), with assistance from:
• D ª. Ana Belén Noriega, Secretary General PEFC Spain.
• D ª. Silvia Ochoa, ESCRA.


12:30 h. - Lectures. "The importance of the Union in Times of Crisis"
Organized by COSE, Confederation of Forest Owners of Spain and the Forest Owners Association of the Principality of Asturias, with assistance from:
• D. Josu Azpitarte Andrinua, President of Sew.
• D. Patricia Gomez, manager of Sew.
• D. Peter David Palomar, President of Forest Owners Association of the Principality of Asturias.
Following the conference, Josu Azpitarte give a brief monograph on the pine.


16:00 pm - Visit to the plant manufacturing wood pellets pellets Asturias, S. L. "
Guided visit to a pellet mill with a production capacity of 30,000 tons per year, which is located in the Industrial La Curiscada in Tineo.


17:00 h. - Lectures. "Alternative Energy Use of Forest Residues"
Organized by FAEN (Fundación Asturiana de la Energía).


20:00 pm - Closing Asturforesta 2011.

10:00 am - Opening of Asturforesta 2011.


10:00 am - Beginning of machinery demonstrations.
Throughout the day you can enjoy the exhibition of machinery by various exhibitors.


11:00 h. - Lectures. "The forestry training: Vocational Training"
Organized by Ministry of Education and Science. School of Forestry. I.E.S. Tineo Council, with the participation of:
• D ª M ª Navas Virginia Alcubilla of


12:30 pm - Lecture: "Application of new technologies for planning and forest management"
Organized by S. Agresta Coop., with the involvement of D. Alfredo Fernandez:
• "Applications of LIDAR technology planning and forest management"
• "Equations of high profile and widespread curves using non-destructive methods for evaluation of standing trees"
• "Huellacero: a certificate of calculation, reduction and offsetting carbon footprint

17:00 pm - Closing of Asturforesta 2011.


19:00 pm - Closing Asturforesta 2011.

The latest generation of forestry machinery will be on display at Asturforesta 2011.

Asturforesta rotates around machinery demonstrations. The celebrities of the fair without any doubt are the backhoes, processors, automatic loaders, and skidders. Although the section for thrashers/cutters with hammer action will also attract much interest, due to their versatility and ease of operation.

The machinery demonstrations will begin at 10:00 h. on Thursday 16^th June and they will conclude on 18^th at 19:00 h.

Each exhibitor will organize his/her parcel for demonstration of machinery, except in those exhibitions needing to use communal areas, in which case timetables will be detailed together with the companies and machines carrying out the exhibition.

Please de cautions, Asturforesta is a logging area and machinery and equipment are at work along the roads. You visit the fair ground at your own risk. Every operator must carefully observe the safety instructions and every visitor must fallow the instructions of security staff are project management. The security staff are present to protect life and have the authority of safety representatives et the fair. Please follow trair advice and instructions!

The Organization of Asturforesta has at your disposal a fully fitted conference room to expose topics related to the forestry sector o similar.

To apply for the above mentioned room please get in contact with the Secretary in Asturforesta at the following address:

     Alejo Miguélez Puerto
     Asturforesta
     Agencia de Desarrollo Local
     33877 Tineo
     Asturias, España
     Tel +34 985 80 19 76 / 985 80 08 09
     Fax +34 98 580 16 94
     Email: asturforesta@asturforesta.com