Nordic Forestry Automation

Nordic Forestry Automation (NFA) is a company specializing in creating digital tools, precision forestry, and automation solutions for the forestry sector. They are working towards addressing challenges such as increased demand for sustainable raw materials, carbon storage, biodiversity conservation, and a shortage of skilled machine operators. NFA has developed a sensor-based operator support system for forest harvesting machines, which continuously detects, positions, measures, and classifies trees around the machine. This system provides real-time feedback to operators, enables before/after inventory and reporting of individual trees, and promotes best practice forest management strategies. NFA's technology can be retrofitted to any machine and optionally integrated with existing production/GIS systems. They have conducted extensive user testing to identify benefits such as reduced uncertainty, easier learning for new operators, and increased productivity. As a company, NFA sees potential for their core technology in developing a range of products to support operators in the transition to precise and sustainable forestry.