Press Release

Montreal, October 8, 1999 - Simlog is pleased to announce the delivery of its first harvester simulator to a forestry company, Corner Brook Pulp and Paper.

Indeed, many forestry companies are increasingly aware of the indirect costs of inadequate training and some have come to believe that sharing the costs of training the operators of their contractors makes good business sense, for the following reasons.

Firstly, contractors become more profitable when their operators are better trained, since their equipment is used more productively with reduced maintenance costs and increased machine uptime. Secondly, when operators are better trained, they are more likely to conduct environmentally-compatible harvesting and thereby improve the public's perception of forest practices. Finally, the wood supplied to mill is of higher quality, i.e. closer to mill specifications.

And leading the way is Corner Brook Pulp and Paper in Corner Brook, Newfoundland, who recently purchased a Simlog simulator for just this purpose!

According to Bruce Yates, Woodlands Safety and Training Coordinator at Corner Brook Pulp and Paper "the Simlog Harvester Personal Simulator is an excellent tool for training new harvester operators, and re-training operators of other forestry equipment to become harvester operators.

"By using the Simlog Simulator prior to seat-time in the real harvester, trainees gain confidence that helps them become efficient operators in a shorter period of time. The boom skills learned, and the knowledge gained about the flow of shortwood harvesting, become evident as soon as trainees begin work in the woods.

"Simlog's approach to training is modular and very progressive, helping trainees acquire skills in a positive manner. The ability to measure and track the trainees' progress greatly helps the trainer but it is of even greater benefit to the trainees, who can see their performance and their skills improve as they progress through the training program."

Today, Simlog is concentrating its efforts on the development of real-time graphical simulators to help train heavy equipment operators in forestry, mining and construction.

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