Timbeter

Timbeter is a forest technology company with locations around the world. Its software uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to measure timber, and it aims to make the forestry industry more sustainable and transparent.

What Timbeter offers

• Log pile measurement — a photo taken on a phone or tablet is analysed to detect logs and calculate diameters, count and pile density.
• Dashboard — cloud storage that gives an overview of timber resources on mobile, laptop or desktop, with editing of measurements.
• Container tool — measuring diameters and organising container shipments, with structured data through to the bill of lading.
• Lumber tool — board count and volume, with quality assessment and sync to the cloud.
• Log counter — automated counting of logs.

Who it works with

Log buyers and sellers, forestry businesses and governments. Data can be linked to systems such as CRM, bookkeeping, payroll and ERP.

Key facts

• Presence: locations worldwide
• Stated aim: to reduce illegal logging and improve timber supply
• Claimed benefit: measuring a pile of logs about ten times faster than traditional methods