Ekotechnika AG has entered the market for forestry machinery. For this purpose, EkoNiva-Technika signed a strategic partnership agreement with Tigercat Industries (Canada) in November 2018. Under the agreement, EkoNiva is the exclusive distributor of Tigercat forestry machinery in its sales areas in Central Russia, the Chernozem region as well as in large parts of Siberia. The product portfolio comprises the full range of forestry machines such as harvesters as well as forwarders and skidders for logging and timber transports. Sales started already in early December. John Deere, USA, remains Ekotechnika's exclusive main supplier of agricultural machinery, the company's key segment, as well as for the new Smart Farming segment.