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The article reports that electric saw manufacturer Stihl could have its tools banned from major sites in Great Britain in 2007. The Major Contractors Group has warned manufacturers that only power tools listed on the independent Havtec register at Loughborough University's Off-Highway Plant and Equipment Research Centre will be allowed on its sites from January 2007. But Stihl has so far ignored the group's calls to register its tools, leaving the industry's most common chainsaw effectively blacklisted from major sites. Speedy Hire, Great Britain's number one tool hirer, is now set to drop Stihl saws from its stocks for major sites.

The article deals with the decision of German construction machinery manufacturer Stihl to allow independent assessors in Great Britain to test its TS 400 cut-off saw. The TS 400, which is used on a variety of materials including steel, rock and concrete, faced being banned from Major Contractors Group (MCG) sites in 2007, after bosses at the German firm ignored the call of the MCG to list its tools on the Havtec hand-arm vibration register at Loughborough University.

Evaluates two brush cutters from Stihl Inc. available in the British market in November 2004. FS 480; FS 480K.

Provides information on the MS210CSS chain saw from Stihl in Great Britain. Features of the product; Significance of a standard corded recoil-start mechanism in the product; Price.