Blondin, Inc
85 Coolsprings Rd , PO Box 1287, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States

In 1982 Rottne started to realized the potential for the cut to length equipment in the US and together with Swedish contractor Olle Persson, together they formed a partnership in the US and called it Blondin Inc. after Rottne's first machine model. Blondin Inc. was opened in 1983 in Summerville, SC.

Olle was then was assisted by a fellow Swede Soren Eriksson (founder of Game of Logging) to introduce the Rottne equipment to US contractors. In 1985 to gain a more centralized location on the east coast Blondin was moved to their present location in Indiana, Pennsylvania. Some may wonder by Pennsylvania, the heart of hardwoods? Blondin was contacted by a Pennylvania contracter whom at the time was recovering in the hospital following a logging accident and reading an article on the Blondin equipment. This contractor ask Olle to visit him and encouraged him to move to PA to open the first Blondin dealership. The Persson family like the area of PA and the climate was much cooler than the heat of South Carolina which was tough for a Swede to bear.

Olle and Rottne then partnered with Earl Nelson expanded Blondin's territory from Maine to South Dakota and from Michigan to Alabama. Earl retired from the company in 1992 and Olle followed in 1996. As Olle looked into the prospect of retirement, he and Rottne approached former Rottne technician Rikard Olofsson to take over the company. Rikard who was working in Canada setting up a Rottne shop in British Columbia at the time was interested in the new challenge of the US market. So in 1995 Rikard moved to the US as the President of Blondin Inc. Blondin has grown across the US with dealerships in the Lake States and West Coast.

Blondin's philosophy through the years has always been focused on customer service and support along with superior parts availability.

ROTTNE INDUSTRI is one of the leading manufacturers of logging machinery.The company, established in 1955, develops and manufactures a wide range of forwarders and harvesters covering everything from first thinning to final felling.