Experience North America's First TC Kiln

Swedish Success Story

In 2016, Valutec put Central Europe's first TC continuous kiln into operation at the Egger sawmill in Brilon/DE. That was the starting shot for a success story that has now continued with over 50 of these Swedish cross-flow dryers. We have to ask in Brilon how the TC performs in continuous use.

Valutec in the media

23 December 2021

Junnikkala invests €75 million in new green field project in Oulu, Finland

Junnikkala Oy is investing €75 million in building one of Finland’s largest and most modern sawmills in Oulu.
“We set the bar high for technic and process. Valutec has proven in previous deliveries that they can answer to our needs”, says Kalle Junnikkala, CEO Junnikkala Oy.

Valutec's history

Meet the company that has delivered more than 4,000 timber kilns over the year.

Valmatics 4.0 is here!

Valutec's latest control system Valmatics 4.0 is developed for industry 4.0, which will enable sawmills to automate and optimize drying in all types of lumber kilns.

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North America's first TC kiln!

In October 2019 Valutec started up North America's first continuous TC-kiln at Pleasant River's sawmill Moose River in Jackman, ME in October 2019.

Kai Matthies

Production Manager, Ziegler

"We bought Valusim for our continuous kilns because it is important to know exact drying times for every product as we need to be able to plan our production process very precisely, especially to optimize our inventory and unloading. We also believe that it's an important tool to achieve higher quality,"