Experience North America's First TC Kiln

Hasslacher invests in quality

One of Europe's most modern facilities for the manufacture of glulam is located in Sachsenburg in the Austrian Alps. The sawmill belongs to the family-owned Hasslacher group och and is home to the two first modern continuous kilns delivered by Valutec to the country.

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5 February 2020

Milestone for Valutec - the first TC kiln in North America is now in operation

Recently, the first lumber packages were loaded in Pleasant River sawmill group's new TC continuous kiln.
- A milestone for us, says Ingo Wallocha, country manager Valutec North America.

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,"