Three months ago I arrived in Vancouver, Canada, to become the managing director of Valutec Wood Drying Inc.

New high capacity TC continuous kilns are right now being planned and built all over Europe. In Germany, multinational company Egger is building Central Europe's first TC-kiln. Also, two major Scandinavian sawmills have invested in larger TC kilns.

It's almost a year since we at Valutec launched our North American subsidiary Valutec Wood Dryers Inc, in Vancouver, British Columbia. During that time, we’ve made sure to learn more about the specific challenges that sawmills in North America face when it comes to everything related with the wood drying process.

At the TP&EE fair in Portland, Oregon, visitors had the chance to experience one of Valutec's kilns through virtual reality. Featured was a TC-kiln, a new breed where TC is a Swedish abbreviation for ”cross circulation”. TC-kilns have fast become the most talked about type of kiln in Europe because of its distinguishing features and special construction, which results in both high flexibility and superior capacity.