Vida Alvesta has chosen to invest in a continuous kiln from Valutec. The investment will increase the drying capacity at Vida Alvesta from around 175,000 cubic metres to 225,000 cubic metres and will help to even out production and facilitate stock management.

Valutec is taking a team of experts and a Virtual Reality tour of a TC continuous kiln to the trade fair in Atlanta! You will find Valutec, which was awarded the prestigious accolade of “Sägewerksausstatter des Jahres 2017” (Sawmill supplier of the year) by trade journal Holzkurier, at booth 1015.

The Siljan sawmills at Blyberg and Siljan are investing in Valutec’s batch kilns and control system. A total of ten forklift-fed batch kilns and 29 control systems are to be purchased.

The first quarter is already at an end and here at Valutec we are seeing increasing interest in investing among sawmills. This includes the Siljan Group, who you can read more about in this newsletter. Quite clearly, there is a great need for both batch kilns and continuous kilns. I believe and feel that it is a positive trend that we are seeing drying parks that may look hugely different from one another – they are, and should be, adapted to the production process at the individual sawmill.