Germany's Best Wood Schneider is investing around Euro 80 million in a completely new sawmill in Messkirch, Germany. The sawmill will have an annual capacity of 200,000 m3 (85,000 MBF) of sawn lumber. All lumber drying will be performed in four OTC model continuous kilns from Sweden's Valutec.
The sawmill in Messkirch is a greenfield project, and it will be one of Europe's most modern sawmills once completed. For example, forklifts will be replaced by gantries between the lumber feed and the trimmers.
The kilns are built in stainless steel and equipped with Valutec's latest Valmatics 4.0 control system. It’s the only system on the market to use built-in simulator technology to optimize drying processes for all types of lumber kilns.
OTC kiln assembly will begin in the summer of 2021, and commissioning is scheduled for the following winter. The sawn timber produced and dried at the location is used exclusively in the course of own further processing.
