Rutishauser invests in new drying kiln from MAHILD. With a volume of approximately 130m³, the kiln can be used for both softwood and hardwood drying and offers maximum flexibility. The chamber door in two-part design, which can be placed along the chamber side wall, ensures that minimum space requirements are met.
The foundations have been laid, the prefabricated stainless steel elements have been produced and are on their way to Uruguay -- where a new Mahild UHT-TMT chamber will go into operation in 2021.
As part of the construction of a new high-performance sawing line at the Wilburgstetten site, Rettenmeier is investing in 2 Mahild high-performance lumber dry kilns of the CONTRAFLOW type.
The 75m and 100m long continuous kiln will be equipped with new PENTAVENT high-efficiency fan impellers and achieve a total annual volume of 400,000 m³.
Brazil's largest furniture manufacturer invests in 4 ACT kilns with an annual volume of 125,000m³.
New CONTRAFLOW kiln open in Tarpeena. Click here for more information.
Usutu in South Africa increases drying capacity by 30% with a new MH2000 K ECOVENT
New plant type CFX goes into operation. With these continuous kilns, Costa Iberica replaces the existing conventional kilns and reaches an annual volume of approx. 1,890,000 pallets.
Maderas Hermanos Castro invests in the kiln type TMT-40 for thermal lumber modification.
After a successful project in 2016, Forestal Andes buys again from Mahild. 4 kilns of the type MH2000 ACT ECOVENT DUPLEX increase the production by another 60.000m³.
Commissioning of the first CONTRAFLOW plant in Europe: After Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Argentina, Brazil and China, the first CONTRAFLOW kiln in Germany is going into operation. This will expand the drying capacity of lateral lumber at Pfeifer Uelzen by 70,000 m³ per year. The plant type MH2000 CF LT combines low and high temperatures from flue gas condensation.
Block & Cutstock was convinced by the Mahild technology purchased in 2016. They invest in two more ACT drying chambers with ECOVENT DUPLEX system and increase the production by 55.000m³.