It was with great joy that we yesterday received diploma by the newspaper Dagens Industri at the Gazelle Festival in Umeå where we were appointed to one of the year's Gazelle 2016
From left: Staffan Ruuth CEO, Peder Bjorkman Founder/CTO and Eric Björkman Founder/ Research & Development, Alent Dynamic AB.
We at Alent Dynamic AB is very proud to have been named as one of Sweden's Gazelle by the newspaper Dagens Industri. It shows that there are very large and growing demand for our new way to dry lumber.
The criterias for being appointed as a Gazelle company are hard. According to researchers from the Stockholm School of Economics manages about 0.5 percent of the Swedish limited company requirements for designation to Gazelle. Every autumn, Dagens Industri crowns the company who has grown most rapidly throughout Sweden during the past four years.
a Gazelle
• have published at least four annual reports.
• have a turnover exceeding 10 million.
• have at least ten employees.
• have the last three years continuously increased turnover.
• During the same period, at least doubled its turnover.
• have a positive operating profit for the four financial years is positive.
• has essentially grown organically, not through acquisitions or mergers.
• have sound finances.
One of Germany's largest sawmills and largest manufacturer of glulam beams, Holzewerke Ladenburger, has now placed a large order of 16 Control systems for drying timber to Alent Dynamic.
After three months of a trial period of the new control system, Alent Dynamic®, decides Ladenburger Group to invest in Alents Drying control systems in all their sawmills. The decision was taken after extensive evaluations with customary German precision.
- We see great potential in cooperation with Alent Dynamic to produce better products and also to concretely make big environmental improvements says Christoph Ladenburger, Technical Director, Holzewerke Ladenburger, Germany .
- Wood is a natural, renewable resource. That is why the respectful treatment of nature is a very important issue to us, continues Christoph Ladenburger.
This order is the largest ever for Alent Dynamic. It is the third generation of the control system from Alent Dynamic. It allows sawmills around the world in a simpler way to produce wood in harmony with the law of nature. With the drying method large amounts of electricity and heat can be saved while the wood gets higher quality, as it is a very environmentally friendly method.
- We are very pleased that a large German sawmill group, Ladenburger, who made extensive evaluations decides to wholeheartedly invest in Alents drying method says Staffan Ruuth, CEO Alent Dynamic.
Alent Dynamics patented technology with oscillating (interval) drying attracts great interest around the world in both the sawmill industry and among researchers contributing to the rapid expansion of the company. Therefore, the company also moved to new larger premises to cope with the expansion. The company is now next door to the famous Facebook halls in Luleå.
In order to meet the large demand for our products and services we are moving into larger premises. This step is made in order to be able to continue to give you as a customer a high service and also for our company's expansion.
We are moving to the area Porsön here in Luleå. You will find us next to the Facebook building and close to Lulea Science Park and Luleå University of Technology.
Our new address is: Alent Dynamic AB, Datavägen 14, SE-977 54 Luleå, Sweden.
After evaluations in terms of savings on electricity and heat during 2013, we decided to buy Alent control system and Alent Premo to all our kilns but now it is time to move on and upgrade them to Alent Dynamic®. The goal is to improve the drying yet another level and to be able to control the power used in a better way, says Christian Ågren, Stora Enso Timber Ala Sawmill. We are pleased that they have seen the benefits of Alent and that they are upgrading their 21 kilns says Thomas Landström, seller at Alent Dynamic.
Now when Stenvalls starts sawnwood production in Örarna, Alent Dynamic is also back with the new dynamic control system, Alent Dynamic®.
Thomas Landström and Erik Björkman is back in the compartment kiln in Örarna where they in 1993 started up Alents first demo kiln which involved several innovations.
Now is the next technological leap installed with Alent Dynamic®. Alent Dynamic® is based on all experience and improvement proposals that have emerged over the years and is now ready to be installed in highly productive environments. It contains the patented pump drying and the new patented moisture meter with characteristics for the development of drying towards an increasingly specific customer products. With new features for adaptive drying to the target moisture content and a new moisture meter that also shows the moisture distribution in the airflow direction and the board cross section.
The new drying control system is already being tested at Stenvalls in Sikfors and at three kilns in Stenvalls at Lövholmen.
From the left: Thomas Landström and Eric Björkman, Alent Dynamic AB
From left: Roger Franzén, Thomas Landström Alent, Ulrika Friman Franzén and Urban Franzén Bäckebo Sågverk
We saw the benefits of Alent early. Their method of drying wood felt right for us from the beginning. What was said in terms of quality, electricity savings and heat consumption sued good and this gives us a very good confidence in Alent. We have used Alent DryTec since 2013 and have now decided to go ahead and upgrade to Alent Dynamic® says Roger Franzén. One of the advantages is that they optimizes the drying process with their moisture meter WMC which take into account and correct the drying process continuously depending on the heat input, moisture and outdoor climate says Urban Franzén. Then they have a fantastic support and that they even care about the smaller sawmills means a lot and we therefor strongly recommend Alent. This is very nice to hear says Thomas Landström, seller at Alent. It shows that we have chosen the right path!
