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UPCOMING EVENTS

BBL International

Cobb Galera Cetre - Atlanta, GA
March 18th, 2025
Booth 637

COFI

PG Civic Centre - Prince George, BC
April 2nd, 2025
Booth 8

MWC

Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal, QC
April 8th, 2025
Booth 14

CIFQ

Hôtel Le Concorde - Quebec, QC
April 24th, 2025

MLB

Rodd Charlottetown - Charlottetown, PEI
May 27th, 2025

CIFQ

Lévis Centre des congrès - Levis, QC
May 27, 2025

SFPA

Music City Center - Nashville, TN
August 6th, 2025
Booth 305

NELMA

Hyatt’s Spruce Peak Resort - Stowe, Vermont
September 11, 2025

WPAC

Halifax Marriott Harbourfront - Halifax, NS
September 23, 2025

NHLA

Marriott Rivercenter - San Antonio, TX
October 1st, 2025

CIFQ

Hôtel Le Concorde - Quebec City, QC
November 20th, 2025

TP&EE

Centre des congrès de Québec - Quebec City, QC
September 25-27, 2024

NEWS

Wellons’ Contribution to First Nations’ Sustainable Energy Initiative
2025

We are proud to announce Société en Commandite Onimiskiw Opitciwan (SCOO) has selected Wellons as a supplier for the construction of their new biomass cogeneration plant. Wellons will provide and install two 12-megawatt thermal oil heaters in the fall of 2025, with a projected commission in 2026. These thermal oil systems will power a Turboden ORC to provide electricity to the Atikamekw First Nations Community of Opitciwan in the Mauricie region of Quebec. The intent of this project is to displace the existing diesel-fired Gensets currently supplying electricity to the village.

"These boilers will effectively meet the energy needs of our community, while promoting green and innovative practices,” said Denis Clary, Chair of the Board of Directors of the SCOO. “We are delighted to collaborate with Wellons Canada, a leader recognized for its technical expertise and commitment to innovation.”

New President & CEO
2024

Wellons is pleased to announce affective May 1st 2024, Pat Thornton, the current President of Wellons Canada, will assume the role of President / CEO of the Wellons Group. Pat will be replacing Martin Nye, the majority shareholder, whom has been the President / CEO for more than 30 years.

For over 50 years, Wellons has been a leader in providing biomass-fired energy systems, lumber dry kilns, and related products and services to the forest products and industrial power industries. We provide our customers with complete services in design, engineering, and manufacturing, as well as installation services and technical assistance. Martin has built up a successful and financially sound, customer focus business and will remain helping in a reduced capacity providing support to Pat where needed through this transition.

Neiman Sawmills Montrose Facility in Colorado
2023

Wellons is proud to have partnered with long time customer Neiman Sawmills at their Montrose facility in Colorado.

Wellons provided a turn-key 50,000 PPH boiler coupled with a 1500 KW turbine generator, two (2) A-30-40 fuel storage bins, fuel delivery and handling equipment including the truck reclaimer and a state of the art electrostatic precipitator.

Please see more details in the article below:

Montrose Forest Products

Wellons Canada Acquires Sechoir MEC
2023

We are excited to announce that Wellons Canada has acquired Séchoir MEC.

This acquisition provides the opportunity to become the foremost expert and supplier of lumber drying kilns in North America. By combining our strengths and resources, we aim to create a stronger, more innovative and competitive presence in the marketplace.

MEC DRY KILN, located in Victoriaville, QC, offers 31 years of drying expertise to its customers in Eastern Canada and in Maine, with customers from all areas of the wood industry.

With over 300 installations, MEC Dry Kiln is an industry leader in design, manufacture, installation and repair of wood drying equipment in Eastern Canada. The acquisition solidifies Wellons position as an industry leader providing track and package batch kilns with additional manufacturing capacity in Eastern Canada.

For more information on what they do, please check out their website at : www.sechoirmec.com/en/

Wellons Australasian Office
2020

Wellons is pleased to announce the addition of Keith Robertson to the Wellons team. Keith will serve as our Director of International Business Development, based in Te Horo, New Zealand.

Keith brings extensive experience in the forest products and lumber drying industries, especially with continuous drying systems, and will be focusing on both North American and Australasian markets.

Keith’s experience includes North America, Australia, Thailand and China and is internationally recognized in the industry for his knowledge of continuous drying. Keith’s experience includes 28 years with Windsor Engineering in New Zealand where he last served as Business Manager in the Timber Sector.

Keith’s technical and sales expertise focuses on high efficiency and ultra-high temperature batch lumber dry kilns, continuous lumber drying systems, lumber and log conditioning systems, and moisture measuring systems.

Keith can be contacted at: Keith.Robertson@wellons.com

RECENT PROJECTS

Montrose Forest Products Montrose, CO

50,000 PPH Boiler
1200 KW electrical power system
Two (2) A-30-40 fuel storage bins with fuel handling
One (1) DT x 104 lumber dry kiln
Installation Services Provided

Zip-O-Log Mills Goshen, OR

(1) Double Track steam heated x 68’ lumber dry kiln
(2) Single Track steam heated x 68’ lumber dry kilns
Installation Services Provided

Koppers, Inc Leesville, NC

(1) Double Track steam heated x 130’ pole dry kiln
Installation Services Provided

Koppers, Inc Leland, NC

(2) Double Track steam heated x 130’ pole dry kilns
Installation Services Provided

Shuqualak Lumber Shuqualak, MS

One (1) CCF 180’ Steam Heated Continuous Drying System (CDS)
Trumark-Evo wireless moisture metering system

Sierra Pacific Industries Burney, CA

(2) Double Track steam heated x 120’ lumber dry kiln
All Aluminum Structure
Installation Services Provided

Chips, Inc Troy, VA

(1) Double Track steam heated x 54’ lumber dry kiln

West Fraser Henderson, TX

(2) CCF 300’ thermal oil heated Continuous Drying Systems (CDS)
90 MM Btu/Hr Thermal Oil heating system
Installation Services provided

West Fraser McDavid, FL

(2) CPF 300’ thermal oil heated Continuous Drying Systems (CDS)
90 MM Btu/Hr Thermal Oil heating system
Installation Services provided

Eastern Energy Renewables Wilson, NC

85,000 PPH Poultry-Litter fired boiler and CHP system
Emission controls (SNCR, DSI, Baghouse)
3 MWe backpressure Steam Turbine Generator
Installation Services provided

Eastern Energy Renewables La Grange, NC

85,000 PPH Poultry-Litter fired boiler and CHP system
Emission controls (SNCR, DSI, Baghouse)
3 MWe backpressure Steam Turbine Generator
Installation Services provided

West Fraser Dudley, GA

(2) CCF 300’ thermal oil heated lumber dry kilns
90 MM Btu/Hr Thermal Oil heating system
Installation services provided

Sierra Pacific Industries Aberdeen, WA

(4) Double Track steam heated x 120 foot Lumber Dry Kilns
All aluminum structure
Installation services provided

Neiman Sawmills Hulett, WY

Double field ESP
Technical Direction

Pallet One Selma, AL

(1) Double Track natural gas direct-fired 68 foot Lumber Dry Kiln
Installation services provided

Dempsey Lumber Company Rowesville, SC

(1) Double Track natural gas direct-fired 84 foot Lumber Dry Kiln
Installation services provided

South Coast Lumber Brookings, OR

(1) Double Track steam heated 104 foot Lumber Dry Kiln
CMZ remodel of (1) double track 104 foot Lumber Dry Kiln
20,000 PPH boiler
Installation services provided

Pfizer Rocky Mount, NC

120,000 PPH steam system
Installation services provided

United States Sugar Corporation Clewiston, FL

500,000PPH Bagasse-fired boiler system
Electrostatic Precipitator
Installation services provided

Bell Lumber & Pole Co. Broken Bow, OK

Double track by 104-ft natural gas-fired lumber dry kiln
Installation services provided

Biewer Lumber Co. Prentice, WI

Double track by 68-ft CMZ lumber dry kiln
True Capacitance Moisture Meter System
Installation services provided

Canfor Scotch Gulf Lumber Co. Fulton, AL

Replacement housing & heating system for Single Track x 84-ft lumber dry kin
Installation services provided

Chips,Inc. Troy, VA

Fan system & heating system upgrades to three single track lumber dry kilns

Coastal Forest Products Chapman, AL

Model A-30-40 wood fuel storage bin
Installation services provided

Collums Lumber Products LLC. Allendale, SC

Double track by 94-foot NG Direct-Fired Lumber Dry Kiln
Installation services provided

Dalhousie Agricultural Campus Nova Scotia, Canada

Electrostatic precipitator

Eagle Valley Clean Energy Gypsum, CO

100,000PPH wood fired boiler system
10,000KW Power generation system
Fuel storage & handling
Installation services provided

Energoremonts Riga, Latvia

Partiall supply of 25MT wood fired boiler system
Installation technical assistance provided

F.H. Stoltze Land & Lumber Co. Columbia Falls, MT
SEE PHOTOS

40,000PPH Wood-Fired Boiler System
2,500KW Power Generation System
Two A-30-40 Fuel Storage Bins
Installation Services Provided

Georgia Pacific Wood Products Pineland, Texas

Lumber dry kiln replacement housing
Installation services provided

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MLB

CIFQ

SFPA

NELMA

WPAC

NHLA

CIFQ

TP&EE

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