demand for the construction of everything from apartment buildings to industrial properties. In addition, society’s and industry’s increasing focus on sustainability makes wood a product of the future [...] In addition, the dryers have low maintenance costs and efficient energy use throughout the drying process. An increasing number of customers perceive the benefits of the favourable sustainability effects [...] a drying simulator, to make it easier for the sawmill’s operators to optimise the entire drying process. “We have continued to develop our intelligent control system and today it is at the forefront of