IT - FR - EN - DE - RPC - US - RU Home History Products Principles of operation Advantages News Contacts Home > History WDE MASPELL SRL Tel: +39 0744 800672 Fax: + 39 0744 807056 wdeinfo@wde-maspell.it Since the early 1900s there have been numerous attempts to carry out a process of drying wood using vacuum, but despite all the studies carried out, it was not possible to make this process industrial. In 1962 the engineer. Vincenzo Pagnozzi begins his original research in Turin on the drying of timber with the vacuum method, which will end in 1965 with the filing of the relative patent. On the basis of this invention, a company was established that gradually grew by producing machinery and developing new technologies that generated 89 patents during the first decades of activity. In 1972 his son Ernesto, the current owner, joined the company, graduated in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin with an experimental thesis based on the research of the mathematical model of vacuum drying of wood. Since 1975 the company, with its participation in the Hanover Fair - Germany - has taken on an international face by granting building licenses in Japan and the United States, thus starting It is precisely in this perspective of international distribution that, in 1990, the company MA.FRA ( MASPELL FRANCE ) headed by Eng. Michel Jacquier. In 1994, with the creation of the new company WDE (Wood Drying Engineering), production underwent a considerable push towards the optimization of production processes, bringing the construction standard of vacuum dryers to the highest quality levels. In 1997 this business model merges with the history of vacuum drying of wood under the name of WDE-MASPELL, a leading company in the sector with over 5000 customers worldwide. Since 2000, the construction and distribution network of WDE MASPELL in the Chinese market has made use of the partnership of GMI TIMBER DRYING EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING LIMITED (www.sesione.cn ), a company directed by Mr. Raymond Yuen. In 2002, following the needs of the market, WDE MASPELL BRASIL was founded, a totally Brazilian company directed by Mr. Arnaldo Swalkin. In 2008, the WDE-MASPELL technology meets, through a partnership regarding the Egyptian market, VAC, a company directed by Mr. Gehad Zakaria. The vacuum drying system developed by Pagnozzi has aroused the worldwide interest of universities and research institutes applied to wood, which have carried out tests and purchased machinery in order to verify the validity of the method. Italy National Research Council; Wood Institute of S. Michele all'Adige France Critt Bois de Rodez; Université de Bordeaux; ESB (Ecole Supérieure du Bois); Lycée du bois de Mouchard Germany Hamburg Universität; Rosenheim Schule Switzerland Bern, Holz Institute Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Universitate Bulgaria Drvo Institut Venezuela LABONAC (National Laboratory of Forest Products) WDE MASPELL SRL Strada di Sabbione 65 / A 05100 Terni (TR) - ITALY Tel: +39 0744 800672 Fax: + 39 0744 807056 wdeinfo@wde-maspell.it privacy - legal notes - VAT 01232600559 Tweet