History

70 years of debarking excellence

The history of Valon Kone (“Valo’s machine”) began in the end of 1940s.

In those days, taking bark off the wood was very laborious work and debarking was done manually by hand. Bruno VALO, living in Lohja, Finland was a technically skilled village blacksmith who developed innovative technical solutions for all sorts of problems – like snowmobiles and wood-gas generators for automobiles. Bruno also had a very good business acumen and he started the industrial scale of manufacturing of log debarkers in 1949. The VK brand was born.

1950-1960s

1970-1980s

1990-2000s

2010-2020s

Valon Kone continues its story as a technical leader and a supplier of reliable and innovative solutions for the woodworking business worldwide. The new robust VK100 model and heavy-duty and modular machine series, VK5000 and VK8000, were launched.

A new generation of VK debarkers, the VK9000 series, was launched in 2023. The VK9000 follows the VK5000 and VK8000 series.

Today, we are a part of Kadant Inc.