Breeze Dried

Name

Breeze Dried

Legal name

Breeze Dried Inc.

Website

https://breezedried.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Lumber Drying Equipment

NAICS

Cut Stock, Resawing Lumber, and Planing (321912)

SIC

Lumber & Wood Products (No Furniture) (2400)

akta.pro primary industry

Wood Drying & Kiln Operations (IMAMABAD)

Keywords

• Lumber drying sticks
• Stacking sticks
• Lumber drying equipment
• Anti-slip drying sticks
• Sawmill supplies

Headquarters

HQ city

Tillsonburg

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lumber Drying Sticks Sales: One-time hardware sales of patented lumber drying sticks and crossers. Products sold in standard sizes (4', 6', 8' lengths) and custom configurations. Direct B2B sales to lumber companies, sawmills, and producers.
2. Custom Manufacturing: Custom-sized sticks manufactured to customer specifications for maximum kiln capacity optimization.
3. Crossers Sales: Specialized Breeze Dried crossers for reducing or eliminating crosser stain on top and bottom of bundles, incorporating the same patented designs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Breeze Dried designs, manufactures, and sells patented lumber drying sticks and crossers used by sawmills and lumber producers. The sticks feature uniform grooves and ridges running the width to increase air flow between the stick and lumber, and a new anti-slip profile that reduces lumber slip. Products are offered in standard 4', 6', and 8' lengths with custom sizing available to maximize kiln capacity.

Product overview

Breeze Dried Inc. offers a focused portfolio of two patented physical products for lumber drying: the core Breeze Dried Sticks™ (the original lumber drying stick with anti-slip profile) and the companion Breeze Dried Crossers™. Both products use patented grooves and ridges to improve air circulation and reduce/eliminates sticker stain and crosser stain. The Sticks enable air drying that can replace fan drying and repiling processes, saving up to 50% in kiln costs. Both products are available in 4', 6', and 8' lengths with custom sizing options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Breeze Dried Sticks™ The Original Patented Lumber Drying Stick featuring uniform grooves and ridges running the width of the stick to increase air flow between the stick and lumber, and an improved anti-slip profile proven to decrease lumber slip. Available in 4', 6', and 8' lengths with thicknesses of 3/4" or 7/8" and width of 1 1/4"; custom sizing available. Sold to lumber producers, sawmills, and woodworking manufacturers for use in air drying and kiln drying of wide and high-grade lumber.
• Breeze Dried Crossers™ Specialized crosser sticks placed on top and underneath lumber bundles to reduce or eliminate crosser stain on the top and bottom surfaces. Incorporates the same patented groove-and-ridge design as Breeze Dried Sticks. Available in 4', 6', and 8' lengths with 4" thickness and 3" width. Sold to lumber producers and sawmills.

Quantifiable outcome

• Up to 50% reduction in kiln costs
• +2 more outcomes

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Wolverine HardwoodscoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 1 September 2025Wolverine Hardwoods, located in Allegan, MI, is the exclusive Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) authorized dealer of Breeze Dried sticks in the USA. They handle single-bundle inquiries and LTL shipments. This partnership enables broader USA market coverage through an established hardwoods distributor.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Wagstaff Group: Wagstaff Group supplies hardwood processing and drying equipment primarily across Australasia and parts of Asia. It is relevant as a regional peer in the kiln-equipment space serving comparable sawmill customers outside of Breeze Dried's core North America/Europe footprint.

Others

• Lignomat: Lignomat manufactures moisture meters and in-kiln moisture monitoring systems used by lumber dry kiln operators to verify drying quality. It is comparable as a supplier of drying-process quality tools to the same kiln-operating customers, although it does not compete in drying sticks.

Broad incumbents

• Wood-Mizer: Wood-Mizer is a global manufacturer of sawmilling equipment and consumables. While it focuses on primary breakdown rather than drying, its customers are the same small and mid-sized sawmills that purchase Breeze Dried drying sticks.
• Wellons: Wellons designs and manufactures industrial wood drying kilns and biomass energy systems for sawmills and lumber producers. It serves the same downstream kiln-operating customers as Breeze Dried but at the kiln-equipment level rather than the consumable drying-stick level.
• USNR (USNR/Petersheim): USNR is a major global supplier of wood processing equipment, including drying systems, to sawmills and lumber manufacturers. It is comparable because it sells capital equipment and consumables into the same kiln-operating customer base that purchases Breeze Dried sticks.
• Brunette Machinery: Brunette Machinery builds lumber processing equipment, including edgers, sorters, and drying-related systems, for sawmill customers in North America. It overlaps with Breeze Dried in serving the same drying-process engineering needs of sawmill operators.

Direct peers

• Mecbilt Group: Mecbilt Group, based in Quebec, supplies lumber dry kilns, handling equipment, and drying process technology to North American sawmills. Like Breeze Dried, it is a Canadian-headquartered supplier focused on improving lumber drying economics for mill operators.
• SII Dry Kilns: SII Dry Kilns manufactures lumber drying kilns and related drying accessories for the hardwood and softwood industries. It overlaps directly with Breeze Dried's customer base of kiln operators and addresses the same kiln-cost and drying-quality problems.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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