diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/BestFitFinder.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/BestFitFinder.cs
index 9aede62..074c31d 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/BestFitFinder.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/BestFitFinder.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using OpenNest.Converters;
 using OpenNest.Engine.BestFit.Tiling;
 using OpenNest.Geometry;
@@ -9,12 +11,12 @@ namespace OpenNest.Engine.BestFit
 {
     public class BestFitFinder
     {
-        private readonly PairEvaluator _evaluator;
+        private readonly IPairEvaluator _evaluator;
         private readonly BestFitFilter _filter;
 
-        public BestFitFinder(double maxPlateWidth, double maxPlateHeight)
+        public BestFitFinder(double maxPlateWidth, double maxPlateHeight, IPairEvaluator evaluator = null)
         {
-            _evaluator = new PairEvaluator();
+            _evaluator = evaluator ?? new PairEvaluator();
             _filter = new BestFitFilter
             {
                 MaxPlateWidth = maxPlateWidth,
@@ -30,12 +32,16 @@ namespace OpenNest.Engine.BestFit
         {
             var strategies = BuildStrategies(drawing);
 
-            var allCandidates = new List<PairCandidate>();
+            var candidateBags = new ConcurrentBag<List<PairCandidate>>();
 
-            foreach (var strategy in strategies)
-                allCandidates.AddRange(strategy.GenerateCandidates(drawing, spacing, stepSize));
+            Parallel.ForEach(strategies, strategy =>
+            {
+                candidateBags.Add(strategy.GenerateCandidates(drawing, spacing, stepSize));
+            });
 
-            var results = allCandidates.Select(c => _evaluator.Evaluate(c)).ToList();
+            var allCandidates = candidateBags.SelectMany(c => c).ToList();
+
+            var results = _evaluator.EvaluateAll(allCandidates);
 
             _filter.Apply(results);
 
diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/IPairEvaluator.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/IPairEvaluator.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..159d3c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/IPairEvaluator.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Engine.BestFit
+{
+    public interface IPairEvaluator
+    {
+        List<BestFitResult> EvaluateAll(List<PairCandidate> candidates);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/PairEvaluator.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/PairEvaluator.cs
index 814a88d..c82df0c 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/PairEvaluator.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine/BestFit/PairEvaluator.cs
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
+using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using OpenNest.Converters;
 using OpenNest.Geometry;
 using OpenNest.Math;
 
 namespace OpenNest.Engine.BestFit
 {
-    public class PairEvaluator
+    public class PairEvaluator : IPairEvaluator
     {
         private const double ChordTolerance = 0.01;
 
+        public List<BestFitResult> EvaluateAll(List<PairCandidate> candidates)
+        {
+            var resultBag = new ConcurrentBag<BestFitResult>();
+
+            Parallel.ForEach(candidates, c =>
+            {
+                resultBag.Add(Evaluate(c));
+            });
+
+            return resultBag.ToList();
+        }
+
         public BestFitResult Evaluate(PairCandidate candidate)
         {
             var drawing = candidate.Drawing;