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OILON GROUP P.O.Box 5, FI-15801 Lahti, Finland Tel.:+358 3 85 761 Fax: +358 3 857 6239 www.oilon.com Email: [email protected] 2 3 OILON FLAME Oilon – The Warm Way OILON FLAME EDITORIAL

Oilon Flame Customer Magazine Fifty years of Oilon!

Oilon group 6 50 years at Oilon – and still going strong Fi f t y y e a r s i s a respectable a g e for anyone. In the last half a century, Oilon has accumulated a lot of experience, which is today 7 Burners for gas fuelled ships Eero Pekkola CEO visible in its product offerings, the versatility of services, and the 8 The big attraction demanding deliveries. 10 Oilon’s journey to the stars From the start, Oilon has adopted a fair and friendly approach towards everyone, especially customers, in its operations. This cul- 14 Customers are our friends ture, shared inherently by all Oilon employees, has continued with- 16 Combustion of process gases requires special expertise in the company throughout its existence. It is remarkable to see how 18 The cleaner future is already here significantly warm behaviour can help in developing business even in a tough competitive environment. 21 New spark from product development After considering what in our operations has helped us acquire 22 Jari Litmanen roots for renewable energy the important customer accounts we currently have, we once again 23 The award-winning OilonCare looks after the end customer ended up with our way of behaviour that emphasises respect for others. It has always been such a natural part of our customer con- 24 Low-energy houses are the future of housing tacts that we have not previously realized how important it truly is. 26 The Energon research centre attracts worldwide interest Today, we have turned it into a slogan – Oilon The Warm Way. This 28 Pyrolysis oil becoming a serious alternative reflects the promise we make to our customers. Another significant factor during our 50-year journey has been 30 A new Oilon factory was completed in Wuxi our strong investment in product development. From the ear- 32 Samba, football and environmental technology ly years, the company has invested more than 4 percent of its net sales in product development; in the past few years, the figure has reached 6 percent. This has been necessary in a strongly evolving business such as ours. In Oilon’s early years, it was essential to focus on efficient energy production, and year by year, environmental values have become increasingly important. This way, we have been able to continue a constant change process from our mission towards our vision: from environmentally friendly energy production towards sustainable energy production. This change has been and will be possible only through strong product development. And we are committed to that. However, a company cannot prosper through a friendly face and development work alone. Export and international operations have always been among Oilon’s objectives. In the beginning, the near- by neighbourhood was sufficient for us. Our products were sold to Scandinavia and Russia. However, our success encouraged us to ex- tend our exports. Today, Oilon’s technology is used to cut down emissions on all continents, and Oilon’s burners are used on ships all over the world. Oilon has offices in Russia and Germany as well as production in China. The company exports products to 35 countries, and in several countries, our business partners have been working with us for up to 40 years. We are very grateful to both our customers and our business partners all around the world. You have made it possible for Oi- Oilon Group lon to celebrate its 50th anniversary this year. Thank you! Oilon is a private Finnish group of companies in Wuxi, China. Group subsidiaries outside Fin- founded in 1961. Oilon manufactures and mar- land include sales companies in Germany, Rus- kets heat pumps, burners and solar heat collec- sia and China. Oilon also has representatives tors for heating of houses. Applications for larg- in nearly every European country, Asia, Russia, er burners include power plants, industrial pro- South and North America and in some African cesses, hazardous waste incineration plants, dis- states. The family-owned company employs al- trict heating plants and ships. most 300 people and has over EUR 50 million Oilon Group’s production facilities are lo- turnover.

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Did you know? Oilon will soon introduce its own alternative for gas fuelled ships.

» Burners for gas Ground source heat is also suitable for industrial use

fuelled ships Orfer, an industrial company located in Orimattila, switched a year ago Approximately t h i r d o f sulphur and ni- bustion of liquefied natural gas will become from oil heating to ground source heat. Ac- trogen oxide emissions on Europe’s seas is commercially available during 2011. cording to Paul Stucki, the Managing Di- caused by ship traffic. In Europe and many – We wanted to pay attention to prod- rector of Orfer, the decision to move from 50 other sea areas, the emissions regulations uct development to be able to provide our oil to ground source heat was influenced by concerning ship traffic have become increas- customers with a finished and comprehen- both economic and environmental consider- ingly tight in recent years. The new emission sive solution. Designing the valve units con- ations. years at Oilon regulations for the Baltic Sea, for example, trolling the gas was challenging, because the – We have been very pleased with this were enforced in summer 2010. They limit- regulations concerning them have been open decision. We searched for a long-term so- – and still going ed the maximum concentration of sulphur to interpretations and our customers had al- lution that would be cost-efficient and en- in fuel to one percent. Nitrogen emissions ready formed certain expectations for them, vironmentally friendly at the same time. strong will also be limited in 2011. Emission reg- says Jani Kurikka, Sales Manager / marine Ground source heat is an excellent choice ulations for the Baltic Sea have long been burners at Oilon. for this purpose. I warmly recommend tighter than those of other sea areas, and Interest towards using liquefied natu- ground source heat to everyone considering they will become even tighter by 2015. ral gas is increased also by the fact that it a switch-over, Stucki says. One of the most interesting alternatives is cheaper than low sulphur fuel oil, which Orfer’s industrial facility has an area of for reducing ship traffic emissions is using is still the most used ship fuel in the Bal- 2,500 square metres to heat. Oilon’s Geo- liquefied natural gas (LNG) as fuel. Using tic Sea. pro RE85 ground source heat pump was LNG can reduce sulphur, nitrogen oxide and – The number of gas fuelled ships is in- installed in the facility, bringing savings of fine particle emissions of ships by 80 per- creasing fast, and using LNG in ships has nearly EUR 10,000 per year in the heating cent. Carbon dioxide emissions can be re- raised global interest. We’ve received nu- costs. As a provision for the coldest weather, duced by 25 percent. merous requests from our customers, and the facility still has oil heating available as a Oilon has strived to develop a solution worked hard to be able to meet these new hybrid solution. Another facility of the com- for its marine burner customers. A burner demands. pany is heated with gas. and valve unit developed especially for com- After the commissioning of the ground Mo d e r n w o r k i n g l i f e has become in- Pohjalainen started out as a welder. To- source heat pump, the facility’s oil consump- creasingly hectic and exhausting. The rate of day, his job includes the assembly of process tion has decreased by more than 33,000 change within companies has only accelerat- and power plant burners. His job has also in- litres per year. According to the savings cal- ed over recent decades and has, in part, con- cluded travelling to various European coun- culations, the investment in ground source tributed to the shortening of career lengths tries over the years. heat will pay itself back in around five years. in many sectors of the labour market. Em- During his long career, Pohjalainen has Orfer’s transfer to ground source heat is ployees move from job to job quickly, and or- had the chance to witness at first-hand Oi- tightly connected to the objectives of the ganisations no longer get to benefit from the lon’s growth from a small, local operator in- Lahti area business strategy, where the em- experience accumulated over long careers. to a global enterprise. phasis is on economical and environmentally However, Pentti Pohjalainen, 67, an em- - This has indeed been marvellous devel- efficient solutions. Orfer is also planning to ployee of Oilon, is a positive exception to opment. Oilon has always moved forward, try out other renewable sources of energy. this rule: he has an astonishing career of 50 and the same movement seems to contin- – Oilon’s ground source heat pump has years in Oilon’s service. Pohjalainen began ue today. proved quite easy to use, and has supplied working for Oilon in June 1961, only a few Even though Pohjalainen has already a sufficient amount of heat throughout the months after the company was established. been working for half a century, his motiva- year. In the future, we might be interested in When asked what has kept him at the tion to work has not declined over this time. trying out other renewable energy sources, same company for all these years, Pohjalain- Indeed, Pohjalainen is widely praised by Oi- such as wind power or solar energy, Stucki en smiles. lon’s supervisors. says. - What’s the point of changing your - Pentti is a diligent and responsible em- The Orimattila-based Orfer develops, job when you like it where you are? Here, ployee and definitely one of our best work- designs and manufactures material handling I’ve always had the chance to try out new ers. The experience he has gathered over the systems utilising robotics technology for use things, and even though my colleagues have years has been invaluable to us on many oc- in industry and trade. In Finland, the com- changed over the years, we’ve always had a casions, says Timo Jokinen, Factory Manag- pany is the market leader in delivering pack- great team here, Pohjalainen says. er for power plant and industrial burners. aging and palletizing systems for the food industry.

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The international ISH fair in Frankfurt

New revolutionary EcoPower burner

As t h e r e s u l t of years of research, combustion of the burner allows a wide The Big Attraction Ecopower Technology Oy, a part of turndown ratio, and due to the high Oilon group, has developed the unique speed of combustion gases, the boiler The new large-scale monoblock burner was the main attraction at the Frankfurt fair EcoPower burner that is able to pro- stays clean, which guarantees high ef- duce the air needed for combustion ficiency. without a separate fan. Therefore, it us- The EcoPower burner can use vari- Visitors at the international ISH es very little power. A 10 MW burner, ous kinds of fuels, for example natural fair in Frankfurt were interested in for example, can save over EUR 30,000 gas, light fuel oil, or heavy fuel oil. The Oilon’s new monoblock burners. in year-round use, assuming the price burner is available for normal hot water of one kilowatt-hour is 10 cents. and steam boilers and allows the use of The noise level of the burner is sub- smaller-size boilers. At the moment, a stantially lower than that of tradition- few burners are in use around the world al burners, and its particle and NOx in lime sludge reburning kilns. emission levels are low. The two-stage

Electricity consumption of 10 MW burner

Oil Preheater Fuel pump

Air fan Lube pump

40 Th e international ISH f a i r that took place in design, says Jarmo Haverinen, the head designer Frankfurt in March 2011 was again a busy oc- of the new monoblock. KW 30 casion. This time, the fair had 204,000 visitors. The new monoblock combines state-of-the- Oilon participated in the fair with an impressive art burner technologies, including an electronic 20 display of Finnish know-how in environmental control system for air and fuel, WiseDrive, and technology. many other user and maintenance friendly func- 10 In particular, visitors at the fair were interest- tions. The electronic control system of the burned in Oilon’s new monoblock burners. The new er can significantly improve combustion efficien- 0 monoblocks are the first burners manufactured cy and reduce emissions. by Oilon that reach a power level exceeding 10 - The demand for this new burner model came MW and are equipped with integrated air fans. from customers, and we were able to quickly re- The burner, launched to a fast schedule from the spond to this demand. The monoblock is quick design stage to the market, was a great example of and easy to install and creates financial benefits the expertise of Oilon’s product development. for the customer, as there is no need for the sepa- - Easy maintenance and use of the burner were rate design of air ducts, explains Kari Palo, Busi- Normal gas burner Normal heavy fuel oil EcoPower –gas burner emphasized in the design. In addition, we paid a ness Director for industrial burners at Oilon. Normal light fuel burner EcoPower –light fuel burner lot of attention to the compact size and functional EcoPower –heavy fuel burner

Monoblock burner 1000 M/1200 M. The burners are manufactured for use with gas as well as both gas and light oil in the dual fuel burner configuration. The maximum power of the monoblock exceeds 13 MW. The stylish burner displayed at the fair proved to be a popular product among Oilon’s customers. - The first monoblock was sold to China, and several offers have already been submitted, Palo continues.

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Oilon’sjourney to the stars This year, Oilon is celebrating the company's 50 year journey. The secret to the success of the Lahti based family business, since its establishment, has been customer orientation and strong investments in product development.

Oilon’s father figure Ossi Leiwo has been interested in astronomy after his retirement.

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Constant development u r i n g i t s 50 y e a r s of our partners and customers have been operation, the Lahti- Ossi Leiwo joined Oilon as a young paramount to Oilon’s success. based Oilon has fought man, soon after graduating as a Mas- Of course, Oilon’s history also in- its way from a small ter of Science in Engineering. Leiwo, cludes moments of success and joy. burner manufacturer that first started who had been interested in technology For instance the legendary Oilon Ju- Din a garage to a global expert in energy since he was a child, was fascinated by nior burner became a huge success in and environmental technology. When the technical versatility of burners. terms of sale over the years and by far reviewing the history of the company, – It was clear to me as a child that the most popular burner in its catego-

one cannot miss the name of Ossi Lei- technology was going to be my field. I ry in Finland. The year 2007, when Oi- Photo: Loma Graphics wo. In fact, the story of Oilon and its was interested in everything related to lon became a large-scale enterprise on success is at the same time the story of technology and electronics. In burners, the corporate scale, can also be seen as Ossi Leiwo. these two fields are combined in a very a milestone in the company’s success. Oilon, established in 1961, be- interesting way. A changed world gan operating in a small garage in the Leiwo emphasises that the found- From father to daughter Maunula district of Helsinki. The ini- ers of the company, Urho Lehto and Two years ago, after a career of nearly tial business idea of the company, es- Jorma Manssila, did hard initial work fifty years, Ossi Leiwo stepped down In s p r i n g o f 2009, Pä i v i Le i w o , the tablished by Urho Lehto and Jorma with the first products. During the Ossi Leiwo from the position of Chairman of the daughter of Ossi Leiwo, took over at Manssila, was to design, manufac- years, Leiwo also left his own mark Ossi Leiwo was born in Turku in Board at Oilon and turned it over to the helm of Oilon Group by starting as the ture, and market Finnish-made heavy in the development of Oilon burners. 1934. In 1958, Leiwo gradu- his daughter Päivi Leiwo. Chairman of the Board. The change of gen- oil burners. Soon, the company ex- Today, Leiwo can be considered a fa- ated as a Master of Science in – The world has gone through eration at the top of Oilon was natural and tended its expertise to burning light oil ther figure of Oilon’s burner technolo- Engineering at the Helsinki huge changes during this time, and easy. Before being nominated as Chairman as well. Oilon relocated to the city of gy and products. University of Technology, from the modes of operation have changed of the Board, Päivi had worked in Oilon for Lahti during its first year of operation. Leiwo’s close relationship to burner the sanitary programme of the as well. These days, a company must 20 years. Ossi Leiwo was involved in the com- technology development has remained mechanical engineering depart- be able to build networks on a global ”I find this field very interesting and sig- pany from the start as a financier and to this date. ment, which corresponds to the scale, and Päivi is an expert in that ar- nificant for society as a whole. This thought technical expert. – Constant development has be- current HVAC programme. In ea. I have been very pleased to watch motivates me, as well as all of Oilon. We Even though the world has changed come ever more important over the 1961, a few months after the Päivi do a marvellous job. She is with- are doing something important,” says Päi- and the competition grown tougher years. From the start, burners have establishment of Oilon, Leiwo out doubt the right person in the right vi Leiwo. during half a century, Oilon, still owned been required to provide more power, became one of the owners place to lead Oilon to the future, Os- The first years under the new chairman by the Leiwo family, has always pre- better efficiency, and cleaner combus- of the company. At the same si Leiwo says. have been busy ones for the company. In served its most important value – cus- tion. The work has been very challeng- time, he started working as a Even after his retirement, Leiwo 2010, Oilon achieved one of the best results tomer orientation. This approach has ing, but at the same time quite reward- technical director at Oilon. has been closely monitoring Oilon’s in its history. developed into Oilon’s main strength: ing, Leiwo says. In 1974, Oilon became development, and he can frequently be ”We at Oilon have a long history, and the Warm Way. fully owned by the Leiwo family. spotted at the company’s office. Even through the years our organisation has been Successes and – Customer orientation has been Ossi Leiwo was the Managing though the world has changed and the able to build up a significant amount of tight situations the foundation of our operations from Director of Oilon for 23 years, scale of operations has grown, Leiwo technical competence that we work hard to the start. To us, our customers and Oilon’s half-a-century journey has in- from 1974 to 1997, and the thinks that some things have still re- maintain. And even as we now grow rapid- business partners have always been a cluded many colourful phases. For in- Chairman of the Board from mained the same. ly and become more international, I consid- part of the Oilon family. In the early stance, the company has navigat- 1974 to 2009. Today, the – Even today, our excellent busi- er it important that Oilon will in the future years of the company, when Oilon was ed through two major oil crises that Chairman of the Board is Päivi ness partnerships are the guarantee of remain a Finnish company from the city of still learning the trade and our prod- shook the whole world’s economy in Leiwo, Ossi Leiwo’s daughter. our success. We first started building Lahti. ucts were in the development stage, 1973 and 1979. our network on the domestic scale, and For Oilon’s international customers, Päi- others were willing work with us be- – During the years, we have been in now we are continuing the work on the vi Leiwo is surely already familiar, as she has cause we could always be trusted. We some tight situations, where the com- global scale. played a key role in Oilon’s ongoing inter- have never let anyone down, says Os- pany’s ability to survive has been put nationalisation. si Leiwo, former Managing Director of to the test. During the oil crises, there ”In this business we have very interest- Oilon and Chairman of the Board for were serious pressures in this field, but ing growth and development opportunities, 35 years, until 2009. even then, our close relationships with and we strongly want to nurture these. As our partners proved to be invaluable. we grow more international, we are able to The company’s fine ability to adjust offer our own personnel new possibilities,” and the trust we have earned among says Leiwo.

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Did TIESITKÖ?you know?

CUSTOMER SERVICE Looking after customers and business partners has always been considered very important at Oilon. All over the world, Oilon has become known for its particularly friendly - The Warm Way - style, Extranet helps customers which always takes customers’ needs into account. and cuts down paper consumption

Oilon’s training sessions to customer groups are Oi l o n ’s e x t r a n e t online service has always tailored for the customers’ needs and interests. become ever more popular among business company’s partners and customers. Through the extranet, registered users

Photo: Loma Graphics can get information about Oilon’s products and services at any time of the day. At the moment, the extranet supports the Finnish, English, Russian and Polish languages. Using the versatile search functions, con- tract customers can also easily access their delivery-specific documentation, which can Customers easily be kept up-to-date through the online service. – We have received plenty of positive feedback on the extranet. In the future, we intend to develop the extranet into a more interactive service, so that information will flow between us and the customer fluently are our in both directions, says Terhi Sipilä, Docu- mentation Manager at Oilon. Used on a large scale, the extranet is also friends an environmentally friendly tool, as its use significantly decreases paper consumption. – Of course, for some projects we still deliver the required material also on paper or CD. However, we hope to be able to switch completely to the electronic online service in Th e t r a i n i n g o ff e r e d b y Oilon’s custom- Oilon’s representative in Novosibirsk, par- the near future. For instance, some of Oi- er service to customer groups has been quite ticipated in a two-day intensive course in lon’s ship burner customers have been inter- popular in recent years. Training sessions April. ested in the distribution of documentation have been organised frequently both in Fin- – It was great to get to see Oilon’s pro- through the extranet alone, Sipilä continues. land and in China. The training sessions for duction up close, because the production Oilon’s customers are provided with their customer groups are always separately tai- solutions implemented here were quite in- own access codes to the extranet. Extranet lored for the customers’ needs and inter- teresting, said Jevgeni Rogalev from Ter- users also have access to technical informa- ests. Feedback on the training sessions from motrend. tion for Oilon’s standard products, as well trainees arriving from all over the world has In Finland, training offered by our cus- as the Oilon Chooser application, used for been overwhelmingly positive. tomer service takes place on the premis- finding the most suitable burner. In the fu- – An excellent course! I found it partic- es of the renewable energy research centre ture, product and maintenance news can al- ularly important that in addition to the the- Energon, built a year ago next to Oilon. The so be sent through the extranet. ory, we were able to see and try out the new state-of-the-art research centre offers an ex- – As a novel experiment, we have creat- things in practice as well, said Dimitri Ush- cellent setting for both theoretical lectures ed a maintenance video for one of our ship akov from MP Hanti-Mansisk Gaz, who and practical instruction in its laboratories. burner customers. The video can be easily participated in Oilon’s training. In China, training is organised in the prem- downloaded from the extranet. We are def- A group of Russian customers who ar- ises of the new factory just recently complet- initely going to increase the use of videos in rived in Finland together with Mark Panov, ed in the city of Wuxi. the future.

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CFD flow model: Development of the temperature of fuel fed via the gas lance.

Combustion of process gases requires SPECIAL EXPERTISE

Du r i n g t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s , Oilon has been duced as by-products of industrial processes. In - Combustion of gases created during low heating value to Finland, China, and Typical heating involved in several projects where gases with a the past, gases of this type were wasted, as com- processes will significantly increase in Eastern Europe, among other locations. values of various very low heating value have been used as fuel. bustion of such gases was considered too chal- the future. This kind of utilisation is en- gases (effective 3 Combustion of such gases, for instance, blast lenging. Today, most factories and production ergy-efficient and consequently also en- The world’s largest steel heating value in MJ/Nm ) furnace gas, poses a great challenge for burner plants gather the gases created in their process- vironmentally friendly, says Ari Saario, producer counts on Oilon - Russian natural gas 35.6 technology. However, using the right solutions, es. Using advanced burner solutions, they can Product Development Director at Oilon. - biogas 14–21 these gases can be utilised to the maximum. be efficiently utilised. This means plants can The heating value of the gases in ques- One of the world’s largest steel factories, - coke oven gas 21.5 Gases with low heating value are often pro- harvest virtually free energy. tion may be up to ten times lower than located in Kazakhstan, recently decided - blast furnace gas 3.4 that of ordinary natural gas. The lower to employ Oilon’s expertise in the com- the heating value is, the harder the combustion of gases with low heating value. Source: The Finnish bustion of the gases becomes. The steel factory is owned by Arcelor- Natural Gas Association - Combustion of gases with low heat- Mittal, famous for being the largest steel ing value demands special know-how, producer in the world. The plant suppli- which Oilon has accumulated in this er for the project is KPA Unicon, which field over several years. The secret of suc- will deliver five 30 MW double-flue boil- cessful combustion of gases of this kind ers to Kazakhstan. lies in the correct phasing of gas and air Oilon will deliver ten GT-18 S burn- feed, i.e., in the way the gas is mixed with ers to the steel factory. Oilon’s delivery air. If necessary, we add a special front will cover the entire burner technolo- chamber to the burner to stabilise the gy, including gas pressure boosting. The flame and facilitate efficient combus- commissioning of the burners will take tion, explains Tero Tulokas, Engineer- place in 2012. ing Manager at Oilon Energy. In Kazakhstan, blast furnace gas will - With the help of CFD (Computa- be used for fuel, and the burners delivered tional Fluid Dynamics), which means to the plant are designed to use gas with a numerical flow simulation performed on calorific value of just 2.9 MJ/ Nm3. a computer, the functioning of the burn- - This is a great and challenging proj- er can be ensured well in advance before ect – gases with a heating value any low- commissioning, says Reima Mäkiranta, er than that are only used at a few sites CFD Specialist at Oilon. worldwide, says Kari Puro, Sales Man- During the past years, Oilon has de- ager at Oilon. livered burners for burning gases with

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Oilon’s next generation low emission low-NOx burners are breaking emission records. Photo: Loma Graphics

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CLEANTECH FI NLAND

Du r i n g t h e p a s t d e c a d e , environmental friend- Reducing liness has become one of the most important fac- NOx emissions tors in Oilon’s product development. Due to the development, Oilon has been capable of constant- Nitrogen oxides (NOx) are ly lowering the emissions with new models. The harmful to both people emissions of Oilon’s burners are often significantly and plants. They cause lower than those required by regulations. respiratory problems The company has been pleased to see that Oi- "Due to the especially for children and lon’s partners have also been genuinely excited people with asthma. They about reducing emissions. Naturally this devel- development, Oilon are also one of the factors opment has also been supported by the stringent that cause smog in large COLUMN Photo: Loma Graphics Oy has been capable of cities. Reducing nitrogen emission legislation. : The energy industry has paid particular atten- oxides with low-NOx constantly lowering burners is based on the Ari Saario tion to nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. Europe, Product Development Director for example, will set new limits for NOx emissions staging of combustion New spark from in the coming years. For natural gas, the limit will the emissions air and the fuel and on 3 internal combustion gas be 100 mg/Nm (O2 content 3%). Oilon’s next generation low emission Ultrax burner already meets with new models." recycling. Keeping the peak temperature of the product development this requirement. The emission limits for current plants in Finland are considerably higher. flame sufficiently low – Oilon’s strong investments in product devel- prevents the production opment have made it possible to reach lower and of so-called thermal-NOx. lower emission values. We have worked for years, Creating a flame zone in both in laboratories conducting combustion tests which there is a defi- and using CFD modelling, says Mari Laakso, ciency of air prevents the Product Development Engineer at Oilon. production of fuel-NOx. – Developing the next generation low-NOx burners depends on small details and demands ut- Environmental and energy technology – could one find a more most precision, says D. Sc. Keijo Jaanu, Emissions vestment of Lahti Energia. The company plans to interesting and important field of product development to work in? Specialist at Oilon. make more similar investments in the future by re- The technology used in Oilon’s low-NOx burn- placing current plants with more modern and effi- ers has already been utilised around the world for cient units, says Jukka Manskinen, Production Di- Oi l o n ’s investments i n p r o d u c t development are impres- of thousands of megawatts. years. For instance, Oilon has already delivered rector at Lahti Energia. sive – there are 25 experts working in product development and During the past couple of years, emissions of nitrogen ox- more than 3,000 MW of environmentally-friendly The heat plant was delivered by KPA Unicon and over 6 percent of the company’s turnover is used for R&D. De- ides (NOx) have been cut down significantly. The factors affect- heating power to the district heating sector of Bei- it commenced operation in November 2010. Oilon spite this, even more investments will be made in product de- ing the formation of emissions are rather complex, and there jing, China. provided the plant with a next-generation GKT- velopment in the future. Our product development is strength- are many small details that matter. NOx emissions have been 50U burner that is fuelled with natural gas and uses ened by the renewable energy research centre Energon, which reduced by tens of percentage points, when compared to low- Cleaner energy in Lahti light oil as backup. ”was inaugurated a year ago and is mainly used by Oilon. Ener- NOx burners of the previous generation. There are low-NOx al- Recently, a new heating plant with extremely low – We wanted even less nitrogen emissions than gon has already had several thousand visitors, including presi- ternatives for all industrial burners and recently completely new emissions was constructed to Lahti, Oilon’s home the license required, and Oilon guaranteed that. The dents and princesses. Naturally, also concrete development work models, such as Oilon Energy Oy’s Ultrax and Oilon Oy’s Big town. The 50 MW heating plant, constructed by technical solutions of the plant are modern and the in bio oils, emission measurement, and heat pump solutions has Monoblock. Lahti Energia in the district of Mukkula, uses the usability of the plant is designed to be high. By doing been carried out at Energon. Heat pump product families have been expanded and com- latest technology, and the emission limit set for it is this, we made sure that we can continuously meet the Oilon’s most important R&D goals can be summarized as pletely renewed during the past few years, and we will keep in- 3 the aforementioned 100 mg/Nm (O2 content 3%). requirements set by future changes to environmental follows: reducing combustion emissions, renewable bio fuels and vesting in them strongly in the future. Future possibilities of heat – The Mukkula heat plant is an important in- legislation and directives, Manskinen continues. waste-based fuels, solutions that increase energy efficiency (such pumps include cooling and utilizing industrial waste heat. Oth- as heat pumps or electronic control systems), not forgetting de- er examples of future possibilities on the journey towards our vi- sign and ease of use. In practice, Oilon has already been on the sion could include seaweed oil, different applications of solar en- path to sustainable energy for a good while. Concrete examples ergy, or fuel cells. of this, in addition to heat pumps, include the combustion of py- Finally, there is the innovation called EcoPower. EcoPower is rolysis oil and other bio oils, animal fat, landfill gases, and low- the result of years of development work in the field of pressur- re is alrea tu dy calorific-value waste gas. Another example worth mentioning is ized combustion that will take the energy efficiency to a whole fu h replacing high-carbon-intensity energy production with cleaner new level – the solution is unique in our field. r e e r fuels. In China alone, Oilon has been doing this work for tens n e

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Oilon and football legend Jari Litmanen enter into a partnership on renewable energy Jari Litmanen roots for renewable energy

Th e a l l -t i m e g r e a t e s t football player in Fin- Great Britain are particularly interesting to Oi- land, Jari Litmanen, is particularly renowned on lon, and Jari played the best football of his career the field for his outstanding eye for the game in those very countries, says Petri Virta, Business and his ingenious passes. It is no wonder that the Director at Oilon. champion of the green field also chose an out- Litmanen trusts ground source heat standing and environmentally friendly solution The award-winning OilonCare for a heating system. The properties Litmanen During this year, two properties Litmanen owns owns in Finland will be installed with ground in Finland will be installed with Oilon’s ground looks after the end customer source heat pumps during this year. source heat pumps. In one of them, the en- The project to be carried out together with tire heating of the building will be implement- Oilon has also resulted in an interesting part- ed with ground source heat, while in the other, nership. Litmanen will join Oilon in promoting ground source heat will be used to heat the do- heating systems utilising renewable energy, both mestic hot water and a swimming pool. At both in Finland and abroad. properties, ground source heat will replace direct – It was a natural thing for me to join this part- electric heating. nership. Oilon is a Lahti-based company, and I – I find ground source heat not only environ- have a personal interest in environmentally friend- mentally friendly, but also efficient as a heating so- ly heating solutions. Add to that the fact that the lution, and it suits my home perfectly. In addition, Netherlands is an important market area for Oi- the heat exchange well can also be used for cooling lon, and the equation is complete, says Litmanen, during hot summer weather, Litmanen says. who first started playing football in Lahti. Ground source heat pumps offer the foot- OilonCare, Oilon’s new online service concept, has been praised by the The partnership between Oilon and Litmanen ball legend not only an environmentally friendly installation and maintenance companies and the owners of the equipment alike. focuses on the international promotion of heating heating solution but also clear savings in energy technology employing renewable energy sources. costs. In total, the transfer to ground source heat The system, developed in cooperation with been enthusiastic about this new solution. The Litmanen’s interest in renewable energy sourc- brings savings of thousands of euros per year at Quickclic Finland, a technology company spe- SMS reminders sent by the system have proven es and his famed career in Europe’s top football Litmanen’s two properties. cialising in online service solutions, transfers to be a great way to serve the equipment own- teams make him a great spokesman for environ- The properties will be fitted with Oilon’s Geo- all of Oilon’s product, installation, and customers. Now they do not need to worry so much mentally friendly energy. pro SH 16 superheating ground source heat pump er information for small house and properties about when maintenance is due, says Timo – Getting Jari to join Oilon’s team was a great and Geopro GT 7 ground source heat pump. heating into an online system, updated in real- Knaapi from the Öljy- ja sähkölämpö company. thing for us. The markets of the Netherlands and time. With the help of the system, the end cus- The OilonCare system offers faster and bet- tomer can order maintenance for their heat- ter service to the equipment owners in par- ing equipment at any time of the day. The main- ticular. The system can be used to automate tenance request is quickly forwarded to the se- tasks related to warranty service and scheduled lected maintenance company, where the earlier maintenance, among other things. The system maintenance record of the customer’s equipment also reminds the equipment owners with an can immediately be viewed and better prepara- SMS message when a warranty-period annual tions for the maintenance work can be made. or scheduled maintenance approaches. The OilonCare system was awarded the Päi- For the installation and maintenance com- jät-Häme region’s INNOSUOMI 2010 prize. panies, OilonCare is above all a great market- – The system saves time and money for man- ing tool. ufacturers, installation and maintenance compa- – We have been very pleased with the Oi- nies, and equipment owners alike, says Petri Vir- lonCare system, and our customers have also ta, Business Director at Oilon. Photo: iStockphoto.com

Jari litmanen Jari “Litti” Litmanen, who first started playing football in Lahti, is Finland’s most successful football player ever. During his long and successful international career, Litmanen played for Ajax, FC Barcelona, and Liverpool, among others. In 1995, Litmanen won the Champions League with Ajax. Today, Litmanen is playing for HJK in Helsinki.

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Ground source heat is becoming a serious heat source alternative for apartment buildings

In r e c e n t y e a r s , real estate manage- gust 2010. The first residents moved in during tions, investments in these renewable energy ment costs – in particular, district heat- April 2011. solutions pay themselves back in less than ten ing, electricity, and water charges – have Additionally, the buildings’ energy saving is years. increased rapidly. Considering that at the increased through efficient heat recovery in air Careful planning same time, energy efficiency requirements conditioning and the buildings’ elevators that have become more and more strict, it is utilise braking energy by feeding it back to the The building project at Lanssikatu was pre- no wonder that attention is increasingly buildings’ electrical network. The energy con- ceded by an exceptionally long and extensive being paid to energy solutions when consumption of the buildings is closely monitored, planning phase, as there is so far little experi- structing residential buildings. Oilon was and in April 2012, the information on the first ence of the construction of low-energy hous- heavily involved in the building project year’s consumption will be available. The build- es. For instance, in Finland there are currently Low-energyhousing houses for the first low-energy houses in Lahti, ings’ energy class is A, which is the best pos- only a few newly constructed apartment build- Oilon’s home city. sible. ings that utilise ground source heat. There has The two five-storey apartment build- In addition to Oilon, the building project, been slightly more experience in old apartment are the future of ings completed in the spring of 2011 on headed by Lahden Talot Oy, included sever- buildings that have been transferred from dis- Lanssikatu, near the centre of Lahti, get al other business partners operating in differ- trict heat or oil heating to ground source heat. their heating energy from ground source ent fields. – The core issue in the planning was the en- heat and solar power. Approximately 95 – The price of energy is constantly rising, ergy consumption objective set for the proj- percent of the energy requirement of the and we wanted to find novel solutions for im- ect, as we aimed for an improvement of up to buildings’ heating and cooling is produced proving energy efficiency in the construction 30 percent to the current standards. In addi- by ground source heat pumps supplied by of new buildings. The same development proj- tion, attention was paid to the quality of room Oilon; the remaining five percent is ob- ect was also used to establish guidelines for im- air. Overall, the project was an extremely use- tained with solar energy collectors. The proving the energy efficiency of existing build- ful and instructive experience. I believe that solar energy collectors provide 50–60 per- ings. This is without doubt the way to the fu- ground source heat will continue to play a part cent of the energy needed for heating do- ture of the construction of residential buildings, in our projects, Lukkarinen says. mestic hot water; the rest is pro- says Eero Lukkarinen, the ‘father’ of the proj- Oilon supplied two Geopro RE-55 ground duced with ground source ect, and Property Manager at Lahden Talot. source heat pumps and 20 solar heat collectors heat. The equipment has The state-of-the-art residential buildings for the apartment buildings. The two apart- been operational since Au- have been in high demand; nearly four times ment buildings have a total of 55 apartments the usual number of applications was received and 2,500 square metres of area to heat. The au- for the rental apartments. tomation of the ground source heat pumps was Heat sources in low-energy apartment buildings during the year: – Ecological considerations have been an replaced with the TAC Vista equipment so that important factor for the residents moving in- the system could be connected as desired to the to the buildings. According to our calcula- main control room of Lahden Talot. The auto- mation integration was implemented by Sch- neider Electric, the company that was responsible for the system of the whole building.

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Energy from the sun Electricity consumption Energy from the ground From early spring to late fall apartments at Lanssikatu are heated with solar heat. Ground heat is used in winter.

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The renewable energy research centre Energon, opened in spring 2010, Did you know? has attracted worldwide attention.

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it us than we have time to receive. We are ground and air source heat pumps, a wide m g/m 20 very happy that renewable energy is current- selection of boilers and burners of differ- 10 ly such an interesting topic internationally, ent types, and technology for collecting so- 0 says Eero Pekkola, CEO of Oilon. lar heat. So far, Oilon has studied the com- Tester 1-7 During the first year, the visitors to En- bustion of various bio oils, such as rapeseed Particle concentrations measured in comparison measurements on ergon have included several esteemed guests. oil and pyrolysis oil, as well as heat recov- 29 September 2010. The fuel used was heavy fuel oil HFO. Source: Research Report VTT-R-02101-11 “National compari- For instance, Tarja Halonen, the President ery from different waste waters at the Ener- son measurements of emission measurements 2010.” of Finland, Princess Victoria of Sweden to- gon premises. gether with her husband Prince Daniel, and – The research has been dominated by Measurement of the ambassadors of China and the United a consumer-driven approach. We have at- States have visited the research centre. In tempted to simulate situations which con- flue gases still challenging addition, the ministers and heads of state of sumers may find themselves in. This way, several countries have shown interest to En- we can find solutions that are as finalised On e o f t h e interesting proj- ergon. as possible and close to the customer, says ects carried out in Energon’s test – Climate change has become a common Ari Saario, Product Development Director laboratory was the flue gas measurement issue for the whole world, and the policy- at Oilon. comparison, funded by the Ministry of makers of many countries have clearly taken The possibilities offered by Energon also the Environment, Finnish Energy Indus- the issue seriously. The policy-makers who support Oilon’s vision, which is to produce tries, Finnish Forest Industries, the Fed- have visited Energon have wanted to see sustainable energy solutions for customers. eration of Finnish Technology Industries, the concrete alternatives that can be used to When Oilon embarked on the development and VTT Technical Research Centre of create a cleaner and more environmentally of renewable energy ten years ago, the com- Finland. Eight accredited Finnish emis- friendly world, Pekkola continues. pany had a vision that in the long run, this sion measurement laboratories partici- The Lahti Science and Business Park, to- would be an important part of the compa- pated in the comparison measurements gether with the Lahti University of Applied ny’s operations. However, the transfer to re- carried out in September 2010. Sciences, was responsible for the construc- newable energy sources has been much fast- The purpose of measurements taken tion of the Energon research centre. The er than Oilon had anticipated. during one day was to find out the qual- project received considerable funding from – The rate of change towards renewable ity standard of emission measurements the European Union. Oilon is the main op- energy sources has been a positive surprise conducted by Finnish emission mea- erator of the research centre, but Energon’s for us, and I believe that in the near future, surement laboratories. The laboratories premises are available to all users. we will take significant steps forward in re- measured flue gases of a 2.5 MW boiler. newable energy technology. Energon has al- The fuels used for testing were light and Close to the consumer ready provided us with a huge amount of heavy fuel oil. Energon houses versatile research equip- innovations. The possibilities are endless, The report published by VTT shows ment, including a measurement system for Pekkola says. that measuring flue gases is still challenging despite the fact that the equipment and expertise of Finnish laboratories are among the best in the world. Th e s t a t e -o f -t h e -a r t research centre The results of different emission mea- Energon, opened in the spring of 2010 next surement laboratories had some signifi- to Oilon’s premises, has received plenty of cant differences despite the fact that the THE Energon visitors. During the first year, nearly 3,000 measurements were made in almost ideal people have visited Energon. Within Fin- conditions. According to the results, the land, Energon is currently the only one of measurements showed differences in ni- research centre attracts its kind, and even worldwide, laboratories trogen oxide (NOx) and sulphur diox-

concentrating on renewable energy and en- ide (SO2) concentrations and especially ergy efficiency research with equally versa- in concentrations of fine particles mea- worldwide interest tile equipment are still rare. sured gravimetrically. On the other hand, – Energon’s popularity has surprised us there were no differences in carbon diox- as well. We have more people willing to vis- ide concentration measured by different laboratories. Similar comparison measurements will be conducted in Finland Sweden’s royal princess Victoria and prince Daniel and Finnish president Tarja Halonen have been regularly also in the future.

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“Of many of the bio fuels being developed, pyrolysis oil, obtained from wood, seems the most promising at the moment.”

Utilising animal fat

Pyrolysis oil An o t h e r environmentally becoming a serious alternative friendly way to produce energy is to use biofuel prepared from animal fat. An- imal fat obtained from warm-blooded an- imals can be burned efficiently. However, the acidity of the fuel requires a special type of burner. Oilon’s XH burners are perfectly Pyrolysis oil, obtained from forestry waste, has raised interest all over the world. suited for this purpose. It has been predicted to challenge fossil fuel oils in the near future. The Finnish animal feed producer Torp Frys recently commissioned the Oilon RP- 300 M XH burner, designed for acidic fuels. Torp Frys uses fox fat for heating its facili- In r e c e n t y e a r s , reducing carbon dioxide emissions has be- erable portion of heavy fuel oil used could be replaced with py- ties. The company uses more than 350,000 come a global concern. New solutions for reducing dependence rolysis oil in the future. litres of fox fat per year. on coal are constantly being developed, and Europe, for exam- – If the pilot tests conducted during this spring and sum- – Animal fat burns nicely, even though ple, has set tough goals for increasing the share of renewable mer go well, and we get the financial support required for de- the combustion presents some challenges. It energy sources by the year 2020. veloping the new technology of the first demonstration plant, is economical and the combustion is clean, Of many of the bio fuels being developed, pyrolysis oil, ob- we could make the investment decision for the first demonstra- and the resulting odour is almost that of a tained from wood, seems the most promising at the moment. tion plant of commercial size during this year. This means that bakery, says Erik Snellman, the Managing Production of pyrolysis oil and combining it with power plants we could start producing oil for use during the first half of 2013, Director of Torp Frys. and processes using bioenergy and based on fluidized bed com- says Jukka Heiskanen, Development Manager at Fortum. bustion has already begun in Finland. New old interest In Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Metso, UPM-Kymmene, and Fortum have participated in the Interest in pyrolysis oil is not a new thing. The combustion of development of pyrolysis oil. Oilon has participated in the re- pyrolysis oil has been studied a couple of times before in Fin- search by testing the combustion of pyrolysis oil and by deliver- land and other countries in different development projects, but ing a special burner for combustion of pyrolysis oil to Fortum’s they have always proved unprofitable. The level of interest to- Masala heat plant. In addition, Oilon and the global conglom- wards pyrolysis oil has also been connected to changes in the erate Honeywell have also been in cooperation with regard to price of crude oil. pyrolysis oil. Now the situation is different, because carbon dioxide now According to Kai Sipilä, a professor at VTT, results from has a price which makes all kinds of bio fuels tempting alterna- using pyrolysis oil are encouraging. tives to fossil fuels. – We have now tested the combustion of pyrolysis oil for a – It is significant that the carbon dioxide emissions of pyrol- few years and we see no technical obstacles to large-scale test ysis oil can be 90 percent lower than the emissions of fossil fu- use of pyrolysis oil in heavy oil boilers. After a year’s continuous els. We expect pyrolysis oil to burn as cleanly as heavy fuel oil, test use, we will have a better idea of the challenges of the com- which means that depending on the results of long-term test- Pyrolysis oil bustion, storage and transport of pyrolysis oil in long-term use. ing, separate cleaning of combustion gases might not be neces- Sipilä hopes that Finland will soon have a pyrolysis oil sary. Preparation of the fuel standard has already been started in Pyrolysis oil is produced by heating forestry production plant. Production and use of pyrolysis oil is being Europe, Sipilä explains. waste such as dry sawdust or other biomass planned eagerly also elsewhere in the world. According to Sip- Oilon has tested the combustion of pyrolysis oil with a pur- in an oxygen-free space for 5–30 seconds at ilä, significant entries into the market can be expected in the pose-built RP-130 XH burner in the research centre Energon. approximately 500–600 degrees. This causes coming years in both Europe and the United States. In Cana- The burner has been specially designed for acidic fuels such as most of the biomass to vaporize. When the gas da, test production has been going on for years. pyrolysis oil. flow is cooled, approximately two thirds of the – Finland has all the necessary expertise and wood resourc- – The tests gave strong indications that pyrolysis oil will biomass condensates into wood oil. The oil is es for utilisation of pyrolysis oil, so it would be a good time to play an important role in the near future. The next important acidic and it still contains some water. Because start developing applications for pyrolysis oil. It would demand phase is to establish quality standards for pyrolysis oil similar of the acidity and water content of pyrolysis tight cooperation of various agents to ensure the technology to those applied to heavy oil, states Kari Palo, Business Di- oil, a special burner is required for using it. and the competitiveness. rector at Oilon. According to Fortum, a Finnish energy company, a consid- Photo: Loma Graphics

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A new Oilon factory was completed in Wuxi

i l o n ’s f a s t p r o g r e s s in China esting to us for the additional reason that we may continues. Preparations were made find suitable business partners right next door in for the bright near future by mov- the future. ing into larger premises. China is cleaning up its cities For nearly ten years, China has offered Oilon aO challenging and rapidly developing market area. The outlook in China is bright for the near fu- The last three years have been successful for Oilon ture. The Chinese government is investing more Burners Wuxi, operating in the city of Wuxi. Oi- and more in improving the air quality in the cit- lon’s net sales in China have grown at the remark- ies. Several large cities are already following the able annual rate of 30 percent. Prompted by the lead of Beijing, the country’s capital city, which great prospects, Oilon recently relocated to new, has made huge investments during the past few modern premises in Wuxi. years in producing cleaner energy. Oilon has par- The new factory has a floor area of 5,400 square ticipated firmly in this development for a long metres. Compared to the previous location, there time already. For instance, Oilon has already de- is 1,400 square metres more space. In addition to livered more than 3,000 MW of environmentally production, the new location offers superb prem- friendly heat power to Beijing over the years. All ises for training and office work as well. in all, Oilon has delivered gas and oil burners for – We have been working in the new premises more than 24,000 MW to China. for a few months now and everyone has liked the – The conversion from coal to natural gas place. The new premises have clearly inspired peo- continues as a strong trend in China, and it al- ple and further increased their motivation. Dur- so brings us a great opportunity to grow. We have ing the past few years, we have grown in China already secured a strong foothold in China, and to the extent that there was a clear need for new there seems to be constant demand for Oilon’s premises. We get several benefits from this re- products, Tallberg says. form and consequently we can work even more Oilon’s long experience in burner production efficiently, says Johan Tallberg General Manag- was utilised in the planning of the new factory. Addition to Oilon’s er of Oilon China. The objective of the new premises is to further operations in Wuxi, the The new factory is located in the Sun City improve the quality of Oilon’s products and to company has also sales business park in the city of Wuxi, which has at- shorten delivery times. For the sake of these ob- organisation in Hong tracted companies concentrating on environmen- jectives, the new factory includes a lot of space for Kong and representa- tally friendly technology in particular. burner storage and a modern, sound-proof testing tives all over the China. – This area has been growing at a furious pace. station where all Oilon’s products are thorough- Huge new factories are being constructed right ly tested. beside the Oilon plant as well. The area is inter-

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South America, famous for hot rhythms and football, is currently a fast developing market area. Photo: iStockphoto.com Samba, football and environmental technology

Du r i n g t h e p a s t f e w y e a r s , investors been delivering environmental technol- than 90 percent of the world’s niobi- have shown particular interest in the ogy to the continent for more than two um comes from Brazil. developing markets of South Ameri- decades. There has been demand for Niobium is a metal that is not ca. The continent has become clearly Oilon’s know-how in, for instance, the found in a pure form in nature. How- attractive, as huge investments are go- food processing industry, copper mines, ever, it can be found within various ing to be made in South American in- hospitals, and the pulp and paper indus- minerals. Niobium is primarily used dustry during the next few years. In ad- try. as an alloy metal in special-alloy steel, dition, the football World Cup taking During the next few years, the South since it has been discovered to en- place in Brazil in 2014 and the Sum- American market is expected to grow hance the strength and formabili- mer Olympics hosted by Rio de Janeiro exponentially. For instance, the Brazil- ty of steel, among other characteris- in 2016 are drawing attention and con- ian oil and gas refining business is es- tics. Thanks to its great resistance to tributing to economic growth. timated to receive investments worth heat, niobium is used, for instance, in The growing markets of South more than EUR 130 billion by the year jet and rocket engines, as well as in America have also kept Oilon busy. 2013. In addition, more than EUR 47 the nuclear power industry, electron- Burners have been delivered at a fast billion will be invested in the coun- ics, and the jewellery industry. pace to Chile, Brazil, Columbia, and try’s mining industry, steel industry, and Oilon delivered two 4 MW burn- Uruguay, among others. pulp and paper production. Oilon deliv- ers to the CBMM plant. The burners – The entire South America is a fasci- ers burners to all these industries. are used for drying the iron ore pel- nating market area. I believe that its sig- lets pressed during the sintering pro- A challenging project nificance will continue to grow in the cess employed in niobium production. in Brazil near future, both for Oilon and for the The sintering technology for the pro- whole world, says Eero Pekkola, CEO A successful example of Oilon’s proj- duction plant was supplied by Out- of Oilon. ects in South America can be found in otec, an expert in multiple fields of Even though the investor market the city of Araxá in Brazil. Compan- metallurgy. has only awoken to the rise of South hia Brasileira de Metalurgia e Miner- America during recent years, Oilon has ação (CBMM) operating in the city is the world’s largest producer of niobium. At the moment, Brazil dominates the world’s niobium production, as more

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