Conceptual Engineering, biomass-based industries and the Green Shift.

Conceptual process engineering builds a bridge from science and researchers to plant engineers, investment project teams and production personnel.

SciTech-Service Oy presents new team expert

We are pleased to inform that Martti Pekkanen joined SciTech-Service Oy on December 2021.   Martti Pekkanen, Ph.D. in chemical engineering, has long experience in process modeling and process conceptual design both in academia and in engineering practice, e.g. in Rintekno Oy, Neste Jacobs Oy, and Kemira Oyj. At SciTech-Service Oy Martti will provide his consulting services as leading expert in the field. www.scitech.fi  SciTech-Service offers outsourced technology development for biomass processing in the areas …

Pulp & Paper Industry in Russia

Sulfite pulping in Russia: In anticipation of the conference on Russian Pulp and Paper Industry in Vienna in December, we had the opportunity to chair a virtual round table discussion on sulfite pulping in Russia. This is a very interesting subject as sulfite pulping has largely disappeared from Scandinavia. It turns out that in Russia the sulfite industry is doing …

ForestBioFacts: Introduction to forest-based bioeconomy Webinar

From: Forest BioFacts, the digital learning environment and source of in depth information for professionals in pulp and paper and other biomass conversion industries, which is published by the Finnish Forest Products Engineers Association ( www.forestbiofacts.com ).   Heikki Hassi participated on the ForestBioFacts: Introduction to forest-based bioeconomy Webinar – presented by Finnish Forest Products Engineers’ Association (PI) and took place on September …

Chemical and Physical performance of Kraft Pulp Cooking

Kraft pulp mill process has become the only dominating cooking process for making chemical pulp. In the 1980’s started an active period where a lot of old conventional cooking capacity were replaced by new mills.

SciTech-Service Oy keeps growing!

We are pleased to announce that SciTech-Service’s biorefinery team has been strengthened by the addition of Topias Anttila. Mr. Topias Anttila, M.Sc., joins as Project Engineer in the Biorefinery team. He recently finished his master thesis in Aalto University, School of chemical engineering. Topias studied Chemical and process engineering with his major in Plant Design and Master’s thesis focused on …

Introduction to forest-based bioeconomy

From: Forest BioFacts, the digital learning environment and source of in depth information for professionals in pulp and paper and other biomass conversion industries, which is published by the Finnish Forest Products Engineers Association ( www.forestbiofacts.com ). Introduction to forest-based bioeconomy Wood is a renewable natural material with various uses, and it has always satisfied people’s diverse and ever changing needs. Early hunter-gatherers made …

PoDoCo awarded a grant to Xiang You & Scitech joint project

We are pleased to inform that on the 2nd December 2019, Xiang You and SciTech-Service Oy were awarded a PoDoCo grant. The Post Docs in Companies (PoDoCo) is a joint initiative of Finnish universities, industry and foundations. This matchmaking program has been supporting long term competitiveness and strategic renewal of companies and employment of young doctors in the private sector. …