This time, we get to know our air terminal devices business Director, Pekka Huhtela, who has also worked in Climecon for a long time. Pekka, originally from Oulu, located in Northern Finland, is involved in the entire chain when innovating and developing new products. He meets many clients, and with a “serious, but not serious” attitude, meetings are taken care of, for example, in the Padel court.
Climecon’s black air terminal devices have been widely used in stylish destinations worldwide, but did you know that all our professional kitchen hoods and ceiling ventilation solutions are also available in black? In the spirit of Black Friday, we will tell you more about our black products in this article.
In the summer, Climecon got a new addition to its team when Emma Piha started as a sustainability expert. As the responsibility expert, she is responsible for the planning, development, and reporting of our responsibility work.
Climecon’s CEO, Tommi Uksila, participates in the Ocean Globe Race 2023 around the world. The journey commenced from Southampton, England, at the beginning of September, and the Finnish boat finished the first leg in Cape Town on Friday, 20th October. Spirit of Helsinki won the coveted Line Honours award by being the first to reach the finish line of the milestone. The team is first in their own class and second overall after counting the current scores. Spirit of Helsinki took about 40 days on the first leg of the Ocean Globe competition.
Our selection is updated regularly so that we can offer the most current products. NOP supply air diffuser and LINO diffusers have been removed from the selection. NOP will be replaced by NOT diffuser, which has excellent properties. For residential ventilation, we recomend for example FINO.
The multi-part TUISKU snow and rain covers can now be attached completely from the front, which makes it easier to create a clean installation, removes the cumbersome installation work from the side of the chamber and saves installation time by up to 50%.
This time, we introduce our Sales Director and Head of Gas-Phased Air Filtration, Mikko Erikson, who is currently also deputy to the CEO. Known as the father figure of the sales team, Mikko runs the air purification sales while ensuring customer satisfaction and keeping customers and salespeople happy. According to other Climecon employees, Mikko is an excellent team player who encourages others and possesses a great sense of humour.
Climecon’s professional kitchen lighting solution was updated to better cater to the wishes and requirements of customers. Now, all luminaires are supplied as standard with DALI bus and SwitchDIM technology. DALI (digital addressable lighting interface) is a widely used lighting control bus technology that seamlessly integrates Climecon’s professional kitchen lighting solution with the property’s lighting control system.
Products and services bearing the “Design from Finland” mark have been designed in Finland in a professional, responsible, and user-oriented manner. The label can be awarded to companies investing in Finnish product design. All our products are designed and manufactured in Finland at factories in Kausala and Pihtipudas, while sales, marketing, and customer service are based in Helsinki.
Sustainable and environmentally friendly business practices guide everything we do. That’s why our product development strives to reduce the carbon footprint of our products whenever possible. Such measures include, for example, changing the product and packaging materials to more environmentally friendly ones, optimizing the use of materials, and optimizing the use of water and energy in manufacturing. Our OLO diffusers are a perfect example of environmentally friendly product development.
Climecon is known for its “getting things done”-attitude, but sometimes it’s time to take a break. Climecon CEO Tommi Uksila will participate in the Ocean Globe Race 2023 sailing competition around the world. During Tommi’s sailing, Mikko Erikson, head of the sales team and head of the air purification business, will act as the CEO’s deputy. Mikko has been in the Climecon team for a long time and is certainly a familiar face to many. Tommi’s absence does not cause changes in Climecon’s services or operations.
Our economy and society are still built on nature. For this reason, the contribution of the whole society is needed to prevent climate change and to protect biodiversity. At Climecon, we want to be involved in solving climate challenges, and we have been a carbon-neutral company since 2020. That’s what we are this year too. However, the work against climate change continues, and we want to take steps toward an even more responsible operation.
At Climecon, we design and manufacture our products in Finland at our factories in Kausala and Pihtipudas. We also use Finnish subcontractors. We are a significant employer locally and, for example, our factory in Kausala employs about 35 people. The factories are also home to some of our product development team. The Pihtipudas factory manufactures products mainly for air purification and professional kitchens all the way from Finnish markets to the Middle East.
Improved user experience with streamlined features is at the core of the renewed Vent.X user interface. The new selection tool for air terminal devices is significantly faster and optimized for wide screens. This is to make working easier and reduces the need for scrolling.
Our high-quality products made of acid-proof and stainless steel are resistant to corrosion.
EPD verified hoods offer a solution, especially for sites where minimizing climate effects is sought after. Builders, designers, and other stakeholders get verified, unbiased information about the hoods’ carbon footprints along with a broad range of other environmental effects.
Antti has worked for a year as a manufacturing manager at our factory in Kausala. He organizes and is responsible for the operations of the factory and things have gone smoothly. Antti started at Climecon after looking for new challenges and he wanted to move forward in his career. He got his first exposure to the ventilation industry after starting at Climecon. From a previous life in the wood industry, the pallets and wooden packaging were replaced by paint and metal, which are used to make high-quality products for ventilation at our factory.
In the throw pattern and sound environment design views, you can find a Save button at the top right. It produces a link to Vent.X’s design view with the parameters that have been selected for the space and devices in the program. You can use the link to return to the saved plan and change the operating values of the space and devices defined in the Vent.X selection program.
The Revit models of Climecon’s ventilation ceiling components can now be downloaded from the MagiCAD Cloud library and added into designs. Components for high-yielding air purification and high-quality offer a good indoor climate and safe working conditions even in the most demanding professional kitchens.
Susanne Ylikoski is the export manager of Climecon. We want to introduce you to the sunny persona.
The use of UV light in professional kitchen air purification is common, but in terms of efficient grease degradation and life cycle costs, selecting the right technology makes all the difference. We list three factors of UV applications that help in controlling maintenance costs and make the work of the kitchen staff easier.