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23.06.2026 News

Get to know: Esa Huuskonen, Director of Selection Programs

Over the course of 17 years, Esa Huuskonen has built up strong and diverse experience from within the company. He has been involved in nearly every aspect of ventilation design and product development – from leading projects and software development to improving product energy efficiency and performance. Alongside these responsibilities, he has taken on an important role in managing product data within design programs and key systems, where the accuracy and up-to-date nature of technical information are essential.

26.01.2026 News

Get to know: Product Development Engineer Eero Kahilaniemi

This time in our Climecon team spotlight, we’re heading to our factory in Kausala. Eero is originally from near Tampere, about 180 km north-west of the capital city Helsinki, and his studies eventually led him to Kausala. Trained as an engineer in wood technology, Eero made the transition from wood to steel when he joined Climecon as a test engineer. Today, he works as a product development engineer, with his role having expanded from testing to product development projects and product design—particularly in the area of air terminal devices.

18.11.2025 News

Get to know: Sales Manager Veli-Matti Piispanen

A favorite among customers, Veli-Matti knows snow and rain covers, roof hoods, and hoods like the back of his hand. Veli-Matti, or Velsu as he’s known to friends, has been working at Climecon since 1999. In addition to his sales role, he also helps manage products for snow and rain covers, and roof hoods together with the Product Manager. His enthusiasm for his work is as strong as it was at the start of his career, and as a thrill-seeker, Velsu is always ready for new adventures.

23.09.2025 News

Get to know: Technical designer and cost estimator Jarkko Hyvönen

Jarkko works at Climecon, specializing in kitchen ventilation design and cost estimation, with a particular focus on export projects, many headed to the Middle East. Working with professional kitchen ventilation systems is varied and full of challenges – every site is unique, and each client has individual needs. This technical design expert is originally from Pihtipudas, where our professional kitchen ventilation solutions are also manufactured. In his free time, Jarkko enjoys playing ice hockey, a true passion of his.

23.06.2025 Team

Get to know: Technical designer Petri Vilkman

This time, we want to introduce the HVAC design veteran Petri Vilkman. Petri has been part of the professional kitchen team for about five years as a technical designer. He also provides technical support for clients regarding hoods and professional kitchen equipment inquiries. Petri has extensive experience in various HVAC design and consulting work. It is no secret in the office what music genre Petri is a fan of – it becomes clear immediately from his phone’s ringtone.

23.04.2025 News

Get to know: Cost estimator Laura Hämäläinen

Laura has worked as a cost estimator for a few years, bringing younger energy to the Climecon team. Her work includes calculating quotes, providing customer service, and supporting the sales team, especially in customer communication. Laura, who studied marketing in the United States, also helps the marketing team whenever needed. Meet the sunny and cheerful Laura!

21.03.2025 News

Get to know: Product designer Aleksi Aromaa

Product designer Aleksi Aromaa, who has been with us at Climecon for 3 years, has graduated from Lahti University of Applied Sciences as an industrial designer. Lahti LAB Design Institute is one of the oldest educational institutions in the field in Finland. Aleksi works at the head office and was raised in Espoo, the capital metropolitan area. He plays a major role in creating innovative and sustainable ventilation solutions as a product designer.

13.02.2025 News

Get to know: Product development engineer Samppa Rytkönen

We want to introduce you to our Product Development Engineer, Samppa Rytkönen. As a development engineer, Samppa’s duties consist of designing and developing our ventilation equipment for professional kitchens. Samppa started at Climecon as a quality engineer several years ago, and we wanted to keep the top expert in the house. Samppa is a fair and well-liked colleague and the karaoke star of Climecon’s group.

16.01.2025 News

Get to know: Production development engineer Olli Kekäläinen

This time, we would like to introduce our Production development engineer, Olli Kekäläinen. He works on various production development projects and is also our quality manager. Over the course of eight years, Olli has been involved in many things—for example, he has worked as a cost estimator and as a designer in our ventilation design service for professional kitchens. He also did his diploma thesis for Climecon as part of his mechanical engineering studies at Aalto University.

27.11.2024 News

Get to know: Maintenance manager Heikki Nurmi

This time, we are presenting our ever-cheerful Maintenance Manager, Heikki Nurmi. Heikki ensures that the installation of ventilation equipment in professional kitchens is handled carefully and that the hoods in the kitchens are working. Heikki is responsible for the maintenance services of professional kitchens, but the toolkit is also dug out when colleagues need help.

29.10.2024 News

Get to know: Toni Syrjä, Sales Manager for professional kitchen services

Toni, sales manager of professional kitchen maintenance services, ensures that customers’ hoods work as they should all over Finland. Having initially studied for a professional degree in building construction, Toni ended up in his current position for Climecon by chance when he wanted to change his career.

24.09.2024 News

Get to know: Sales Manager Henri Remes

This time, we want to introduce you to our Sales Manager Henri Remes, aka Henkka. Henri is a well-known salesman in Finland’s construction industry, and he, too, has a long career at Climecon. He takes care of our contractor clients all over Finland. It is a matter of honor for him to take excellent care of his customers. He never runs out of jokes and card tricks.

15.08.2024 Team

Get to know: Customer service star and Sales coordinator Henja Heikkilä

This time, we introduce another of our awesome customer service professionals, Henja Heikkilä. Henja is the mother figure of the whole office, who never stops laughing. With her sprinkling cheerfulness, she always maintains a good spirit. Henja has the loudest and most loud laugh in the office.

25.06.2024 News

Get to know: Teppo Soini production director of the factories

At the Kausala factory, you can find Climecon employees with long careers in our company. For example, Teppo Soini, the superman of the factories, is one of them. For almost 18 years, he has been in many roles at the factory and in product development. At the moment, he works as a production director, who ensures that the factories work as they should and that production is rolling. His area of responsibility includes the production of the factories in Kausala and Pihtipudas.

01.11.2023 News

Get to know: Our new sustainability expert Emma Piha

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.

11.05.2023 Team

Welcome to Climecon Dima Pukki

Climecon strengthened its team again when a new Sales Manager, Dima Pukki, started at the Helsinki office. Dima takes care of professional kitchen clients from all around Finland. Dima’s first weeks have started eventfully by getting to know Climecon’s products and, of course, his new colleagues.

08.02.2023 News

Get to know: Manufacturing manager Antti Aspila

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.

27.08.2019 News

Meet the team: Samppa Rytkönen

This time we want to introduce one of our wonderful team members from Kausala branch: our Quality Manager Samppa Rytkönen, who makes sure that we indeed deliver what we promise. Samppa is not only a trustworthy and liked colleague but also Climecon’s invincible karaoke king who magically gets everyone in the audience rushing to the dance floor.

01.07.2019 News

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