Flow-how company
Filtrabit is a flow-how company in the clean tech sector, based in Finland. We are solving particulate pollution in heavy industry — improving the air quality inside and outside industrial plants.
Our circular economy approach simultaneously helps reduce CO2 emissions in hard-to-abate industries.
We are highly focused on being the best in the world at understanding and applying flow dynamics to solve these problems.
Dust Removal as a Service
Filtrabit offers dust separation units on an operating lease model and together with partners, helps clients design the necessary hooding and ducting.
| CapEx | OpEx | Installation time | Size | Building permits | Operation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Common solutions based on filters |
€€€€ High |
€€€ Expensive |
✘ Months or years |
✘ Requires significant |
✘ Building permits |
✘ Vulnerable to |
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€ Low |
€ Low fixed |
✓ Quick to install |
✓ Modular, less |
✓ No additional |
✓ Stable results, |
Mission
Our purpose is to solve the problem of micro-particles, enabling the transition to net-zero carbon and clean breathing air.
Vision
Filtrabit technology will be known as the new industry standard.
Conference schedule
2026
Cokemaking Technologies, International Conference / Kokereifachtagung VDKF
7–8th May 2026
Oberhausen, Germany
Filtrabit CEO Dr. Kim Fagerlund & CPO Jyri Tolonen with INperfektion CEO Ralf Aldenhoven presenting:
Improving the Sustainability and Operational Efficiency of Coking Plants Through Flow-dynamic Dust Separation: A Case Study at SSAB Raahe
10:00AM Friday 8th of May
Euro Mine Expo
26–28th May 2026
Skellefteå, Sweden
Exhibiting at the Mining Finland booth in Zinc Hall (booth #174).
Green Steel World Conference
23–24th September 2026
Düsseldorf, Germany
Filtrabit CEO Dr. Kim Fagerlund and Outokumpu D&Q Manager Mika Päätalo will be presenting together.
Management team
Kim Fagerlund
CEO
Joined Filtrabit in April 2024. Previously at Metso as Vice President of Technology in Metals and Minerals. Prior leadership positions in Business, Technology and Sales at Outokumpu, Outotec and Metso-Outotec, totalling 25 years of experience.
D.Sc., Material Science and Metallurgy
+358 40 772 7213
Pasi Pesonen
VP, Sales
Joined Filtrabit in November 2021. Previously at Sealed Air Corporation as Vice President of the Asia Pacific region, based in Singapore. Prior leadership positions at Unilever and Diversey, leading business growth in Cleaning and Hygiene sectors in different European regions.
M.Sc., Food Science (Economics and Marketing)
+358 45 234 6520
Christer Larsson
CFO
Joined Filtrabit in November 2022. Prior experience of more than 20 years in the financial industry and private equity across Europe and Asia. Former P&G, FedEx, and BNP Paribas.
M.Sc. Business Administration (Jonkoping International Business School & London School of Economics)
+33 767835141
Jyri Tolonen
Head of Products
Joined Filtrabit in April 2023. Previously at Detection Technology for 18 years in a key product manager role, building a new product portfolio for medical X-ray imaging. Prior experience of 10 years in the mobile phone industry at Elcoteq, Flextronics/Microcell, JOT Automation and Nokia.
B.Sc., Automation Technology
+358 40 775 1558
Rami Luoma-aho
Head of Global Supply Chain
Joined Filtrabit in January 2024. Previously at Skoda Group as Sourcing Director. Prior regional director position at Etteplan Finland and supply chain leadership positions at Moventas Gears, totalling more than 20 years of international business experience.
M.Sc., Mechanical Engineering
+358 40 168 5634
Marko Valli
CIO
Co-founder of Filtrabit. Previously at TietoEvry in project and program management. More than 20 years of experience in IT, project business and business transformations in various customer industries.
M.Sc. studies in Computer Science, Business Administration as minor
+358 40 764 9041
Board of directors
Karri Kaitue
Chairman of the Board
Experienced board professional and former CEO of Ekokem, preceded by a two-decade career at Outokumpu. On the board of Filtrabit since 2020.
Lic., Law
Pekka Erkkilä
Member of the Board
Former CTO of Outokumpu with a more than 30-year career at the company. Played an instrumental role in the Tornio mill reaching its current status as a global leader, with the mill’s melting capacity multiplying by 20 during his tenure.
M.Sc., Metallurgy
Kalle Härkki
Member of the Board
President and CEO of VTT starting Aug. 2025. CEO of green-tech company Resand since 2021. Previously held multiple leadership positions at Outotec for more than 15 years, including being President of multiple different business areas.
D.Sc., Material Science and Metallurgy
Raif Nisametdin
Member of the Board
Investor and board professional with broad experience in scaling up green economy companies from the start-up phase to the public listing phase. Investment director at Ajanta and Chairman of the Board at Resand.
M.Sc., Economics
Marko Valli
Member of the Board
Co-founder of Filtrabit. Previously at TietoEvry in project and program management. More than 20 years of experience in IT, project business and business transformations in various customer industries.
M.Sc. studies in Computer Science, Business Administration as minor
Partners
Sunil Bhambhani
Filtrabit Global Project Coordinator
UK +44 753538559
India +91 9818883000
London
- Filtra Group Oy
- 53 Eastlake House Frampton Street
- LONDON NW8 LU
- United Kingdom
- +44 7990 908 822
- +358 46 887 4455
Espoo
- Innopoli 2
- Technopolis
- Tekniikantie 14
- FI-02150 ESPOO
- Finland
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