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Career story – Ilkka Penttilä

Ilkka Penttilä is Plant Director at Neles’ Horgau plant in Germany. Ilkka is an operations guy: he loves to work with production and real-life processes.

Adding value with product durability and recycling in the circular economy

In a more and more resource-constrained world, we are committed to finding new solutions to advance the circular economy.

History of the Neles Q-Trim technology

One of our best-known flow control brands, Q-BALL™, has its roots in 1978  when a French “valve expert” Roger Bey presented his low noise and anti-cavitation solution developed for the ball valve to Antti Nelimarkka, the founder of Neles company (now Valmet's flow control business line). Q-BALL was the very first brand in famous Q-Trim™ technology aiming to reduce noise in control valves.

How to improve valve service life in Catalyst Cracking Units

A catalyst, by definition, is a substance that enhances a chemical reaction. In the refining industry, catalysts are extensively used in many upgrading processes. One common upgrading process in refineries is the Fluid Catalytic Cracking unit (FCC) unit, which converts heavier distillation cuts into lighter, more profitable products, such as gasoline. This unit has many severe service valve applications that require special attention to design and material selection.

Reliable performance with unique metal seat technology

When we talk about long-lasting performance in regards to our modular butterfly valves, we are talking about long term reliability and a valves ability to maintain the same high-quality performance across its entire operational life cycle.

Reliability and performance with over 60 years of valve control experience

Did you know we have a long history in the design and manufacture of Neles™ valve positioners? For over 60 years, we have provided best in class control valves for pulp and paper industry. During the years, we have grown into a global provider of valve controllers for variety of industries. We interviewed Niklas Lindfors, Director, Positioners Product Center, about our journey to becoming a pioneer in positioner manufacturing.

Celebrating 65 years of flow control experience

Did you know Neles’ roots date back to March 2, 1956, when the Finnish Antti Nelimarkka and Eino Santasalo registered their company, Neles Oy, specializing in industrial valves in the Finnish Trade Register? This year we are not only celebrating our first independent year after a partial demerger, but also our 65th anniversary.

Cost effective and optimum valve selection for process plants

Process uptime, safety and productivity are topics that always count when speaking about industrial processes and process plants. Correctly selected process valves are essential to achieve the set uptime, safety and productivity targets and also help minimize the maintenance costs and waste of energy and raw materials.

How partnerships add value to EPC companies

If you’re an EPC company in the petrochemical industry, you deal with demanding customers who are under increasing economic, competitive and regulatory pressures. You need a technology supplier who won’t add to your headaches – one who can offer you not just top-quality products and services, but also provides the people and resources to assist with international project management and products, while guaranteeing local support in any part of the world.

Reaching the harshest limits with reliable valves

It takes a lot for oil and gas equipment to operate reliably in sub-zero temperatures. Plus, the valves working silently alongside to keep production on target require a great deal of specialized expertise to guarantee that they will work relentlessly in safety-critical applications. To eliminate risks with valves and focus on production performance, oil and gas companies are choosing special low-temperature-proven control flow solutions.