Tapani Smått
Co-Founder & CEO
Expert in plastic extrusion, recycling technology, the circular economy and renewable energy, with hands-on process knowledge of designing and commercialising recycling operations.
Who we are
The people behind the projects
A founding team of operators in industrial recycling, process and chemical engineering, energy systems and industrial data. The people who assess your project are the people who would develop it.
Founding team
Yrjö Laakso
Co-Founder & Chair of the Board
Long entrepreneurial background in petrochemical and industrial processes, and research in both mechanical and chemical recycling. Holds an M.Sc. in Nuclear Physics and specialises in combining economic, technical and social factors into a functional, profitable model.
Leif-Johan Setälä
Co-Founder & Chief Digital Officer
Over a decade building IIoT, data-collection, process-control and traceability systems for industrial operations. Leads the data systems that make circular projects measurable and verifiable.
Umer Amin
Co-Founder, Chemical & Process Engineer
Chemical and process engineer focused on process design and material-recovery assessment for circular-economy plants. Translates plant concepts into technically sound, buildable process designs.
Soham Shinde
Co-Founder & R&D Engineer
M.Sc. in Energy Engineering with a background in renewable-energy systems across solar, wind and hydro. Focuses on techno-economic and circularity assessments that test whether circular projects add up.
Expert network
Senior specialists who join projects through their own practices, adding depth in process design, engineering and commercialisation.
Pekka Oinas
Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering (Aalto) · Prof-Eng Oinas & LignoSphere
Over 30 years in chemical-industry R&D, focused on process development and plant design: technical and economic process evaluation, reaction technology, process modelling and plant start-up. Author of more than 80 publications and patents; consults to industry through his companies Prof-Eng Oinas and LignoSphere.
Timo Ouninkorpi
Flexible-packaging & plastics specialist · former Innovation Manager, Wipak
Decades in flexible and film packaging at Wipak, where he led packaging innovation on everything from food and healthcare films to carbon-neutral and recyclable multilayer materials. M.Sc. in Plastics Technology (Tampere) and a named inventor on multiple packaging patents. Now retired, he advises Kanto on packaging and material-recovery cases.
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