Filtrabit Oy

Filtrabit’s modular dust extraction unit delivered to Outokumpu’s stainless steel plant in Tornio, Finland is now in operation, handling multiple dust types. The unit, fitted with Filtrabit’s flow-dynamic dust separation technology, has been successfully put into operation at the melting plant of the Tornio facility. The unit is located adjacent to a material stock house, where it attaches to the hooding of the feeding conveyor system at a hopper. Numerous valuable alloying elements are handled at this station as they are fed into the process at precise times as part of making high-quality stainless steel and other specialty steels.

Filtrabit has initiated a new development project, with an estimated investment of 1.2 MEUR. Business Finland has awarded a grant of EUR 600,000 to support Filtrabit’s product development.

The new funding will enable the company to continue the implementation of its growth strategy in selected market regions – namely the Nordics, Central Europe and India. Together with previously announced lease financing facilities of 4 MEUR from the Finnish Climate Fund and 5 MEUR from Norion Bank, Filtrabit can more readily meet the increasing demand for new lease units from both new and existing customers.