The year 2019 is coming to its end and it is time to wind down for Christmas. In the past year, we have carried out demanding assignments and diversified our range of services. In Jyväskylä, we completed the Karibu asset deal and JEEC fusion, which gave us a strong foothold in Central Finland. Overall, our company has raised to a new level, to which each of us has contributed.

Our committed experts have been instrumental in coping with the most significant assignments in the history of our company. It has been great to witness the professional growth of all employees and the desire to upgrade their skills. Together, we have built the foundation for development, which will bring us success in the future as well.

In customer relations, mutual trust is paramount for us. Thanks to our long-standing customer relationships, we have been happy to engineer interesting and remarkable projects with our customers, in which our expertise has been appreciated. In particular, our customers’ will to develop their activity in a responsible manner in co-operation with us has been at the core of our operations. In 2020, we intend to continue as a pioneer in delivering responsible solutions.

Antti Lukka

Christmas is a time for giving, and in the same vein as the previous years, we want to honour our social responsibility by channelling the amount of money intended for Christmas presents to the Christmas Spirit collection campaign arranged by the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare and the Red Cross for the 23rd time. The funds from the collection will be transferred to families with children in the form of food gift vouchers worth € 70.

We chose the Christmas Spirit Campaign 2019 as the donation recipient since responsibility is part and parcel of our set of values and we want to target our support to those needing it. Our objective is to bring Christmas spirit to homes where Christmas celebrations would otherwise be impossible and to support children and adolescents in their future journey towards achieving their dreams.

CTS Engtec participates in the bioconversion plant investment project of BioEnergo Oy in Pori as a technology expert. BioEnergo is making preparations for the construction of a plant at the Kaanaa industrial area. The project constitutes a significant investment into reduction of traffic-induced emissions. The plant is scheduled for completion in early 2023.

”For many years, CTS Engtec has been an important partner for BioEnergo in the development of the bioconversion project and technology. CTS’s role is significant in many ways and I am glad that as a result of our co-operation, we have proceeded to the next stage of the project,” says Timo Saini, Chairman of the Board of BioEnergo. “Project development is progressing towards investment decision and we will be happy to continue our collaboration with CTS.”

According to Antti Lukka, Managing Director of CTS Engtec, the BioEnergo project is an interesting endeavour that will further deepen the co-operation between the companies.

“BioEnergo has proceeded with the investment project in a purposeful and long-term manner, and CTS Engtec has participated as an expert from the early stages of the project. We bring to the project our extensive expertise in biotechnology and project development, as well as long experience in the process industry. With these elements, we can control the project,” Lukka says.

The primary product of the new plant will be second-generation bioethanol used as a petrol additive. As a secondary product, the plant produces a lot of solid lignin that can be used in place of oil-based bitumen. The plant’s third product contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gases is biogas, which is becoming more and more popular as a transport fuel.

Due to expanding operations, CTS Engtec’s office in Helsinki moved from its former location at Bulevardi 7 to Takomotie 8 in Pitäjämäki. The new premises provide opportunities for expansion of our operations in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and enable us to offer better services to our customers locally.

“Our new office premises are better adapted to modern work culture, thanks to their open floor plan and multiple conference rooms. Our operations are based on sharing knowledge and collaboration, and the new premises create good conditions for this. In the future, we will have better conditions for co-operating with our customers in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area locally. The premises at Pitäjämäki will also allow for increasing the number of employees at the Helsinki office,” says Antti Lukka, Managing Director of CTS Engtec.