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Accelerating our international presence

Further to our participation at the METEC 2015 trade fair last June, Sapotech’s first Rapid Proof-of-Concept project campaign was launched and successfully completed at four integrated steel mills in Asia. Our mobile test equipment is used for demonstration of the...

A grand master of metallurgy joins us!

Sapotech welcomes Dr. Paavo Hooli, an internationally appraised expert, as the newest member of our team. As a Senior Advisor, Mr. Hooli will be a key player for our research and development and scale-up work. “Given his vast experience in stainless steelmaking and...

Success at METEC 2015!

As the METEC trade fair closed its doors this June 20th, Sapotech could not agree more with Messe Düsseldorf Managing Director Joachim Schäfer’s statement that “The ‘Bright World of Metals’ shines brighter than ever. The atmosphere in the fair halls was excellent...

Reveal CAST ordered as a service

Sapotech is about to deliver its Reveal CAST solution for monitoring of steel slab surface quality to a major steel mill in Scandinavia, for the first time as a service. We introduced this service concept in April 2014 as an option to the traditional purchasing model...

Meet us at METEC!

As announced last September, we will be at the 9th International Metallurgical Technology Trade Fair (METEC) in June 16-20, 2015 in Düsseldorf at Hall 4 Booth A27. Welcome!

New benefits for our customers

The spring at Sapotech is very busy. We are currently working on deploying installations for a number of our products. While Industrial Internet has been widely talked and written about lately, we have been delivering it to our customers on real terms, meaning such...

Nomination for Sapotech

Sapotech has been nominated for the Energyspin Top 30 most promising energy startups in Europe. The public nomination will take place on 19th March during the Vaasa EnergyWeek 2015. EnergySpin is a forum where world class energy startups and talents meet with...

Sapotech welcomes year 2015!

A good start for 2015 with Sapotech’s Reveal TAP, Reveal CAST, and Reveal 360 solutions due to be delivered to a number of steel and metals producing plants. After the very successful tests and pilot plant projects of last year, our major clients are now putting...

December 2014

At the eve of Sapotech’s third operative year, our technology is now successfully tested and implemented among major producers in the stainless steel, carbon steel, copper, ferrochrome, nickel and aluminum industries. More to come in 2015!

October 2014

Sapotech visits the 10th World Fair & Conference ‐ Aluminium 2014 in Düsseldorf. Sapotech celebrates its 2nd anniversary. We thank our customers and partners for their trust and look forward to collaborating further with you ‐ a lot of progress has been done and our...

September 2014

Sapotech participates in FIMECC 7th annual seminar on September 17th, in conjunction with the International Subcontracting Trade Fair in Tampere. Sapotech – together with a cluster of Oulu SME companies servicing the Steel & Metal Industry – will participate as an...

July 2014

Northern Startup Fund invests into Sapotech. In an agreement signed this July, Northern Startup Fund represented by Butterfly Ventures entered into Sapotech’s capital. The transaction significantly boosts our capacity to implement and further develop our Industrial...

June 2014

After Sapotech’s first visit to Sydney last April, stage 2 of the CAESIE Programme (Connecting Australian-European Science & Innovation Excellence) has been formally approved by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. We will welcome our...

April 2014

Sapotech receives 2nd trial order of Reveal TAP ‐ monitoring of metal tapping for a major European ferroalloy producer. Sapotech delivers 5th trial order of Reveal CAST ‐ slab casting monitoring ‐ on a few days’ notice. Sapotech joins forces with Swerea MEFOS in a...

April 2014

Sapotech introduces a new service concept for the Reveal Platform, as an option to the traditional purchasing model. Sapotech completes 2nd trial order of Reveal 360 ‐ furnace and ladle monitoring system at a stainless steel plant. Sapotech delivers a trial order of...

March 2014

Sapotech initiates cooperation with Luxmet. Luxmet is a University of Oulu spin-off company focusing on advanced control systems for high temperature metallurgical processes. Luxmet will utilize Sapotech’s Reveal platform as the base for Luxmet’s system development...

February 2014

Sapotech receives 2nd trial order of Reveal 360 – furnace and ladle monitoring system

January 2014

Sapotech participates in Horizon 2020 Roadshow in Oulu Janury 28th, and initiates Horizon call activities Sapotech participates in Northern Service Day 2014 in Oulu January 30th Sapotech participates in SIMP (System Intergrated Metal Processes) Program consortium kick...