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Circular Economy Company Syklo Invests Over 70M to a Pioneering Circular Economy Hub Combining Plastic Recycling and Biocomposite production

Finnish circular economy company Syklo Ltd. is transforming sustainability commitments into reality by advancing its ambitious growth strategy. The company’s new EUR 70–80 million investment will integrate cutting-edge plastic recycling and...

Genuine opportunities for global success, believes the new Head of Key Accounts

Jouni Hillberg, who has worked in the international plastics business for 20 years, wasn’t planning on returning to plastics sales, but the promising development trajectory of Syklo and its motivated team inspired him to take on the challenge....

Syklo’s Hyvinkää circular economy hub receives environmental permit

Syklo, a leading circular economy company, has been granted an environmental permit for its planned mechanical plastic recycling and biocomposite production plant in Hyvinkää. Issued by the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern...

Syklo expands operations at Oulu waste sorting plant

The Regional State Administrative Agency for Northern Finland has granted the circular economy company Syklo an expanded environmental permit for its sorting facility in Oulu. Previously, Syklo handled unsorted construction and demolition waste, as...

Syklo doubles down on its commitment to pivot from energy production to material recycling

Based on a new competitiveness analysis, our new recycling solutions and our customer service investments help make circular economy company Syklo an increasingly service-oriented partner. Based on a recent survey, 74% of our respondents wanted to...

Changes to Syklo’s subsidiary names and billing information

We are aligning the names of subsidiaries within the circular economy company Syklo Group to better reflect the services we offer. We provide our partners with high-quality circular economy services, bring synergy benefits and promote a higher rate...

New business operations up and running, targeting the European market

Head of Partnerships Eero Martikainen has been responsible for building Syklo’s development story since day one. Going forward, he will be in charge of growth partnerships and accounts for the Syklo companies. With these new responsibilities,...

A new future shaped by the circular economy

Being a pioneer requires taking bold steps towards something new while valuing the wisdom gained from experience. Päivi Pälve, who began her role as Syklo’s new customer relations representative in September, had a long career at Turveruukki....

Circular economy company Syklo to commercialise state-of-the-art biocomposite internationally

Finnish Circular economy company Syklo has bought 100% of the share capital of biocomposite company Elastopoli. The acquisition reinforces Syklo’s investments in advancing the circular economy in line with its growth strategy. The company’s goal...

Joining Syklo’s team as a bold pioneer

Suomen Energiamurske’s Hyvinkää circular economy hub became part of Syklo in January 2024, and Heikki Lappalainen is the new head of unit, responsible for its production and development. Lappalainen, who has always been interested in...

Syklo Oy has decided to proceed with the construction of Finland’s largest plastic recycling plant in phases

In February, it was announced that the circular economy company Syklo Oy is planning to construct Finland’s largest plastic recycling plant in Hyvinkää. The 50,000-tonne plastic recycling plant will increase Finland’s plastic recycling...

The standard value-added tax rate will increase by 1.5% effective 1 September 2024

The standard VAT rate in Finland will increase from 24% to 25.5% on 1 September 2024. The change is due to an amendment to the Value Added Tax Act approved by Parliament and affects the prices of services and products provided by Syklo Oy and Suomen...

Laura Kemppainen starts as Syklo’s Account Manager

In March, experienced circular economy expert Laura Kemppainen began her duties as Syklo’s Account Manager. In her new post, she will be responsible for Syklo’s business customers and developing services for businesses. As Laura joins...

Syklo Partners with Impact Recycling (UK) to Build a Plastic Recycling Plant Utilising Ground-Breaking Technology

Circular economy growth company Syklo Ltd. is planning to build the largest plastic recycling plant in Finland and increase the country’s plastic recycling capacity by up to 50 percent. The plant is one of a kind even on a European scale because...

Mikko Kokkonen selected as Syklo’s operations director

Engineer and experienced circular economy expert Mikko Kokkonen started as Syklo’s operations director in January. Mikko will be responsible for Syklo’s sorting and treatment business operations and for the development and absorption of new...

Nationwide expansion for circular economy company Syklo Oy

Suomen Energiamurske Oy’s circular economy cluster, located in Hyvinkää, got a new owner in January when Syklo Oy acquired its entire share capital from Riob Oy. Circular economy company Syklo has acquired Suomen Energiamurske Oy on 9 January...

Expansion project coordinator advocate join Syklo

Syklo’s growth-oriented team is strengthening in many ways in order to be able to respond even better to future growth and development goals. Lassi Starck has joined in expansion project analysis Lassi Starck, joined Syklo’s team. He analyses...

Syklo’s new mobile app expedites service and recycling

On 11 December 2023, Syklo is launching its Syklo Community mobile application for its customers, which includes both a mobile app and a desktop mode. The new service channel will improve the logistics chains of waste, increasing the rate of waste...

Career advancement for Antti Mattila—becomes project manager

Syklo’s team’s current production engineer Antti Mattila will become the project manager at the beginning of June. Until now, Mattila has supervised the maintenance of the Rusko sorting plant and has been responsible for various development...

Petteri Asikainen Syklo’s head of technology

At the beginning of June 2023, the team at Syklo received new reinforcement, as an experienced circular economy expert, engineer Petteri Asikainen joined the team. Asikainen’s role is to lead the company’s technological development and preparing...

Elle Niemistö Syklo’s new production manager

Elle Niemistö, who has a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, has been chosen as the new production manager of Rusko’s waste sorting plant. Niemistö starts the job on 1 May 2023. Previously, Niemistö worked at the Syklo waste...

Solutions for improving metal waste separation: a competition

In the Circularity to the Circular Economy competition, Syklo is searching for a solution to advance metal waste separation and to obtain purer metal fractions from waste of different qualities. The competition is carried out by the LIKE circular...

Circular economy company Syklo aims to grow nationally

Oulun Energia is fighting to mitigate climate change by incorporating its circular economy operations into a new company, Syklo. The aim is both to forcefully grow its circular economy operations and to invest heavily in the development of new...