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Process Industries

Introduction Process Industries

We support the global process industry in Pulp & Paper, Chemicals, Biobased solutions and biorefining, Mining & Metals, Food & Beverage as well as other process industries. Our global presence makes us the ideal partner when global top-level process technology know-how, combined with local presence, is required.

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AFRY Industrial Shop

Explore AFRY Industrial Shop, a webshop for industrial services. The platform is designed to enhance the visibility and accessibility of our services, making it easier for clients to find exactly what they need. The AFRY Industrial Shop specializes in digitalization, safety, and sustainability, offering a wide range of services tailored to these key areas.
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Value chain understanding from raw materials to end-product markets

The whole process industry sector is searching and developing solutions to solve the challenges related to overall efficiency and sustainability. The transformation of the businesses, especially in the Pulp & Paper sector and fossil-based chemicals and oil refining sector, has encouraged us to innovate new solutions, for example, in digital solutions, environmental and health and safety as well as in overall efficiency, including raw-material, energy and water efficiency.

Our service offering covers the whole lifecycle and value chain of clients’ business. We serve our clients from early strategic development phases to big CAPEX implementation projects and to operational phase support.

Our unique combination of process technology specialist skills and multidisciplinary engineering expertise enables us to provide real value add to our clients in all kinds of studies, implementation projects, as well as during the daily operations of the industrial plant. Environmental, Health and Safety, and other consulting assignments are done in co-operation with process technology specialists to enable the big picture and correlations with processes.

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Our Health & Safety commitment

At Process Industries Division, the safety and well-being of the people is our top value. We are dedicated to protecting the safety and health of everyone involved in our projects and working in our offices. We are committed to ensuring everyone’s safety and health throughout each working day.

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AFRY secures top positions in the ENR top international design firms rankings

AFRY is ranked #3 in Industrial Processes, #1 in Pulp & Paper, #1 in Food & Beverages, #2 in Chemicals (non-petroleum), #7 in Mining, and #8 in steel and non-ferrous metals. (Source: A2022 Engineering News-Record (ENR) Global Sourcebook) You can read more about ENR positions and other recognitions by following the link below.

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Nicholas Oksanen - EVP and Head of Division Process Industries
Nicholas Oksanen
Executive Vice President and Head of Division Industry, Country Manager Finland

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