On the 15th of August this year KPM celebrates their 10 year anniversary. The company was established in 2001 by founders with long and substantial industrial experience. The head office is located in Kajaani, Finland. In 2008 KPM was acquired by Lorentzen & Wettre and is an important part of Lorentzen & Wettre´s product portfolio.
After the startup in 2001 KPM acquired product technology for consistency measurement and then invested in redesigning this technology to introduce the most modern product portfolio in the field.
A distributor network was created to cover all important pulp and paper manufacturing countries. The product portfolio was constantly extended with own development and by networking with industrial partners like Toshiba and Cerlic.
Today KPM is a company with key competence concerning applications for consistency transmitters, samplers and sheet break detectors and the products represent the most progressive solutions of the field. Market proven products and application engineering expertise, combined with leading-edge design and manufacturing know-how, and being exceptional service-focused has placed KPM above other suppliers in delivering added value and cost efficiency to the customers.
"I have been a part of this company since day one and these ten years have been instructive and exciting. I am proud of what we have accomplished and look forward to new challenges", says Urpo Heikkinen, Managing Director of KPM.