KATKO

A FAMILY COMPANY FROM FINLAND PROVIDING SAFETY ON A GLOBAL SCALE

The history of KATKO dates back to 1938 when the brothers Kauko and
Tauno Hyryläinen started their first company to repair car engines.
In 1946, after World War II, they started manufacturing electrical switches.
Already in 1959 Mr Kauko Hyryläinen created the modern-day switch fuse.
Today KATKO’s products not only meet the highest quality requirements
but are also designed to be environmentally friendly.
 FOOD INDUSTRY
Food processing. Dairy.
Meat packing & processing. Beverage-making.
KATKO is the main solution provider for the global dairy industry.
Our clients choose KATKO for both food hygiene and work safety
reasons. KATKO products are generally tailored in collaboration with
the customer to suit their specific hygiene and performance needs:
endurance of both cold and warm jet water sprays, all kinds of
moisture, chemicals and detergents.

YOUR PRODUCT IS DESTINED FOR PEOPLE’S PLATES – CHOOSE KATKO

Fonterra dairy,
Victoria, Australia.
CLEAN AIR
Air conditioning.
Warm air.
Wherever warm or cool air is needed, KATKO is the choice
that will not leave you gasping for breath. Intensive care
units in hospitals rely on KATKO switches for their air supply.
Work safety is always a top priority – with KATKO switches
service personnel can depend on reliable disconnection.

CLEAN AIR IS ESSENTIAL FOR BOTH PEOPLE Head offices at Keilaniemi, Finland.

AND BUSINESSES – CHOOSE KATKO

 HEAVY INDUSTRY
Metal Industry. Pulp. Paper.
KATKO solutions cover all fields of heavy industry. We have served
Scandinavian pulp and paper companies for decades on end and have
grown to be an essential part of the value chain for the widest
spectrum of industries all around the world – ranging from metal
manufacturing to water purification to strip mills.

WITH HEAVY INDUSTRY COMES WEIGHTY

RESPONSIBILITY – CHOOSE KATKO
Top: Stora Enso Imatra mills, Finland.
Bottom: Kemira Growhow top waste silo,
Finland.
HAZARDOUS AND DEMANDING AREAS
Mining. Oil. Gas. Fire. Marine.
Even the world’s most demanding and hostile environments need to be switched on and off.
KATKO delivers stainless steel casings and extra-strong handles for the mining industry in
both the northern and southern hemispheres Finland and Australia. Our ATEX products serve
high-risk areas and our RINA-certified marine product range was
chosen for the world’s largest passenger vessel.

WHEN ONE SWITCH CAN MAKE THE

DIFFERENCE – CHOOSE KATKO
Oasis of the Seas.
 POWER DISTRIBUTION
Standard panel. Switch gear.
Distribution boards.
KATKO power distribution products can be found everywhere from industrial
premises to sports arenas, in apartment blocks and schools buildings, as well
as in shopping centres. KATKO delivers the whole range of products from
enclosed and open types of load break switches to 16-630A switch fuses,
cable connectors and terminal blocks. KATKO products can be installed to
suit your specific need enclosed disconnectors, door interlock handles, direct
Kuva puuttuu
handles or door mountings with related accessories.

ELECTRICITY IS NOT TO BE TOYED AROUND WITH – CHOOSE KATKO

Norelco Oy, Finland.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Photovoltaics. Wind-power. Recycling.
KATKO is working on new solutions for renewable energy –
today’s fastest growing area of energy production.
Our Nordic operational environment is the perfect laboratory
setting for our product development both because of the
region’s high-standard of research facilities and also because of
its harsh and intensely varied climate.

IN ECOLOGICAL EXPERIMENTATION, YOU NEED EQUIPMENT

THAT’S STABLE – CHOOSE KATKO
KATKO is a Finnish switch manufacturer with well over sixty years of
experience in designing and manufacturing load break and switch fuses.

Customers all over the world choose KATKO time and time again, because
we offer them overall certainty. The quality of the switch itself combined
with the accompanying service process delivers those essential aspects that
differentiate us from the competition.
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CONTACT
P.O.Box 12,
Karhunkierros 6
FIN-01641 Vantaa, Finland
Tel. +358 (0)9 849 600
Fax +358 (0)9 849 60800

www.katko.com Established in 1938, KATKO is a family-owned company that generates

info@katko.com more than 60% of its export in over 40 countries around the world.