CEO and Co-founder of Upheat.

Upheat develops oil-free high-temperature heat pumps that turn 40–60 °C industrial waste heat into 100–200 °C process steam. Powered by magnetic-bearing based oil-free high-speed turbo compressors, the systems offer high COP ~3–4, low maintenance, fast 1–3 year payback and simple integration. Upheat enables scalable and practical industrial decarbonization for sectors like food, beverage, pulp & paper, chemicals and pharma.
Timo Pulkki is the CEO and Co-founder of Upheat. Before Upheat, he spent 13 years as Co-founder and CEO of Tamturbo, advancing oil-free high-speed compressor technology in industrial air compressor space.
Track: Tech