Isona Oy offers expert services for biogas plants. Isona is specialized in improving the function of biogas reactors with the aim of making its customers' reactors work as good and reliably as possible.
Isona has an analytical laboratory which supports the expert services. Hence, we do provide laboratory services but for us the laboratory analyses and results represent the tip of the iceberg. The numbers obtained in laboratory tests do not necessarily reveal the state of a biogas reactor.
We help you throughout the entire chain, from sampling to the correct actions.
Analyses
Recommendations
Data interpretation
Expert services
Feed and digestate analyses
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Total Solids and Volatile Solids
- pH and alkalinity
- Ammonium - Nitrogen (NH4-N)
- Volatile Fatty Acids (VFA)
- Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), soluble
Centrifuge performance
Testing different polymers to improve the performance of a decanter centrifuge.
Reject water
Reject water analyses and treatment recommendations.
Mapping (initial survey)
- Process mapping
- Clear reporting
- Recommendations
Training
- For staff and operators
- Sampling
Start-the-reactor package
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Sampling
- Analyses
- Recommendations
This service is especially useful during the start-up period of a reactor
Expert network
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Our broad expert network is at your disposal
Increase the feed volume
Increase the biogas yield
Less problems, less downtime
How?
Historical data
Sampling instructions
High quality instruments
Fast analyses and delivery of results
Interpreted results and recommendations
organic loading rate
hydraulic retention time
biogas and methane yield
carbon-to-nitrogen ratio in the digestate
The story behind Σ
The company’s name (Isona) is a finnish word meaning ”as grown-up” referring to kids wondering what they will do when they are grown-ups. Isona is Ville’s and Pekka’s (and later also Alex’s) outlook on the question: At what kind of company and with whom we would like to work?
The sigma replacing ”s” in Isona’s logo comes from Pekka’s love for the Greek islands and his experience in physics and maths, where Greek letters are frequently used. The whole name was actually meant to be written with Greek letters (ΙΣΩΝΑ or ισωνα). The Σ means a sum in maths, and Isona is simply a sum of Alex, Ville and Pekka. The sizing of Σ is also intentional, referring to ”grown-up”.
Isona’s background
Isona was founded in 2021 because Ville and Pekka wanted to start a company together where they could work as ¨grown-ups¨. The first idea quickly collapsed and Isona was left waiting for better times and circumstances.
In 2024, Ville and Alex met in the hustle and bustle of a start-up company. After Alex left the company, they talked about their backgrounds and they noticed they have common knowledge and interests in biogas plants. Alex thought that expert services should be offered to biogas plants to improve the operation of the reactors. In Ville's opinion, an expert company that relies on external laboratories is too dependent on others, so the idea of combining expert and analytical services was born. In Ville's opinion, one more element was missing to complete the puzzle, so Pekka was asked to join Isona.
Aleksandar Klimeski
PhD environmental technology
alex @isona.fi
+358 44 338 6462
Ville Koskinen
Sales and sampling
ville @isona.fi
+358 400 637 112
Pekka Aittala
D.Sc.(Tech.) chemistry, CEO
pekka @isona.fi
+358 40 770 5184
Alex has a strong background in environmental technology. He worked at the Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE). Afterwards, while working at a biogas plant in Finland, Alex built a biogas plant laboratory and developed a patent that deals with reject water treatment. Moreover, Alex also possesses skills in water/analytical chemistry as well as he has a deep understanding of biogas reactors and municipal/industrial wastewater treatment.
Ville has a versatile background in process technology. He has been, for example, managing a paint factory, selling processing machinery and air purification devices to biogas and wastewater treatment plants. In addition, Ville has guided the construction of one of the first biochar reactors in Finland.
Pekka has a meandering career path, passing from a doctoral thesis in computational chemistry via managing a company to various expert positions. Pekka has also worked as laboratory quality manager and guided various businesses from ruins to new heights.
25.8.2025: Isona Oy on saanut Euroopan Unionilta tukea 4811,07 € laboratorion laiteinvestointeihin toiminnan aloittamiseksi.
25.8.2025: Isona Oy on saanut Euroopan Unionilta Maaseuturahaston tukea 20 % laboratorion laiteinvestointeihin toiminnan aloittamiseksi. Hankkeen aikana Isona Oy perusti laboratorion tukemaan yrityksen asiantuntijapalveluita. Maaseuturahaston rahoituksella tuetaan maaseudun kehittämistä.
Euroopan unionin osarahoittama
2024-2025
