Hycamite appoints Jukka Nieminen as chairman and Matti Malkamäki as CEO to scale low-carbon hydrogen and graphite production

Hycamite, a Finnish cleantech company using methane splitting to produce low-carbon hydrogen and solid carbon products including battery-grade graphite, has reshuffled its leadership. Jukka Nieminen takes over as chairman of the board, Matti Malkamäki moves from chair to CEO, and Laura Rahikka shifts from CEO to COO. The company is scaling its industrial facility in Kokkola, Finland, and targeting customers in power generation, steel, chemicals, and battery markets. The technology claims to produce hydrogen and carbon materials without direct CO2 emissions, which could matter for industries trying to decarbonize natural gas use. The company also highlights onshoring of critical materials like graphite. The leadership change signals a push into commercial deployment after reaching pilot-scale milestones. The article lacks specific production volumes or timelines for the Kokkola expansion, which would help assess the real decarbonization impact.