{"id":4464,"date":"2025-11-12T23:31:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/molokna.com\/?p=4464"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:07:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:07:45","slug":"honouring-the-legacy-of-veikko-tapani-salli-1936-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/molokna.com\/fr\/honouring-the-legacy-of-veikko-tapani-salli-1936-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Hommage \u00e0 Veikko Tapani Salli (1936-2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4464\" class=\"elementor elementor-4464\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75022bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"75022bd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb1f6fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eb1f6fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"margin-top: 0.49cm; margin-bottom: 0.49cm;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\"><b>R\u00e9flexion personnelle sur Veikko Tapani Salli<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Fondateur de Molok\u00ae \u2014 Un visionnaire finlandais qui a r\u00e9volutionn\u00e9 la collecte des d\u00e9chets \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle mondiale<\/strong><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1306ef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d1306ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0974649 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0974649\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i>Par Mark Hillis, gendre et copropri\u00e9taire de Molok North America Ltd.<\/i><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e2366b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9e2366b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-626c3a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"626c3a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C\u2019\u00e9tait un mentor unique en son genre.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Les compliments de Veikko \u00e9taient rares, mais lorsqu\u2019ils se faisaient entendre, vous saviez que vous les aviez vraiment m\u00e9rit\u00e9s. Il me surnommait \u00ab\u00a0Petit idiot\u00a0\u00bb, toujours avec cette \u00e9tincelle caract\u00e9ristique dans ses yeux, m\u00e9lange d\u2019espi\u00e8glerie, de fiert\u00e9 et d\u2019affection.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Au fil des ans, j\u2019ai appris de lui plus que je n\u2019aurais pu l\u2019imaginer\u00a0: sur la pr\u00e9cision dans les processus de fabrication et l\u2019ing\u00e9nierie, l\u2019art (et la frustration) du golf, et la mani\u00e8re d\u2019installer des filets pour p\u00eacher dans les lacs tranquilles du nord de la Finlande. J\u2019ai appris \u00e0 me lever \u00e0 l\u2019aube pour v\u00e9rifier ces filets le lendemain matin, et \u00e0 appr\u00e9cier le silence et la solitude d\u2019un petit cottage insulaire pos\u00e9 sur la mer de Botnie.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>C\u2019est l\u00e0 que la vie ralentissait pour adopter un rythme plus doux, chaque journ\u00e9e se terminant par un sauna, un plongeon dans les eaux glac\u00e9es et la paix tranquille que seule la Finlande peut offrir.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>M\u00eame dans ses derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es, Veikko n\u2019a jamais perdu sa foi dans le potentiel du march\u00e9 nord-am\u00e9ricain. Lorsque ma fille Mona et moi lui avons rendu visite au printemps dernier \u00e0 son domicile de Nokia pour f\u00eater son 89e anniversaire \u2013 et, comme cela s\u2019est av\u00e9r\u00e9, pour lui faire nos adieux \u2013, il nous a dit avec conviction qu\u2019une fois r\u00e9tabli, il viendrait au Canada \u00ab\u00a0pour m\u2019assurer que vous g\u00e9rez correctement Molok North America\u00a0\u00bb.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Il \u00e9tait rest\u00e9 fid\u00e8le \u00e0 lui-m\u00eame jusqu\u2019au bout\u00a0: pr\u00e9cis, d\u00e9termin\u00e9 et toujours en qu\u00eate d\u2019am\u00e9lioration.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Malgr\u00e9 toutes ses r\u00e9alisations, je crois que sa plus grande douleur a \u00e9t\u00e9 la perte de sa fille, ma d\u00e9funte \u00e9pouse, <strong>Marja,<\/strong> en 2018, qui avait h\u00e9rit\u00e9 de son courage et de son esprit d\u2019entreprise. Comme elle le disait souvent, elle \u00ab\u00a0\u00e9tait venue au Canada en tant que m\u00e8re c\u00e9libataire pour vendre les produits de son p\u00e8re dans un secteur domin\u00e9 par les hommes\u00a0\u00bb. La pomme n\u2019\u00e9tait pas tomb\u00e9e loin de l\u2019arbre.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Aujourd\u2019hui, <strong>Mona et moi-m\u00eame<\/strong>, en tant que copropri\u00e9taires de <strong>Molok North America<\/strong>, sommes profond\u00e9ment honor\u00e9s de reprendre le flambeau de son innovation r\u00e9volutionnaire\u00a0\u2014 le <strong>syst\u00e8me de collecte des d\u00e9chets et de recyclage semi-enterr\u00e9, avec soul\u00e8vement par grue, connu dans le monde entier sous le nom de Molok\u00ae.<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6db9caa e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6db9caa\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9732526 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9732526\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Une vision qui perdure<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9646896 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"9646896\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-994ecc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"994ecc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chez Molok North America, nous prenons le temps d\u2019honorer la vie et l\u2019h\u00e9ritage remarquables de <strong>Veikko Tapani Salli<\/strong>, dont la cr\u00e9ativit\u00e9, le courage et le sisu \u2013 cette d\u00e9termination typiquement finlandaise \u00e0 surmonter tous les obstacles \u2013 ont donn\u00e9 naissance \u00e0 une innovation mondiale.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Veikko \u00e9tait ing\u00e9nieur, entrepreneur, inventeur, philanthrope, passionn\u00e9 de golf et de navigation, et surtout, un p\u00e8re et un grand-p\u00e8re d\u00e9vou\u00e9.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>N\u00e9 \u00e0 Karhusuo en 1936 de parents enseignants, la curiosit\u00e9 et la discipline de Veikko ont fa\u00e7onn\u00e9 une vie d\u2019excellence en ing\u00e9nierie. Apr\u00e8s avoir obtenu son dipl\u00f4me d\u2019ing\u00e9nieur en m\u00e9canique en 1962, il a fond\u00e9 des entreprises qui ont transform\u00e9 la construction finlandaise, notamment <strong>Isepol<\/strong> et plus tard <strong>V. Salli Oy \/ SPU<\/strong>, entreprise sp\u00e9cialis\u00e9e dans la fabrication de panneaux isolants structurels l\u00e9gers, qui reste aujourd\u2019hui encore une marque nordique de confiance.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Au cours des ann\u00e9es 1970 et 1980, il a con\u00e7u et construit des h\u00f4tels et des salles de sport \u00e0 travers toute la Finlande. Lorsque la r\u00e9cession de la fin des ann\u00e9es 1980 a contraint son entreprise \u00e0 la faillite, Veikko a transform\u00e9 l\u2019adversit\u00e9 en innovation, transformant ainsi les difficult\u00e9s en opportunit\u00e9s.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Le d\u00e9fi a donn\u00e9 naissance \u00e0 l\u2019invention.<br \/>Guid\u00e9 par sa croyance dans la pens\u00e9e conceptuelle et la r\u00e9solution incessante des probl\u00e8mes, il a cr\u00e9\u00e9 le <strong>conteneur \u00e0 d\u00e9chets semi-enterr\u00e9 Molok\u00ae<\/strong> \u2014 un syst\u00e8me r\u00e9volutionnaire qui a red\u00e9fini la propret\u00e9, l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 et la durabilit\u00e9 dans le monde entier.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Ce qui n\u2019\u00e9tait au d\u00e9part qu\u2019une simple id\u00e9e en Finlande est devenu une norme mondiale, d\u00e9sormais utilis\u00e9e par des millions de personnes dans plus de 45 pays, t\u00e9moignant ainsi de mani\u00e8re durable de l\u2019ing\u00e9niosit\u00e9, de la pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance et de la vision de Veikko.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>M\u00eame \u00e0 un \u00e2ge avanc\u00e9, son esprit inventif n\u2019a jamais faibli. Il a con\u00e7u le <strong>syst\u00e8me de quai flottant\u00a0Nooa-Arctic<\/strong>, construit et exploit\u00e9 le <strong>hangar de stockage de bateaux de Hanko, d\u2019une superficie de\u00a010\u00a0000 m\u00b2<\/strong>, et continu\u00e9 \u00e0 encadrer et \u00e0 soutenir les golfeurs finlandais sur la sc\u00e8ne internationale.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>Il aimait sa modeste maison de campagne sur l\u2019\u00eele, son bateau, sa famille et la recherche incessante de meilleures id\u00e9es. Son esprit \u00e9tait toujours en \u00e9bullition, qu\u2019il s\u2019agisse d\u2019esquisser un nouveau concept, de peaufiner un m\u00e9canisme ou simplement d\u2019am\u00e9liorer ce qui fonctionnait d\u00e9j\u00e0 bien.<\/span><\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>La vie de Veikko nous rappelle que les revers peuvent \u00eatre \u00e0 l\u2019origine de perc\u00e9es, et que la v\u00e9ritable innovation na\u00eet de la foi, du courage et de la d\u00e9termination.<\/span><\/h4><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4>\u00a0<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4fdcb e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2c4fdcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f472e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3f472e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/molokna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/isa-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-4486\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/molokna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/isa-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/molokna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/isa-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/molokna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/isa-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/molokna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/isa-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/molokna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/isa-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/molokna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/isa-1.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Ing\u00e9nieur | Inventeur | Fondateur de Molok\u00ae | Fi\u00e8rement finlandais 1936 \u2013 2025<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bc7952 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bc7952\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e207a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e207a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>\u00c0 la poursuite de l\u2019h\u00e9ritage<\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf1a9bd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf1a9bd\" 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