Tampella
Sign in to saveAlso known as Oy Tampella Ab, Tampere Linen and Iron Industry Ltd
thumb|250px|The former Tampella factory in Tampere, and factory's clock gate, which was built in 1891. thumb|Celebrating the 800th locomotive manufactured by Tampella. VR Class Tr1|Tr1 steam locomotive number 1043. Photo by Veikko Kanninen, Vapriikki Photo Archives. Oy Tampella Ab was a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti district of the city of Tampere.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public company
- Official name
- Oy Tampella Ab
- Country
- Russian Empire
- Headquarters
- Tampere
- Industry
- weapons industry
- Employees
- 12000
- Stock exchange
- Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd
- Legal form
- osakeyhtiö
- Image
- Tampella2.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Tampella
- inception
- 1861-01-01
- Commons category
- Tampella (company)
- product or material produced
- roof
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1991-00-00
- total equity
- 35000000
- name
- Tampereen Pellava- ja Rautateollisuusyhtö
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Weaponry
- Field cannons
- Anti-tank guns
- Coastal artillery
- Mortar
- See also
- References
thumb|250px|The former Tampella factory in Tampere, and factory's clock gate, which was built in 1891. thumb|Celebrating the 800th locomotive manufactured by Tampella. VR Class Tr1|Tr1 steam locomotive number 1043. Photo by Veikko Kanninen, Vapriikki Photo Archives. Oy Tampella Ab was a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti district of the city of Tampere.
Until 1963 the company was called Tampereen Pellava- ja Rauta-Teollisuus Osake-Yhtiö (The Flax and Iron Industry of Tampere Stock Company). In Swedish it was called Tammerfors Linne-&Jern-Manufakt.A.B.. In 1993 the company’s forest and packaging business was bought by Enso-Gutzeit Oy.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tampella” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.