Salora (Finnish company)
| Osakeyhtiö | |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Fate | Merged |
| Founded | 1928 |
| Founder |
F.A. Nordell Lauri Koskinen |
| Defunct | 1995 |
| Headquarters | Salo, Finland |
| Products |
Radio receivers Television sets |
Salora Oy was a Finnish electronics company headquartered in Salo. Its main products were radio receivers and televisions. The company was founded under the name Nordell & Koskinen in 1928 by F.A. Nordell and Lauri Koskinen.[1] In 1937, the company introduced its first product under the brand name Salora (from a combination of the words Salo and radio),[2] and in 1945, the company changed its name to Salora Oy.[1] In 1995, the company was merged into Nokia Oyj.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Liukkonen, Jukka (December 31, 2001). "Salora Oy 1928-1995" (DOC) (in Finnish). Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- ↑ "Salora Oy - from a radio workshop to a market leader". Finnish Industrial Design Archives (FIDA). Central Archives for Finnish business records (Elka). Retrieved May 1, 2012.