Finlayson (company)

{{Short description|Finnish textile manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = Finlayson Oy | logo = | type = Osakeyhtiö | traded_as = | predecessor = | successor = | founder = James Finlayson | defunct =  | fate = | area_served = | key_people = Jukka Kurttila (CEO)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/190-vuotias_finlayson_uskoo_tuotemerkin_voimaan/1670145 |title=190-vuotias Finlayson uskoo tuotemerkin voimaan |date=May 10, 2010 |work=Yle Uutiset |publisher=Yle |language=Finnish |accessdate=July 11, 2012}}</ref> | industry = Textiles | products = | services = | revenue = €25.7 million (2024)<ref name="kauppalehti">{{cite web |url=https://www.kauppalehti.fi/yritykset/yritys/1832849-3 |title=Finlayson Oy|publisher=Kauppalehti|language=fi |accessdate=April 1, 2025}}</ref> | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = 68 (2024)<ref name="asiakastieto">{{cite web |url=https://www.asiakastieto.fi/yritykset/fi/finlayson-oy/18328493/taloustiedot|title=Finlayson Oy|publisher=Asiakastieto|language=fi |accessdate=April 1, 2025}}</ref> | parent = | divisions = | subsid = | homepage = {{URL|finlayson.fi}} | footnotes = | logo_caption = Logo used since 1820 | foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|1820}} | location_city = Helsinki OR Stockholm | location_country = Finland, Sweden, Japan | locations = 45 (Stores) }} '''Finlayson Oy''' is a Finnish textile manufacturer. The company was founded in 1820 when James Finlayson, a Scottish engineer, established a cotton mill in Tampere.<ref name="mtv3">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv3.fi/koti/ajankohtaista.shtml?1035944 |title=Finlayson juhlii klassikkokuosien merkeissä |date=January 18, 2010 |work=MTV3.fi - Koti |publisher=Bonnier AB |language=Finnish |accessdate=July 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123213556/http://www.mtv3.fi/koti/ajankohtaista.shtml?1035944 |archive-date=2010-01-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The company manufactures various interior textiles and bedding under the brand names Finlayson and Familon. The company has stores and retailers in Finland, Russia, and the Baltic countries, as well as an online store.<ref name="mtv3"/>

The Plevna, a Finlayson building, was the first building in the Nordic countries and in the Russian Empire (of which Finland was part at the time) to be lit by electric lighting; the light bulbs of Thomas Edison were first used there on 15 March 1882.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SUOMEN ENSIMMÄISEN SÄHKÖVALAISTUKSEN MUISTOLAATTA 1962 |url=https://www.tampere.fi/ekstrat/taidemuseo/muistomerkit/sahkovalo.html|access-date=2021-08-17 |website=www.tampere.fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://innovationcapital.fi/innovation-story/a-history-of-continuous-change-and-innovation|title=A history of continuous change and innovation|first=Mika|last=Kautonen|work=Smart Tampere Ecosystem|date=November 18, 2015|access-date=December 9, 2021|archive-date=December 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209035220/http://innovationcapital.fi/innovation-story/a-history-of-continuous-change-and-innovation|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1820 Category:Finnish brands Category:Textile companies of Finland