Salora (Finnish company)

Salora
Former type	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 2 3 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). Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2012.

External links

Elias – Electronics from Salo

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[liukkonen-1] 1 2 3 Liukkonen, Jukka (December 31, 2001). "Salora Oy 1928-1995" (DOC) (in Finnish). Retrieved May 1, 2012.

[2] "Salora Oy - from a radio workshop to a market leader". Finnish Industrial Design Archives (FIDA). Central Archives for Finnish business records (Elka). Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved May 1, 2012.