Autokoritehdas
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| Company type | osakeyhtiö |
|---|---|
| Industry | automotive |
| Founded | 16 May 1923 |
| Founder | Urho Hammer |
| Defunct | 21 March 1933 |
| Fate | discontinued after putting together its operations with O.Y. Autoteollisuus – A.B. Bilindustri |
| Successor | O/Y Suomen Autoteollisuus A/B |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | bus coaches and lorry cabins |
| Services | automobile reparation |
| Owner | Urho Hammer Kusti Hagelin Lauri Nordström[1] |
O/Y Autokoritehdas was a bus coach and lorry cabin builder which operated in Helsinki, Finland from 1923 to 1933.
The main founder of the company was Finnish American Urho Hammer, who returned from the US to his native Finland to start automotive industry. Autokoritehdas struggled in financially difficult circumstances, and in response joined activities with its competitor and neighbour O.Y. Autoteollisuus – A.B. Bilindustri, creating O/Y Suomen Autoteollisuus A/B in 1931.
The company founder was Urho Hammer, who had got automotive education and gained experience in coachbuilding in Michigan, USA in the 1910s. He returned to Finland in 1921, after which he presumably run some kind of coachbuilding activity before setting up the company Autokoritehdas, "automobile coach factory", in 1923 together with Kalle Kustaa Luoto and Kusti Jalo Hagelin. The company owners were Hammer, who owned 594 shares, Hagelin with four shares and Lauri Nordström, who had two shares. The General Manager was Yrjö Uotila.[1]
The company was set up from virtually blank paper, as for the initial start was needed loans for total 160 000 marks. The line of business was officially "automotive industry, building of automobile bodies in particular". Uotila was removed from office in December 1925 and the new manager was appointed Einar Juho Emil Rinne starting from January 1926; in the same March the company got a new chair Lars Wilhelm Åberg.[1]
