The roots of Jokioinen Wire Factory Ltd go back to the year 1804, when Gustaf von Willebrand, the then-owner of the Jokioinen manors, established a wrought iron forge on the banks of the Loimijoki River.
The history of the municipality of Jokioinen is closely intertwined with the phases of the factory and the manors. The Seppäinmäki residential area in Jokioinen was formerly a housing area maintained by the factory for its workers and officials. In the area, along Humppilantie, there is also the old factory director’s house and the payroll office.
At the end of the 19th century, the Jokioinen factories were connected to the national railway network by a narrow-gauge railway that reached the factory yard and continued from Jokioinen to the Finlayson factories in Forssa. Through this railway, hot-rolled wires, needed as raw materials, were brought to the factory. The railway had great importance during the war years.
Ferraria Oy manufactured all the barbed wire required by the army, and the Forssa factories produced all the fabric needed by the army. The factory generated its own electricity with a hydroelectric plant built in 1924.
Over the course of time, the factory has been owned by, among others, Oy Ferraria Ab, Oy Fiskars Ab, Ovako Steel, Gunnebo Industrier, Ofa Oy Ab, and Kaarjoki Oy.
Our production facility was built in the 1940s, and the building we use as a warehouse dates back to the early 20th century.
Gustaf von Willebrand founded a wrought iron factory with 2 hammers and 2 forges.
Two nail hammer machines were built in Jokioinen, and the forged nail was born.
Three press nail machines were built, and the pressed nail was born.
Finland’s first female minister, Miina Sillanpää, worked as a young girl in the nail packing department.
With the development of wire drawing technology, the factory began producing wire nails.
The ironworks was incorporated into Ferraria Ltd., with Jakob Eslander as the first managing director.
In the early 1930s, the majority of shares were transferred to Oy Fiskars Ab, and the Fiskars nail was born.
In a major steel industry merger, Fiskars’ nail factories were integrated into Ovako.
Wärtsilä’s nail factory was merged with the Jokioinen factory, and a new nail factory was built.
The SOK nail factory in Vaajakoski was purchased.
The OTK nail factory in Orivesi was purchased.
The Fixron machine nail factory in Lahti was purchased.
Ofa Oy Ab was established through an MBO.
Gunnebo Ab acquired Ofa Oy.
The Jokioinen factories celebrated their 200th anniversary.
Kaarjoki Oy purchased the Jokioinen Wire Factory.
Kaarjoki Wire Factory Ltd became an independent limited company.
On September 9, 2011, the Wire Factory was transferred to local ownership through an MBO.
On November 25, 2011, the Wire Factory was renamed Jokioinen Wire Factory Ltd.
Humppilantie 12, 31600 Jokioinen
+358 10 231 4690
myynti@lankatehdas.fi
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