Finlayson

Finnish textile manufacturer
Organization business Q1329236
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Finlayson

Summary

Finlayson is a business[1]. Finlayson ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Finlayson is in the country of Finland[3].
  • Finlayson is in the country of Russian Empire[4].
  • Finlayson's image is recorded as Finlayson main gate1.jpg[5].
  • Finlayson's instance of is recorded as business[6].
  • Finlayson's instance of is recorded as enterprise[7].
  • Finlayson's instance of is recorded as weaving factory[8].
  • Finlayson's instance of is recorded as silk mill[9].
  • Finlayson's instance of is recorded as machine shop[10].
  • Finlayson's founder is recorded as James Finlayson[11].
  • Finlayson's founder is recorded as Margaret Finlayson[12].
  • Finlayson's owned by is recorded as Carl Samuel Nottbeck[13].
  • Finlayson's owned by is recorded as Georg Adolf Dietrich von Rauch[14].
  • Finlayson's owned by is recorded as William Wheeler[15].
  • Finlayson's owned by is recorded as Risto Voutilainen[16].
  • Finlayson's owned by is recorded as Jukka Kurttila[17].
  • Finlayson's owned by is recorded as Petri Pesonen[18].
  • James Finlayson is named after Finlayson[19].
  • Finlayson's logo image is recorded as Finlayson logo.svg[20].
  • Finlayson's headquarters location is recorded as Helsinki[21].
  • Finlayson's chief executive officer is recorded as Hjalmar von Wendt[22].
  • Finlayson's chief executive officer is recorded as Jukka Kurttila[23].
  • Finlayson's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146660802[24].
  • Finlayson's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86009049[25].
  • Finlayson's child organization or unit is recorded as Forssa-yhtiö[26].
  • Finlayson's child organization or unit is recorded as Vaasan puuvilla Osakeyhtiö[27].

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Founding

Founders include James Finlayson[11] and Margaret Finlayson[12]. +1820-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Finlayson[28]. Finlayson's location of formation is recorded as Tampere[29].

Identity

Finlayson's part of is recorded as Q97918279[30].

Leadership

Chief executives include Hjalmar von Wendt[22], a business executive[31], 1874–1948[32], of Grand Duchy of Finland[33] and Jukka Kurttila[23], a business executive[34], b. 1964[35], of Finland[36]. Directors / managers include John Barker[37], Wilhelm von Nottbeck[38], James Howarth[39], Carl Samuel Nottbeck[40], Hermann Lüders[41], and John MacMunn[42].

Operations

Finlayson's headquarters location is recorded as Helsinki[21]. Parent organizations include Asko[43], a business[44], in Finland[45], founded in 1918[46] and Manna & Co[47]. Subsidiaries include Forssa-yhtiö[26], a company[48], in Finland[49]; Vaasan puuvilla Osakeyhtiö[27], a business[50], in Finland[51], founded in 1857[52], headquartered in Vaasa[53]; and Porin Puuvilla[54], a factory[55], in Finland[56], founded in 1898[57].

Industry

Industries include textile industry[58] and manufacture of machinery and equipment[59].

Ownership

Owners include Carl Samuel Nottbeck[13], a merchant[60], 1779–1847[61], of Russian Empire[62], awarded the honorary citizen of Tallinn[63]; Georg Adolf Dietrich von Rauch[14], a physician[64], 1789–1864[65], of Russian Empire[66], awarded the Order of Saint Anna, 1st class[67], specialised in medicine[68]; William Wheeler[15], of Kingdom of Great Britain[69]; Risto Voutilainen[16]; Jukka Kurttila[17], a business executive[70], b. 1964[71], of Finland[72]; and Petri Pesonen[18], a creative director[73], 1961–2023[74], of Finland[75]. Products include woven fabric[76], yarn[77], terry cloth[78], and home textiles[79].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Finlayson include Finlayson factory[80], an industrial heritage site[81], in Finland[82].

Why It Matters

Finlayson ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month).[2] Finlayson has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[83]

Entities named for Finlayson include Finlayson factory[80], an industrial heritage site[81], in Finland[82].

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Class ancestry

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  2. [83] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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