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Orthex
Orthex Oyj is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets plastic household products such as storage boxes , kitchenware and utensils. Orthex has manufactured some of the very common items in Finnish homes. In the example over 8 of 10 households owned the Orthex freezer box Jäänalle and the 10-liter bucket according to a survey conducted by Ilta-Sanomat in 2019. Orthex's classic sled was described as the most common kids sled over the years by Helsingin Sanomat in 2005.
In 2019, bio- and recycled plastics accounted for 14% of the raw material used by Orthex. In 2018 Orthex and Stora Enso released a biocomposite for food safe products made from wood fibers and saccharum officinarum.
Aulis Kallonen bought his first plastic machine and began making plastic products in his family's basement in the 1950s. The first product was a shirt clip that was needed for packing men's shirts.
Orth-Plast, a Danish company, had founded a Finnish subsidiary, Orth-Export and Kallonen's company called Ruisku-Muovi started to make subcontracting for it. Orth-Export ended up on the verge of bankruptcy and, in 1956, was acquired by the Kallonen family. This gave the family access to plenty of valuable moulds for their own plastic machine. An abbreviation of the company’s name, Orthex, was printed on Orth-Export’s plastic moulds. This name ended up becoming the name of the Kallonen family’s company. In 1958 Kallonen's company moved from Helsinki to Lohja.
Initially, Kallonen's company was a subcontractor to the Danish company and used mostly molds it has purchased elsewhere. In the 1960s, the company began manufacturing plastic buckets and wash bowls. There was a huge shift from zinc buckets to plastic buckets in Finland and Orthex sold one million buckets a year. Kallonen purchased new plastic machines and expanded the factory around his home in Lohja several times.
In the mid-1960s, architect Väinö A. Valve worked as Orthex's designer.
In the early 1980s, Orthex decided to focus on household goods, and hired Laura Huhtela-Bremer to design for them.
Aulis Kallonen worked as the CEO of the company until 1995, after which he became the chairman of the board while his son Kari Kallonen started as the new CEO.
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Orthex
Orthex Oyj is a Finnish company that manufactures and markets plastic household products such as storage boxes , kitchenware and utensils. Orthex has manufactured some of the very common items in Finnish homes. In the example over 8 of 10 households owned the Orthex freezer box Jäänalle and the 10-liter bucket according to a survey conducted by Ilta-Sanomat in 2019. Orthex's classic sled was described as the most common kids sled over the years by Helsingin Sanomat in 2005.
In 2019, bio- and recycled plastics accounted for 14% of the raw material used by Orthex. In 2018 Orthex and Stora Enso released a biocomposite for food safe products made from wood fibers and saccharum officinarum.
Aulis Kallonen bought his first plastic machine and began making plastic products in his family's basement in the 1950s. The first product was a shirt clip that was needed for packing men's shirts.
Orth-Plast, a Danish company, had founded a Finnish subsidiary, Orth-Export and Kallonen's company called Ruisku-Muovi started to make subcontracting for it. Orth-Export ended up on the verge of bankruptcy and, in 1956, was acquired by the Kallonen family. This gave the family access to plenty of valuable moulds for their own plastic machine. An abbreviation of the company’s name, Orthex, was printed on Orth-Export’s plastic moulds. This name ended up becoming the name of the Kallonen family’s company. In 1958 Kallonen's company moved from Helsinki to Lohja.
Initially, Kallonen's company was a subcontractor to the Danish company and used mostly molds it has purchased elsewhere. In the 1960s, the company began manufacturing plastic buckets and wash bowls. There was a huge shift from zinc buckets to plastic buckets in Finland and Orthex sold one million buckets a year. Kallonen purchased new plastic machines and expanded the factory around his home in Lohja several times.
In the mid-1960s, architect Väinö A. Valve worked as Orthex's designer.
In the early 1980s, Orthex decided to focus on household goods, and hired Laura Huhtela-Bremer to design for them.
Aulis Kallonen worked as the CEO of the company until 1995, after which he became the chairman of the board while his son Kari Kallonen started as the new CEO.