Lokomo

Overview

• Industrymanufacture of machinery and equipment¹
• HeadquartersTampere¹
• Legal formosakeyhtiö¹

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Oy Lokomo Ab was a Finnish manufacturer of railroad equipment and steam locomotives, situated in Tampere, Finland. The company was founded in 1915 by a group of Finnish businesspeople, including Jalmar Castrén and Emil Aaltonen. The Lokomo factories in Tampere produced the MIR submersibles for the Soviet Academy of Sciences. They later merged into the Metso Corporation. Jaakko Syrjä was a worker for the company.²

The story

Founded by Emil Aaltonen, J. J. Karvonen, Jalmar Castrén, Juhani Arajärvi, Leopold Lerche and Werner Ryselin in 1915.¹

Leadership

Who has led Lokomo, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

• FounderEmil Aaltonen¹
• FounderJ. J. Karvonen¹
• FounderJalmar Castrén¹
• FounderJuhani Arajärvi¹
• FounderLeopold Lerche¹
• FounderWerner Ryselin¹
• Chief executive officerWerner Ryselin 1915 to 1923¹

Products and brands

• anvil
• church bell
• crusher
• locomotive
• portable engine
• steel

Listed on Wikidata.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

• Emil Aaltonen

From Wikidata.¹

Employees over time

• 2005800¹

Timeline

1. 1915New chief executive Werner Ryselin becomes CEO¹
2. 1915Founded Founded¹

Links

• WikipediaLokomo
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ2066781