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Tapola

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Tapola is a meat processing company based in Tampere, founded in 1953.1 It was founded by Jaakko Tapola, Kalle Tapola, Martti Tapola and Kyllikki Tapola.1 It employed 63 people in 2019.1

Tapola Oy on tamperelainen vuonna 1953 perustettu lihanjalostusalan perheyritys, jonka tunnetuin tuote on mustamakkara. Yritys työllistää noin 90 henkilöä ja sen liikevaihto vuonna 2024 oli noin 14,4 miljoonaa euroa. Tapolan lihanjalostustehdas sijaitsee Tampereen Lielahdessa. Tapolan tehtaan yhteydessä toimii tunnettu tehtaanmyymälä, mustamakkarabaari.2 From the Finnish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1953Founded1
  • Industryfood industry1
  • HeadquartersLielahti, Finland1

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Tapola
Photo: Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

The story

Founded by Jaakko Tapola, Kalle Tapola, Kyllikki Tapola and Martti Tapola in 1953.1

Leadership

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

Chief executive

  1. Jarmo Tapola1986–2015
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Board members and other officers (1)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 2019631

Timeline

  1. 1986New chief executive Jarmo Tapola becomes CEO1
  2. 1970Acquired Acquired by Martti Tapola1
  3. 1970Acquired Acquired by Kyllikki Tapola1
  4. 1953Founded Founded1

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