Company type | osakeyhtiö |
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Industry | automotive |
Founded | 16 May 1923 |
Founder | Urho Hammer |
Defunct | 21 March 1933 |
Fate | discontinued after putting together its operations with O.Y. Autoteollisuus – A.B. Bilindustri |
Successor | O/Y Suomen Autoteollisuus A/B |
Headquarters | , |
Products | bus coaches and lorry cabins |
Services | automobile reparation |
Owner | Urho Hammer Kusti Hagelin Lauri Nordström[1] |
O/Y Autokoritehdas was a bus coach and lorry cabin builder which operated in Helsinki, Finland in 1923–1933.
The main founder of the company was Finnish American Urho Hammer, who returned to his native country to start automotive industry. Autokoritehdas struggled in financially difficult circumstances and therefore it put together its activities with its competitor and neighbour O.Y. Autoteollisuus – A.B. Bilindustri creating O/Y Suomen Autoteollisuus A/B in 1931.