Founder Mauno Kari Subsidiaries KFR Hollola Oy Founded 1965 Type Limited company | Area served Worldwide Headquarters Hollola Number of employees 20 | |
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Industry Surface level controllers Key people Matti Kari (Chairman of the Board)
Jouni Mäkinen (Managing Director) Products KARI-float switch, silo switch, electrode switch, optical level controller, thermal fuse, pump cable connector, alarm unit, control unit | ||
Kari-Finn Oy is a Finnish family-owned company. It and Muovisto Oy are subsidiary companies of KFR Hollola Oy.
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The main product of the company is multilevel float switch, a cable-suspended control device which tilts as the liquid level rises or falls. Kari-Finn Oy announces that based on its own market research, Kari float switch is the only product on the market that makes possible many functions with just one switch. This product was invented by the founder of the company, an inventor and an engineer, Mauno Kari. Besides the main product, Kari-Finn Oy produces also many other electrical devices, such as electrode switches based on conductiveness of liquid, silo switches made for surface level control for loose storage items, optical level controllers for potentially explosive environments, temperature based thermal fuses, watertight pump cable connectors and alarm and control units for pumping stations. In year 2008 the company manufactured over 50.000 float switches.
History
Kari-Finn Oy was established in 1965. At first the company name was T:mi Mauno Kari, later Kari-Finn Ky. Kari-Finn Ky began to make itself the plastic parts it needed for the float switches. And as there was capacity left, it also began to produce plastic parts for other industrial companies in Lahti region. Kari-Finn Ky was divided into two companies in 1988: Kari-Finn Oy making float switches and its subsidiary company Muovisto Oy making plastic parts. In year 2008 a new parent company, KFR Hollola Oy, was founded. It started to take care of corporations lead services, management, financing actions and research and development services. At the same time Kari-Finn Oy and Muovisto Oy became the subsidiary companies of KRF Hollola Oy. Muovisto Oy carried out management buyout in 2015. The corporation employs about 15 people.
In 1989 a generation was changed on the company, when Mauno Kari's two older sons took the lead of both Kari-Finn Oy and Muovisto Oy while the inventor himself retired. The third and youngest son of the family joined the strength a couple of years later.
International awards
Kari multilevel float switch is a worldwide known and respected product. In 1977 it was presented at Brussels International Inventors Fair and awarded with a gold medal and Brussels town medal for a product being widely exported. At that time the product was exported to all European countries, United States, South Africa and Japan. Later the export has expanded to Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia among many others.