Machinery Group Ltd

Established in 1911 and a family-owned company since 1950, Machinery is a Finnish multisectoral group which operates in Finland.

One hundred years in business forms a solid base for success. Machinery Group has two lines of business: Machinery Ltd (technical trade and service) and Amo Ltd (import of toys and games).

Machinery Group Ltd in a Nutshell

  • Main office located in Vantaa, Finland
  • Subsidiaries in Finland:
  • Group turnover in 2011 was
    EUR 95.7 million

History 1910's

"Whenever anything or anyone rises to greatness we always try in retrospect to find some early sign in the cosmos marking the birth of that greatness. Comets are often seen in the heavens on such momentous occasions. It may well be that the four men who founded Machinery: Frans Hall, Ferdinand Jacobsson, Arthur Lindeberg and Ferdinand Tefke, were among those in Turku who gazed upon the spectacle of Halley's Comet".

These were times of global boom, when rapidly developing industrial concerns were in need of machines. The response to this need came on 7 March 1911 when the deed of foundation of a new engineering business was signed bringing Aktiebolaget Machinery Osakeyhtiö into the world.

There were hard times just around the corner, however: the Great War and the Russian Revolution were not far off. The rule of the Czars and the once vibrant business community shattered, leaving an enfeebled economic base for newly independent Finland. The Russian market had gone, the currency had collapsed and there was no capital to be found. Any euphoria over newly won independence was short-lived, as life became a sheer struggle for existence.

Arthur Lindeberg

Ferdinand Tefke

Ferdinand Jacobsson

Frans Hall