Tikkurila – 150 years of decoration and protection
At first, linseeds were compressed into animal feed cakes, and untreated linseed
oil was used for surface treatment. Varnish cooking began in 1867, and the
manufacture of paints and lacquers in industrial scale in 1919. Extensive
marketing and customer training activities, which were started in the 1920s,
still continue today. In the 1960s, the operations were expanded to cover
tinting technology, but in 2000 Tikkurila returned to its roots – to developing,
producing and marketing paint.
Tikkurila's history 1862 - 2012
