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History of Lemminkäinen
The first warehouse of Lemminkäinen which housed the workshop, warehouse and office space. It was built in Merisatama district
of Helsinki. The main products of the company – concrete stairs and steps – were stored in the yard in the early days.
Lemminkäinen is one of the largest groups of building companies in Finland founded in 1910. At first, the company’s business was limited to waterproofing and bituminous material works on roads and yards, but a bit later it expanded the scope of the services with concrete products. With Finland’s independence from Russia in 1916, the company boosted its development and opened its first roofing factory in 1920.
In the 1920’s and the 30’s the company work and development mainly focused on bituminous concrete production. The company started to produce hot-mix asphalt or bituminous concrete and carried out its first road paving contracts.
After the Second World War, Lemminkäinen gradually assumed leadership of the Finnish bituminous concrete production.
The western approach road to Helsinki, the so-called Jorvas Road, was paved in the summers of 1938 and 1939. The new asphalt road was a good advertisement for Lemminkäinen road department.
In the 1950s, the new roofing felt factory of Lemminkäinen was finished, and production of concrete products was transferred from Helsinki to Tuusula.
In the 1970s, the company carried out building of different objects in the territory of the former Soviet Union and even in Africa.
Today, Lemminkäinen Group is globally present in all segments of the building industry. Its business areas include house building, infrastructure building, technical building services and production of building materials.
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