Finlayson (company)

Finlayson Oy is a Finnish textile manufacturer.

The company was founded in 1820 when James Finlayson, a Scottish engineer, established a cotton mill in Tampere.

[3] The company manufactures various interior textiles and bedding under the brand names Finlayson and Familon.

[3] The Plevna, a Finlayson building, was the first building in the Nordic countries and in the Russian Empire (of which Finland was part at the time) to be lit by electric lighting; the light bulbs of Thomas Edison were first used there on 15 March 1882.

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