articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . february 2012 lumon type inc industry glass and aluminum construction founded 1978 headquarters kouvola finland key people tapani kinnunen ceo products balcony glazing balcony facades glass terraces balustrades safety glasses revenue 86 million eur 2013 number of employees 765 2014 website http www.lumon.com lumon inc. is a private finnish company which specializes in glass and aluminum construction . pohjois karjalan lasipalvelu limited partnership was established in 1978 at outokumpu finland . in 1981 the company changed its name to ikkunanikkarit inc. and moved operations to kouvola . during 1989 the company became a public limited company and the innovation of inward opening balcony glass panes without vertical frames was invented . during that particular year parvekenikkarit inc. was founded to conduct sales and installation in western and northern finland in addition to the helsinki area . in the beginning of the nineties production was separated from sales and installation operations . as a result lumon oy was established in 1991 . in the course of 1996 the company launched new 21st century balcony glazing system and commenced the production of aluminum balustrades glass terraces and additional panes for existing windows . at that time lumon inc. also inaugurated a new balcony glazing plant . the new plant enabled the company to start its own glass processing line cutting grinding drilling tempering . since 2001 the company started to manufacture glass facades and aluminum doors and windows . to clarify corporation s organizational structure the group restructured in january 2005 parvekenikkarit oy was divided into lumon etel suomi southern finland and lumon l nsi suomi western finland . lumon products are manufactured by lumon oy . in finland the products are sold and installed by lumon etel suomi southern finland l nsi suomi western finland and it suomi eastern finland . however in the beginning of the year 2010 the domestic sales organization was once more clarified and at the moment the sales are conducted by lumon suomi oy whole finland . in 1992 lumon inc. began export operations and in the mid 1990s the export to central europe started . nowadays a third of the balcony glazing systems is exported to 20 different countries . the largest export countries are spain sweden germany russia norway and switzerland . the company has subsidiaries in seven different countries svenska lumon ab in sweden lumon norge as in norway lumon deutschland gmbh in germany lumon schweiz in switzerland zao lumon russia lumon north america inc. canada and lumon cristales espana s.l. in spain . www.lumon.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title lumon & oldid 689232215 categories manufacturing companies of finlandhidden categories orphaned articles from february 2012all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages suomi edit links this page was last modified on 5 november 2015 at 19 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view