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producer of

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s founded in 1937. The headquarter is in

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. The company produces

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and industrial applications.

Products

Ata produces gears up to 3000 mm of outer diameter. The annual production is 8000 spiral bevel gear sets of which 65% are exported.

History

Ata was founded in December 1937 under name ''Oy Autotarvike Ab'' ("Auto Accessory Ltd."). The founders were Erik Duncker and Jaakko Mäkinen. In the 1940s the company supplied Finnish vehicle producers and specialised on gears of driven axles; the first bevel gears were produced in 1940. Exports started in 1942. Ata was one of the founders of the 1943 started heavy vehicle producer Yhteissisu becoming shareholder together with other Finnish companies and the state.{{cite book , last=Blomberg , first=Olli , date= , title=Yhteissisusta Vanajan ja Sisun kautta Patriaan , trans-title=From Yhteissisu via Vanaja and Sisu to Patria , url= , language=Finnish , location=Hämeenlinna , publisher=Patria Vehicles Oy , isbn=952-91-5613-8 , accessdate= , pages=15–18 , chapter=Valtiovalta ottaa johdon , trans-chapter=Government takes the lead In the 1950s Ata started producing gears for domestically produced

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applications came to selection in the 1960s. Marine industry grew a significant market segment in the 1970s. In the late 1980s Ata went to

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s delivering spiral bevel gears for

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teams. In the 21st century Ata started producing gears for

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equipment producers. New factories in Tampere were opened in 2004 and 2009.

References

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