Hydroline designs and manufactures durable, heavy-duty
hydraulic cylinder
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Finnish
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company was founded in the early 1960s as a metal lathing shop.
The family-owned company employs two hundred people. Its main production facility is located near to
Kuopio
Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...
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Finland
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Products
Cylinders operate as a part of complex entities and applications. Hydroline produces and designs over 1500 different cylinder models for
automotive manufacturing
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mining
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, forest machinery and tractor, hoisting and transfer, and earthworks industries. Each cylinder model is custom-tailored to meet each customer's specifications.
Hydroline is specialized in design and manufacturing of hydraulic cylinders, R&D services and testing.
History
The company was founded in 1962 in a
basement
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in Kuopio, Finland. First cylinders were manufactured already in 1960s. After several years of steady expansion, the company headquarters moved to its current site in the Vuorela Industrial Zone, situated in
Eastern Finland
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History
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Hydroline has expanded from a one-man turning shop to an international company. Nine out of ten Hydroline cylinders are delivered to applications destined for the export market. Besides, the company has its own sales office in
China
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. Hydroline Poland sp. z o.o. was established in July 2012.
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External links
Official Hydroline Website
Manufacturing companies of Finland