Karhula-Iittala
Karhula-Iittala
Finnish, established 1881
Karhula founded in 1888 by William Ruth
In 1917, the company was bought up by timber refinery company A. Ahlström, who also owned the Karhula glass factory. These combined to become the Karhula-Iittala glass factory up until the 1950s.
In 1988 Iittala merged with the Nuutajärvi-Notsjö glass company to become Iittala-Nuutajärvi and was itself taken over by the Finnish housewares manufacturer Hackman in 1990, along with Arabia and Rörstrand.
Person TypeCorporate Body
Philadelphia, 1861–1930
American, born England, 1838–1902
East Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1818–1888
