How it started
History
The company is the result of the merger of Lihapolar Oy and Itikka Lihabotnia Oy in 1990.
History of Lihapolar Oy
1903 Kuopion Karjanmyyntiosuus kunta (Kuopio livestock sales cooperative, KKO) is founded.
1910 KKO buys a sausage factory, and the first Atria sausages are produced.
1938 Renamed to Savo-Karjalan Osuusteurastamo (Savo-Karelia Cooperative Slaughterhouse, SKO).
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