Eckes-Granini Finland Oy Ab (until 2009 Oy Marli Ab) is a Finnish food company owned by the German Eckes-Granini Group GmbH. The company’s turnover is about 58 million euros, and it has about 130 employees, over 150 during summertime.[1] The company’s head office and factory are located in Turku. The company manufactures and sells more than 150 products.[2] Its best-known brands are Juissi, Marli, Mehukatti, Trip, and Tropic.
History
editMarli’s history begins with the wine and liqueur factory founded in Turku in 1867 by Anders Nordfors.[3] The production of wines and liqueurs was suspended during Prohibition, which came into force in 1919, whereupon the factory began producing juices and other non-alcoholic beverages.[4] In 1954, Huhtamäki-Yhtymä Oy bought Nordfors's factory and merged it with the Marli Berry Wine and Liqueur Factory (formerly O/Y Marvi A/B), which it had previously acquired.[5]
In 1992, Huhtamäki sold Marli to Oy Rettig Ab and, in exchange, received from Rettig the Merijal and Seres confectionery factories it owned.[6] Rettig had bought these factories in the 1970s.[7][8]
In 1999, the Lappeenranta-based Chymos Juomat Oy was merged with Marli. The following year, Marli was split into two companies: Oy Marli Ab, which produced juices, and a company engaged in alcohol-related business.[5]
Rettig sold Marli to Eckes-Granini in 2001[9] and sold the alcohol business to the Swedish V&S Vin & Sprit AB definitively in 2002. In Finland, the latter operations are continued by Pernod Ricard Finland Oy.[10]
References
edit- ↑ "Tuotanto | Eckes-Granini Finland Oy Ab". www.eckes-granini.fi. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ "Tuotteet | Eckes-Granini Finland Oy Ab". www.eckes-granini.fi. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ Kangasniemi, Tomi (2017-05-03). "Marli juhlii Turussa – 150 vuotta juomanvalmistusta". Turkulainen (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ STT (2012-04-05). "Kieltolaki päättyi 80 vuotta sitten". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- 1 2 Kudjoi, Ulla (2006-02-21). "Mehu on ikuisesti paikallista bisnestä". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ Anttonen, Kari (1999-04-13). "Punssit vaihtuneet marjamehuiksi". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ "Merijalin Leijonaa uhkaa lähtökäsky". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ "Leijona pitää pintansa". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ Lapintie, Pyry (2001-12-11). "Marli siirtyi kokonaan saksalaisille". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
- ↑ Vehmanen, Jukka (2016-11-26). "Turku on Suomen glögikaupunki". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2025-12-09.