Exel Composites

Composite profiles and tubes
Sports equipment (defunct)

Revenue€103.8million (2019)^[2]

€5.1million (2019)^[2]

Number of employees

648 (2019)^[2]Websitewww.exelcomposites.com

Exel Composites Oyj (formerly known as Exel Oyj) is a Finnish technology company that designs, manufactures and markets composite profiles and tubes for industrial applications.^[3] Exel was founded in 1960 by Yrjö Aho.^[4]

The name Exel came from a combination of the words explosive electronics,^[4] with the company initially producing electric blasting caps ^[4] The company later moved onto production of sports equipment, with a focus on ski poles, before diversifying into a wider range of composite products.^[3]^[5]

References

^ "Members of the Group Management Team". Exel Composites. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Annual Report 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-12.
^ ^a ^b "About Exel Composites". Exel Composites. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Tiainen, Olli-Pekka (January 5, 2001). "Räjähteistä ratakiskoihin". Taloussanomat (in Finnish). Sanoma News. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
^ Mikkonen, Antti (February 20, 2002). "Exel-samppaa Utahissa". Talouselämä (in Finnish). Talentum. Retrieved May 28, 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}