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Kattolamppu, Valinte

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Valinte Oy

The light fixture manufacturer Valinte was founded in 1959 by entrepreneur Into Lintero but the name Valinte Oy seems to have been around since August 1942 in Helsinki, Malmi. The name Valinte comes from Valaisin (Lamp) and the former part of Lintero. The factory was also built in 1959 (drawn by architect Aulis Salo) and later enlarged in 1964.

The factory had their own seamstresses and made mostly lamps out of metal, sometimes combined with plastic/acrylic or opal glass. The company was renamed Lampukas Oy in the 1970’s and it was later moved to Saarijärvi where it still functions today. The factory doesn’t however make the kind of designed light fixtures it used to anymore. Lintero died in 1996.

Valinte lamps are sometimes marked V-e as in Valinte, and sometimes the name is accompanied by a serial number. There are few catalogues to come by and it seems that many lamp models were either bought from manufacturers abroad or copied from existing Finnish designs. No well known designers worked with the company during the 60’s and 70’s.^[2]

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Lähteet

^[1]   Vintageinfo – All About Vintage Lighting    Valinte Oy 1958 Lighting Catalogue

^[2]   Forthzine – Jonas Forth    Five lesser known lamp manufacturers from Finland – Itsu, Valinte, Sario, Lival and Aris

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