Career
As of 1934, Nars was the owner of the steampowered sawmill in Jakobstad (Swedish: Jakobstad ångsåg). Having originally made their fortune with timber and forestry products, the Nars family became pioneers in Finnish plastics manufacturing. In 1948, they were first in Finland to manufacture calendered Polyvinyl chloride foils, and soon expanded the product range into plastic hose, profiles and floor coverings at their rapidly expanding manufacturing facilities in Jakobstad.
After having been hit by an acute economic crisis in the early 1960s, was taken over by the Kansallis-Osake-Pankki bank, and subsequently sold to a competitor Wiik & Höglund, who were also active in plastics manufacturing.
The fusion of the two companies developed into today"s KWH Plast, a subsidiary of KWH Group, one of Finlands leading companies in plastics, abrasives and logistics services.
