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Juutila Foundry is the oldest still working bell foundry in Finland. Juutila foundry was founded in 1881. Juutila Foundry (''Juutilan valimo'' or ''Metallivalimo H & E Juutilainen'' in Finnish) is situated in a village of Vehkalahti in Kaavi, Northern Savonia. Juutila Foundry Museum is in the old foundry building. It is a unique museum of its kind in the Nordic countries introducing the traditional sand casting method of the foundry.〔() Juutila Foundry, Municipality of Kaavi, January 12, 2013〕 == History == Juutila Foundry casts products out of bronze and brass. The foundry can make single pieces up to 500 kg (about 1100 lb). The different kinds of bells and mortars and pestles were one of the main products in the early history of the foundry. The products of Juutila were originally sold as far as in Vyborg and Sortavala in Karelia.〔Historic ironworks in Savo, 1999〕 Some of the products found their way even to St. Petersburg.〔() Salminen, Anja: Valumestari Eljaksen kellot kaikuvat jouluna kautta maan, Taloussanomat, December 24, 1998, 〕 In the 1940s the foundry made a large number of school bells. Five men were working in the foundry then. In the 1960s Juutila Foundry started to make church bells, which became the main products in the 1980s and 1990s.〔() Pohjois-Savon kulttuuriympäristöselvitys, Kaavi, Pohjois-Savon liitto, 2009 〕 Nowadays Juutila Foundry manufactures about half a dozen church bells annually.〔 Foundry worked the first hundred years in an old workshop. The new foundry building of brick was built in 1982. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Juutila Foundry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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