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The Threads Count

Meet masters of the textile craft: some of Lapuan Kankurit’s very own weaving family, who make every thread count. “Over the years, my work has definitely had an impact on the clothes I wear in everyday life: nowadays I pay close attention to the quality of fabrics. At the weaving mill, we inspect fabrics so […]

The Grand Story Behind a Small Weaving Mill

⁠The world is more global than ever. Items mass-produced by massive, foreign megacorporations are only a click of a mouse or a tap of a finger away from our front doors. For a small business, this poses a quandary: how to keep up when giants are thundering past?⁠⁠You may have noticed the words we’ve adopted […]

LAPUAN KANKURIT Sales team

Looking for new job opportunities?

Are you interested in working with us? Feel free to send your open job application to rekry@lapuankankurit.fi. In your application, please tell us a bit about yourself, your skills, and the type of work you are interested in. We carefully review all applications and will get in touch if suitable opportunities arise. We look forward […]

Born Original

The first of our weavers were innovative. They took their vast knowledge of jacquard weaving and built a thriving company around it. A company built not just with bricks and mortar, but with values equally embedded into its foundation, as well. Every generation of Lapuan Kankurit has been united in their deep appreciation for the […]

Dear World of 2073

We hope you are doing well. As we are celebrating the 50th anniversary of Lapuan Kankurit, it feels proper to not only gaze back to the past half a century, but to also set our sights on to you, the world of tomorrow. After all, it is for you that we do so much of […]

Respecting the past, weaving the future

A lot has changed for Lapuan Kankurit in their fifty years of business. And yet, to the owner Esko Hjelt, much more remains the same way it always has been. – Our family’s textile legacy began when Juho Annala founded a felt boot factory in Lapua in 1917. His grandson, Juha Hjelt, started his own […]

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Through the eyes of tradition by Katja Lösönen

Katja Lösönen has worked with Lapuan Kankurit for nearly 13 years as a masterful storyteller through her words and pictures. Originally hailing from the countryside of eastern Finland, she left the bustling life of Helsinki behind to relocate in the coastal city of Vaasa, the regional capital of Osthrobotnia. She has come to enjoy and […]

Innovations for the Future

Lapuan Kankurit weaving mill is going through times of constant change. Over the past ten years, the weaving facilities have expanded thrice and the equipment has been modernised. Currently, a new wool production line is underway. According to fourth generation weaver Esko Hjelt, investments and sustainable product development are the success factors of their business. […]

Woven together

Lapuan Kankurit is a small, tight-knit family business woven together by skill and community. The clang of weaving machines fills the air. The weaving mill in Lapua is the focal point of the company, where the magic of creating new textiles is always present. The thirty people at the weaving mill all work together as […]

Textile Mender at Lapuan Kankurit 1973–2013

Lissu was a cornerstone of the weaving mill for 40 years. She began her career in 1971 by looking after a three-year-old blonde-haired boy. That boy is now Esko Hjelt, the CEO of Lapuan Kankurit. Her work continued at the weaving mill, and from then on, no one wanted to let go of Lissu. To […]