First of all, thank you for taking the time for this interview.
The first question is about the company name. Where does "Labkotec" come from, or how is the name composed?
The company was originally called Labko Ltd, which is short for “Laboratorio Kojeet” in Finnish and "Laboratory Instruments" in English. The suffix 'tec' comes from the word technology.
How long has the company been around and what was the founding idea, the first product?
The company was founded in 1964 by Mr. Aate Virtanen, and his main idea was to build the business around environmental ...