Intra is a Norwegian

industrial design Industrial design is a process of design applied to physical Product (business), products that are to be manufactured by mass production. It is the creative act of determining and defining a product's form and features, which takes place in adva ...

and manufacturing company. It was founded as a

retailer Retail is the sale of goods and services to consumers, in contrast to wholesaling, which is the sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesal ...

of building articles in 1947, and was located at Buran in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

. In the 1960s the company started designing and manufacturing washing sinks in

stainless steel Stainless steel, also known as inox, corrosion-resistant steel (CRES), or rustless steel, is an iron-based alloy that contains chromium, making it resistant to rust and corrosion. Stainless steel's resistance to corrosion comes from its chromi ...

, and it took the name Intra in the 1970s. The company expanded to kitchen products as well as other bathroom products, and hired

ers. In the 1980s it moved to Storsand in

Malvik Municipality Malvik is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik i ...

. The owners also bought a Swedish and a Danish company, creating the Intra Group. In 2007 it was sold to the multinational Teka Group.

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Defunct retail companies of Norway Manufacturing companies of Norway Companies based in Trondheim Companies based in Trøndelag Manufacturing companies established in 1947 Norwegian companies established in 1947 {{Norway-company-stub