Intra is a Norwegian
industrial design 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 sale to business or institutional customers. A retailer purchases goods in large quantities from manufacturers, directly or through a wholesaler, an ...
of building articles in 1947, and was located at Buran,
Trondheim
Trondheim ( , , ; sma, Tråante), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2020, it had a population of 205,332, was the third most populous municipality in Norway, an ...
. In the 1960s the company started designing and manufacturing washing sinks in
stainless steel, and it took the name Intra in the 1970s. The company expanded to kitchen products as well as other bathroom products, and hired
industrial designers. In the 1980s it moved to
Storsand in
Malvik
Malvik is a municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Trondheim Region. The administrative center of the municipality is the village of Hommelvik. Other villages in Malvik include Muruvika, Smiskaret, Sneisen, Vikhammer, ...
. The owners also bought a Swedish and a Danish company, creating the Intra Group. In 2007 it was sold to the multinational
Teka Group.
References
External links
Official site
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
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