In the photo, Paakkinen Automaalaamo, from the front, visiting the office and paint shop premises in the Salpakkanka business district in Hollola

The company story of Paakkinen Automaalaamo

Skilled car painting in Lahti and Hollola since 1954.

Timo Paakkinen says:

Paakkinen Automaalaamo was founded on 02.01.1954 by Olavi Paakkinen, based in Lahti. The premises were initially in Lahti, Palokuntantie 20. In 1965, the operation moved from Lahti to Hollola municipality, to Salpakakkaa, Vanha Messiläntie 2, where the operation continues today. Olavi Paakkinen served as the company's CEO from 1954 to 1990.

Olavi Paakkinen was one of the founding members of Suomen Automaalaamoin liitto ry, the predecessor of the Association of Finnish Collision Repair Shops, and served on its board for several years. Olavi Paakkinen received the Hollola municipality's Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1988. Hannu Ruohonen was the company's CEO in 1990-2011. Hannu Ruohonen has served on the board of the Finnish Collision Repair Association for over 25 years. In 2000, Hannu Ruohonen won the European championship for car painters organized by the Toyota organization. Timo Paakkinen started as CEO in 2011.


Paakkinen Automaalaamo Oy is one of our country's oldest family businesses in the car painting industry. We operate in our modernized premises with two painting lines. We mainly use environmentally friendly natural gas for heating our premises. As painting materials, we use water-thinned, high-quality CROMAX products.

We use a spectrophotometer to measure the color tone. However, we still have manual color tinting "in store". The work experience of our painters, continuous training in the field, high-quality materials and the right tools guarantee the best possible end result. We have had the Quality Certificate of the Central Association of Automotive Industry since 1998!

In addition to painting, we have also done crash repairs for years. Our annually trained staff does high-quality work with modern vintage equipment. Our equipment includes e.g. Autorobot body straightening bench equipped with an electronic measuring device.

The advantage of our company is flexible and fast service!

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