{"id":3499,"date":"2019-09-26T07:47:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T07:47:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/desico.fi\/meista\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T09:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T09:39:38","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/desico.fi\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1880885487\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-middle\"  id=\"row-22354133\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2044846403\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1019961444\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-10\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\" style=\"background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1171323904\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1171323904 {\n  padding-top: 70px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<h1 class=\"thin-font\">We are one of the oldest candle factories in Finland that is still in operation. Our entire production from start to finish takes place in Finland, in our own factory set up in an old barn in Fiskars.<\/h1>\n\t<div id=\"gap-821011937\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-821011937 {\n  padding-top: 70px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1019961444 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 20px 0px 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2112863753\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-22354133 > .col > .col-inner {\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1880885487 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1681159795\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-middle\"  id=\"row-917235261\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-585221004\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\" style=\"background-color:rgb(248, 246, 246);\" >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1082498638\" class=\"gap-element clearfix show-for-small\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1082498638 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Desico is a traditional candle factory from Fiskars. The roots of our family company go back to the 1960s when Desico\u2019s founder, Kari Toukolehto, started to cast candles in his small basement flat in Ullanlinna, Helsinki.\u00a0 Since then, for over 60 years, our family company has made solid-coloured candles from the finest ingredients using traditional methods. We are now one of the oldest candle factories in Finland that is still in operation. Our entire production from start to finish takes place in Finland, in our own factory set up in an old barn in Fiskars.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-938139252\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-938139252 {\n  padding-top: 60px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-585221004 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 80px 50px 0px 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-854779184\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-2067119000\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/desico-candles-blue-preview-788x1024.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n              <div class=\"height-fix is-invisible\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/desico-candles-blue-preview-788x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/desico-candles-blue-preview-788x1024.jpg 788w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/desico-candles-blue-preview-510x663.jpg 510w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/desico-candles-blue-preview-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/desico-candles-blue-preview-768x998.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/desico-candles-blue-preview.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-854779184 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-917235261 > .col > .col-inner {\n  background-color: rgb(248, 246, 246);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1681159795 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(248, 246, 246);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1939299408\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row row-collapse row-full-width align-middle\"  id=\"row-337338861\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-597349572\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1107760452\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n   <div id=\"text-box-546905073\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_909411361\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-factory.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-factory.jpg 500w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-factory-450x585.jpg 450w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-factory-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_909411361 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-546905073 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-546905073 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1107760452 {\n  padding-top: 99.99%;\n  background-color: #a1aec6;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1394014750\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-354180531\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-354180531 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\">We at Desico cherish craftsmanship, locality, quality and traditions. Responsibility and the traceability of ingredients are important values to us. Our candles provide a clean burn, and no palm oil is used in their manufacture. All our candles are dyed using non-toxic dyes and made from vegan olive oil stearin produced in the EU, and clean, premium-grade paraffin. In addition, our dyes and fragrance oils meet cosmetic quality standards.<\/p>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1151975987\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1151975987 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1394014750 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 80px 50px 0px 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<style>\n#row-337338861 > .col > .col-inner {\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1939299408 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n  background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_587140512\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-2045046854\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1934426017\" class=\"col 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src=\"https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-mustavalkoinen-tehdas.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-mustavalkoinen-tehdas.jpg 1165w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-mustavalkoinen-tehdas-510x331.jpg 510w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-mustavalkoinen-tehdas-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-mustavalkoinen-tehdas-768x498.jpg 768w, https:\/\/desico.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/desico-mustavalkoinen-tehdas-1024x664.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1165px) 100vw, 1165px\" \/><\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-494738445 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 80px 0px 60px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1972746207\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-2 small-12 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  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