History

Evox Rifa's roots go back to the 1940s. The Swedish company Rifa was established in 1942 and the Finnish company Evox in 1947. Finvest Oy acquired both companies in the 1980s and merged them to form Evox Rifa in 1992. In the spring of 2000 Finvest decided to demerge and divide into four companies. One of these is Evox Rifa, which was listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange 1st of November 2000.

Major events after 2000

In 2001 Evox Rifa acquired the Swedish company, Dectron AB, wich concentrates on demanding electro-technical solutions and EMC testing.

In the spring of 2002 Evox Rifa completed the acquisition of the British BHC Components Ltd. (then BHC Aeroyox Ltd.). The combination of Evox Rifa and BHC created a leading manufacturer of aluminium electrolytic capacitors in Europe and one of the biggest in the world.

In 2002 Evox Rifa started a manufacturing joint venture in China wich specialises in the production of elecrolytic capacitors.