Heikki H. Herlin

vuorineuvos Heikki Hugo Herlin
Heikki H. Herlin in 1955.
Born	(1901-02-07)7 February 1901 Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died	21 August 1989(1989-08-21) (aged 88) Kirkkonummi, Finland
Education	MSc (technology)
Alma mater	Helsinki University of Technology
Board member of	see →board memberships
Spouse(s)	Anna Maria née Oittinen
Children	Minna, married Paavolainen (b. 1931) Pekka (1932–2003) Meeri, married Blåberg (b. 1936) Liisa, married Kivekäs (b. 1936)
Parent(s)	Bror Harald Herlin and Minna née Westerlund
Awards	see →awards
Manager of Kone
In office 1932–1964
Preceded by	Harald Herlin
Succeeded by	Pekka Herlin
Manager of Emali
In office 1932 – 1943
Manager of Raahe
In office 1953 – 1962

Heikki Hugo Herlin (7 February 1901 — 21 August 1989) was a Finnish engineer, industrialist and vuorineuvos.

Herlin gained experience by studying and working abroad, before he inherited his father's position as manager of the lift producer Kone Oy in 1932. He developed the company substantially and started exports already in the 1930s. After Kone had participated at delivering large number of units to Soviet Union as part of the Finnish war reparations, Herlin established fruitful business relations with the Soviet Union. Herlin had broad language skills which he utilised when he developed Kone an international company. In 1964 he gave the leadership to his son Pekka Herlin, continuing still as a board member.

Herlin was member of many company boards as wells as non-profit associations. He founded the Kone Foundation which supports cultural and sociological research.

Herlin's parents were engineer Harald Herlin and Minna née Westerlund. Harald Herlin was a water piping specialist and he managed plumbing company Oy Vesijohtoliike Ab until 1920. He also worked as consultant, and at the early 1920s he was assigned to reorganise electromechanical company Ab Gottfr. Strömberg Oy. Subsequently, he bought the company's lift business in 1924. The company, Kone Oy, run small-scale licensed production.

Herlin studied in Helsinki Finnish Coeducational School and passed his matriculation exam in 1919. He went to study Mechanical Engineering in Helsinki University of Technology and graduated in 1924. During 1925–1926 Herlin worked for AG Brown Boveri & Cie in Mannheim, Germany. In 1926 he returned to Finland for a short time to work as draftsman for Gottfr. Strömberg, but left already in 1927 to continue his studies in Columbia University, United States. At the same time he worked as draughtsman for some American engineering companies. When Herlin returned to Finland in 1928, he initially worked as a designer for Kone, his father's company. During 1929–1932 Herlin worked as technical manager in Kone- ja Siltarakennus to managing separator production.