Nokian Tyres

Nokian Renkaat Oyj (English Nokian Tyres ) is a group of companies from Finland and with the Nokian brand the leading manufacturer of car tires and tires for commercial vehicles and bicycles in Scandinavia, with tires for forestry equipment Nokian Tyres is the world market leader in the. In addition, the company develops and produces materials for tire retreading. And finally, part of the Group, the largest Scandinavian tire distribution chain Vianor with 170 sales offices in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Estonia and Russia. The brand name " Nokian Renkaat " refers to the small town of Nokia, not far west of the city of Tampere located. Translated into German it means " tires from Nokia ". The roots of the tire manufacturer go back to the established in the western Finnish town in 1889 Gummiwerk " Kumitehdas ", as well as the electronics company Nokia, the manufacturer Nokian rubber boots Jalkineet and other companies of significant importance for today's Finnish economy.

The company employs over 2500 employees and is listed on the OMX Helsinki 25 Index Financial. With a net turnover of 423.4 million euros, the company achieved in 2001 the seventh-largest net turnover of all tire manufacturers in Europe and was thus the world number 21 of about 130 tire manufacturers. The company is independent and publicly traded since 1995. 19 percent of the shares held by the former parent company Nokia, in 2003 took over the tire manufacturer Bridgestone 20 percent of the shares.

Headquartered in southern Finland city of Nokia, another production plant is located in Lieksa. Nokian Tyres has opened another factory in Russia, near St. Petersburg in 2005.