Nokian Footwear

After operating for a few years, the factory began to produce rubber galoshes, which competed successfully against Russian imports.

Soon after, the company began to use the brand Nokia, communicating Finnishness, and to distinguish itself from the cheaper Russian products.

Suomen Gummitehdas was soon manufacturing rubber goods ranging from machine belts to hoses and vehicle tyres.

The group's fields of business were the rubber, cable and forest industries as well as electricity generation and electronics.

At the end of the 1980s, the different industrial sectors of Nokia Corporation decided to focus on their own areas of expertise.

The brand logo of Finnish Rubber Works from 1965−1966.
The Kontio model of Nokian boots was launched in 1973 [ 1 ]
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