tyres finnish headquartered finland produces tyres cars trucks buses heavy duty equipment known winter tyres operates permanent winter tyre testing facility world company brand recognised finland trademark consumer car vehicle tyre replacement premium snow tyre markets supply automobile manufacturers tyres new car production greater prices consistently found markets result higher compared rest tyre industry company produces materials tyre pressure monitors previously manufactured bicycle tyres currently licenses tyres finnish company retail tyre store chain services cars addition selling tyres owned company traces history pulp mill established car tyre production began company merger formed established joint venture company split started focusing entirely mobile communications business meaning tyres european subsidiary japanese tyre company currently largest minority history early corporate predecessors mining engineer established pulp mill banks town southwestern finland built second mill near town kilometres west better resources hydroelectric production help close friend statesman renamed transformed mills share company founding founded began manufacturing car tyres tyre introduced tyres sold tyre use brand finnish historical term finnish light service king sweden thirty years war originally called merged finnish cable works forest power industry company create manufactured tyres brand split created joint venture company shares floated largest mobile telephone manufacturer ended ownership interest tyres selling holding million shares subsidiary japanese tyre manufacturer million largest stake later announced tyres operated independently consider company product development testing distribution production bicycle tyres inner tubes started finland sold bicycle tyre business million successor company remains manufacturers snow tyres continues produce bicycle tyres including branded bicycle tyres set joint venture tyres multi industry manufacture passenger car tyres planned new factory venture started manufacturing project hold early provide technical expertise tyre manufacturing products sold russia eastern_europe tyre model line received list reputation status financial information principal activities manufacture passenger car tyres heavy commercial tyres retail tyre sales company profitable tyre manufacturer world earnings taxes interest relative sales compared continental profits million sales billion increase revenues previous year company revenue growth annually period publicly traded president chief executive officer september having previously served vice president years products passenger car tyres produces tyres passenger cars branded tyres sold countries designed winter tyres winter tyre patents manufacturer known winter tyres confused season tyres winter tyres described favourite critics received winter test results publications designed winter tyre models low rolling resistance offering lower fuel consumption company produce tyre allowed year round use having different patterns lateral aspect pattern winter pattern designed season pattern tyre manufacturer world fully eliminate high production process agents production facilitate rubber contain replaced low received finnish round environment demand tyres seasonal high percentage company sales winter tyres reduced seasonal fluctuations development summer weather tyres according company passenger car van tyre sales winter tyres winter tyre sales strong seasonal characteristic retail sales occurring days snowfall presenting challenges production delivery sell automobile manufacturers instead profitable consumer tyre replacement premium snow tyre markets highest market share finnish passenger car tyre market finnish swedish norwegian markets contributed corporate net sales russian market largest contributed net sales captured russian winter tyre market ceo describes russian consumer having love affair brand citing stems tyres fits local weather conditions genuine need market use winter tyres softer rubber compounds season tyres results improved starting stopping steering performance brand time western tyre brand russia having entered market soviet era contrast having russian tyre factory benefit lower tyre company abandoned russian tyre production hopes russian membership result lower import north american market accounted company net sales tyre subsidiary based tennessee usa market sell independent dealers use tyre products fill gaps product lines instead exclusive majority share results dealers specific tyres tyre tyre product range commercial vehicle tyres truck bus tyres sold brand steer traction trailer tyres marketed manufacturer special tyres forestry industrial machinery agriculture products sold original equipment replacement tyre market produces number product lines including tractor industrial country king world market leader forestry tyres key product subsidiary forestry tyres include model lines tyres degree bar angle cut length tyres degree bar angle bar angle tyre measurement smaller bar angles associated higher traction expense increased mud accumulation tyre related products tyres produces materials tyres industry competitor produce materials european market tyre pressure monitor race cars produced bicycle brand bicycle tyres including winter touring models owned tyres finland external links website tyre chain owns holding tyre chain company owned stores derived latin phrase northern way northern road reflects tyre chain image tyre specialist winter conditions largest extensive tyre franchise countries approximately company owned retail outlets outlets total including franchises company owned outlets located switzerland russia norway finland sweden united_states united_states outlets located american states vermont new_hampshire new_york massachusetts countries outlets include ukraine estonia lithuania armenia georgia poland germany czech_republic slovakia bulgaria operated retail tyre stores norway acquired sweden launched coinciding company expansion finland estonia sells million tyres annually including brands tyres car tyre hotel facilities customers store summer winter tyres season offered tyre facilities finland production testing facilities produces tyres day factory finland tyres year brand original factory built current expanded times assembly lines finnish plant plant uses radio frequency devices monitor inventory materials manufacture tyres metre long strips rubber shortages rubber halt production keeping adequate supply materials increases efficiency despite trade journals discussing technique declines confirm production methods company acre testing facility road tests tyres april november november tests carried proving grounds permanent winter tyre testing facility world short summer finland tests summer tyres locations winter testing summer tyres takes place south_africa tests tyres facilities spain facilities germany russia factory produces approximately tyres daily employs employees factory russia near saint_petersburg plans increase manufacturing capacity million tyres annually factory established expanded facilities adding mixing department square metre warehouse capable housing tyres new mixing department gives factory capability produce rubber compounds site instead factory finland factory branded car tyres majority sold russia countries ussr plans build housing units sell employees cost russian factory expansion scheduled completed contract production tyres licenses production tyres companies united_states tennessee plant slovakia plant indonesia company tire contracts manufacture agriculture industrial tyres spain india past united_states contract manufacturing ohio plant contract manufacture includes production summer tyres expansion million tyres year agricultural industrial tyres contract romania years december withdrew citing quality standards contract manufacture types heavy tyres undertaken polish plant began shift contract manufacture industrial tyres factory spain agricultural tyres tyres india increase tyre demand result improving economies considering increasing production additional tyre manufacture asia
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