Re: Nokia or Nokian?

["Jouko Haapanen" <joukoh@vtoy.fi>]

Nokia was originally the parent company, which has in recent years been
split into a number of other companies:

Nokian Tyres
Nokia (phones/telecoomunications)
Nokian Jalkineet (boots etc)
NK Cable (Nokia Cable)
etc.

Nokian is possessive form of Nokia in the local tongue...
The companies want different identities, and thus the name changes.


Jouko Haapanen 
Pori, Finland

Nokian 1 (on wifes Jetta)
Michelin XM+S 330 (on quattro - Nokian doesn't make 17" tires...)
P700Z (on Carrera 3.2 - garaged for 4 more months)




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> From: Byas U Nambisan <Byas_U_Nambisan@ccm.fm.intel.com>
> To: quattro@coimbra.ans.net
> Subject: Nokia or Nokian?
> Date: 13. marraskuuta 1997 18:25
> 
> Is Nokian tires the same as Nokia tires?  Is there any conection to the
Finnish 
> group that produces cellphones, ships etc?
> Byas