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Eduard Polón, the company’s first Managing Director, saw the possibilities of the growing car tyre market already in the early 1900s. He developed the idea of establishing a tyre department while being banished to Siberia for his political views in 1916. Board members Antti Antero and Gustaf Westerlund travelled to meet Polón in Chukhloma ...
Ulrik Wilhelm Eduard Polón (16 June 1861 – 30 September 1930) was a Finnish business leader and a political patriot during the country's years of oppression. Under his leadership, a rubber industry was launched in the country. He was the founder, CEO, chairman of the board and majority shareholder of Suomen Kumitehdas Oy or the Finnish Rubber Company. His group also designed and introduced ...
Gallen-Kallela planned a grand version of the Kalevala as his gift to the Finnish people, a gold- and silver-decorated volume with 700 parchment pages including 150 paintings. The leather covers would be adorned with Finnish stones and freshwater pearls. “All my life, though at first unaware of it, I have prepared for this task,” he wrote ...
The family's money played a key role at two stages in the history of Kumitehdas, then under the leadership of Eduard Polón. Firstly, in 1915, Polón's camp bought out the other party, the group of K.A. Paloheimo, which was constantly warring with it; then, from 1918 to 1922, Kumitehdas bought majority share holdings in Nokia Ltd, a company ...
Language Label Description Also known as; English: Edith Polón. Finnish writer
14 Jan 2023 · Eduard Polón. January 14, 2023. Ulrik Wilhelm Eduard Polón (16 June 1861 – 30 September 1930) [1] was a Finnish business leader [2] and a political patriot during the country's years of oppression. [3] Under his leadership, a rubber industry was launched in the country. He was the founder, CEO, chairman of the board and majority shareholder ...
10 Ogo 2023 · Nokia is a Finnish multinational company specializing in consumer electronics, information technology, and telecommunications. The company was founded as a paper mill in 1865 by Fredrik Idestam, Leo Mechelin, and Eduard Polón. In the 1990s, Nokia executives decided to focus on communications and sell off the company’s diverse business units.
