Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere. Nokias history dates back to 1. Finnish Swedemining engineer. Fredrik Idestam established a pulp mill near the town of Tampere, Finland then in the Russian Empire. A second pulp mill was opened in 1. Nokia, offering better hydropower resources. In 1. 87. 1, Idestam, together with friend Leo Mechelin, formed a shared company from it and called it Nokia Ab Nokia Company being the English equivalent, after the site of the second pulp mill. Idestam retired in 1. Mechelin the companys chairman, and soon managed his wish expanding into electricity generation by 1. Idestam. In 1. 90. Finnish Rubber Works Suomen Gummitehdas, a rubber business founded by Eduard Poln, established a factory near the town of Nokia and using its name. In 1. 92. 2, Nokia Ab entered into a partnership with Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable Works Suomen Kaapelitehdas, a producer of cables and electronics, all now jointly under the leadership of Poln. Finnish Rubber Works company grew rapidly when it moved to the Nokia region in the 1. Nokia at the time also made respirators for both civilian and military use, from the 1. LV 3. 17. M military radio in Hmeenlinna artillery museum. Nokia license built PRC 7. In 1. 96. 7, the three companies Nokia, Finnish Cable Works and Finnish Rubber Works merged and created the new Nokia Corporation, a new restructured form divided into four major businesses forestry, cable, rubber and electronics. In the early 1. 97. Nokia also started making military equipment for Finlands defence forces Puolustusvoimat, such as the Sanomalaite M9. M6. 1 gas mask first developed in the 1. Nokia was now also making professional mobile radios, telephone switches, capacitors and chemicals. Download free apps, games, themes, wallpapers, ringtones, and more for phones and tablets. Millions of members are sharing the fun and billions of free downloads served. Following Finlands trade agreement with the Soviet Union in the 1. Nokia expanded into the Soviet market. It soon widened trade, ranging from automatic telephone exchanges to robotics amongst others, and by the late 1. Soviet Union became a major market for Nokia, helping to yield in high profits. Nokia was also co operating on scientific technology with the Soviets. Following the end of the Cold Wardtente in the early 1. U. S. government became increasingly suspicious about the technologic co operation between Nokia and its Soviet partners. However Nokia was importing many American components that were then used for the Soviets, and according to U. S. Deputy Minister of Defence, Richard Perle, Nokia had a secret co operation with the Pentagon that allowed the U. S. to keep track in technologic developments in the Soviet Union through trading with Nokia. However this was a demonstration of Finland trading with both sides, as it was neutral during the Cold War. In 1. 97. 7, Kari Kairamo became CEO and he transformed the companys businesses. By this time Finland were becoming what has been called Nordic Japan. Under his leadership Nokia acquired many companies. In 1. 98. 4, Nokia acquired television maker Salora, followed by Swedish electronics and computer maker Luxor AB in 1. French television maker Oceanic in 1. This made Nokia the third largest television manufacturer of Europe behind Philips and Thomson. The existing brands continued to be used until the end of the television business in 1. Nokia Mikko 3 minicomputer, 1. In 1. 98. 7, Nokia acquired Schaub Lorenz, the consumer operations of Germanys Standard Elektrik Lorenz SEL, which included its Schaub Lorenz and Graetz brands. It was originally part of American conglomerate International Telephone Telegraph ITT and after the acquisition products were sold under the ITT Nokia brand, despite SELs sale to Compagnie Gnrale dElectricit CGE, the predecessor of Alcatel, in 1. On 1 April 1. 98. Nokia bought the computer division of Ericssons Information Systems,1. Swedish aircraft and car manufacturer Saab called Datasaab. Ericsson Information Systems made Alfaskop terminals, typewriters, minicomputers and Ericsson IBM compatible PCs. The merge with Nokias existing Information Systems division which already had a line of personal computers called Mikro. Mikko since 1. 98. Nokia Data. Nokia also acquired Mobira, a mobile telephony company, which was the foundation of its future mobile phones business. In 1. 98. 1, Mobira launched the Nordic Mobile Telephone NMT service, the worlds first international cellular network and the first to allow international roaming. In 1. 98. 2, Mobira launched the Mobira Senator car phone, Nokias first mobile phone. At that time, the company had no interest in producing mobile phones, which the executive board regarded as akin to James Bonds gadgets improbably futuristic and niche devices. After all these acquisitions Nokias revenue base became US2. Tragically CEO Kairamo committed suicide on 1. December 1. 98. 8. In 1. 98. 7, Kaapelitehdas Finnish Cable Works discontinued production of cables at its Helsinki factory, effectively shutting down the sub company. Mobira 8. 00 NDB non directional beacon located in the Finnish Air Force signals museum. Nokia MAC 8. 53. 2 laser rangefinder previously used by Finnish coastal artillery. Hmeenlinna artillery museum display containing fire control officer with Nokia artillery calculator in Finnish artillery battalion command post. Late 1. 98. 0s Mikro. Mikko 4 TT m. 21. Museum of Technology, Helsinki, Finland. ITT Nokia television with an ITT Nokia VCR ITTSELA 1. Mobira pager. 19. Jorma Ollila, who oversaw the rise of Nokia in the mobile phone market as CEO from 1. Following Simo Vuorilehtos appointment as CEO, a major restructuring was planned. With 1. 1 groups within the company, Vuorilehto divested industrial units he deemed as un strategic.