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		tellarin on Oct 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Nokia’s collapse turned a sleepy town in Finland i... Don’t forget that Nokia was originally a paper company.

Jommi on Nov 6, 2019 [–]

Not sure if that's completely true or that it was just a commonplace to name your company according to the area/city youre in.

tellarin on Nov 11, 2019 | [–]

Nokia was originally a pulp mill (1870s), which produced input to make paper. And it also produced paper in the 1950s and 60s.

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