The name Nokia originally meant an animal, a place and a group of people.
The word Nokia comes from the old Finnish word "nois"-a small mink that lives on both sides of the Nokia River and looks like an ancient mink. As a place name, Nokia originally only referred to Nokia territory, and later Nokia was also used to refer to people living in Nokia territory in Pirkkala parish.
1865 after the establishment of Nokia, local people began to use Nokia more to refer to the thriving industrial zone at that time. Pohjois-Pirkkala Town was built in 1937, and one year later it was renamed as Nokia Town in recognition of the largest industrial facilities and employers in the region. 1977, Nokia Town was upgraded to Nokia City. Nokia's logo is a sable crawling in a blue stream.
Although Nokia has given up the original paper, power and rubber industries, these industries are still very developed in Nokia today. Nokia Tire Company specializes in developing and producing summer and winter tires for automobiles and bicycles and tires for heavy vehicles. At present, it is Nokia's largest employer with more than 65,438+0,300 employees.
Nokia has more than 2 million individual shareholders.
Nokia's shareholders include private shareholders and corporate shareholders. By the end of 2002, Nokia had more than 2 million individual shareholders, about half of whom were in the United States and the other half were in European countries.
As of February 3, 2002, the total number of shares of Nokia was about 4.8 billion shares, and its share capital value was about 288 million euros. Nokia's registered shareholders 129508 (all Nokia shares are counted as one shareholder). About 10% of Nokia's shares are held by Finnish shareholders, and their distribution is roughly as follows:
Nokia's three registered shareholders are Finnish RF Company, Somy Mutual Life Insurance Company and Juselius Sigrid stiftelse Company.
Nokia shares are traded in six major stock markets around the world.
Nokia's shares are listed on six major stock exchanges in the world: Helsinki/KOOC-0/9/KOOC-0/5, Stockholm/KOOC-0/983, London/KOOC-0/987, Paris/KOOC-0/988, Frankfurt/KOOC-0/988 and Frankfurt 65438. As one of the founding companies of Helsinki Stock Exchange 19 15, Nokia has been listed under the same company name for the longest time in this market.
Important Financial Data of Nokia in 2002
Nokia's net sales in 2002 was 30 billion euros (4% less than 200 1); Operating profit is 4.8 billion euros (42% higher than 200 1); The average earnings per share is 0.7 1 euro (up 54% from 200 1).
Nokia's annual market share has increased for five years in a row, reaching about 38%, which has doubled compared with 1997 19%.