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by AndyMcConachie 976 days ago
Nokia makes all kinds of telecommunications gear that is not consumer facing.

One time I was working in an old Cold War bunker in Finland that was being used as a datacenter. Really wild place with servers in rows in cavernous caves. The toilet paper dispenser in the men's room was made by Nokia ;)

A Swedish friend of mine has a chainsaw guard made by Nokia.

They used to make even more kinds of stuff.

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The started off pulping paper in 1865. They've sold off all the non technology businesses years ago - Nokia tyres is probably the biggest:

https://www.nokiantyres.com/

I think the counterpart to Nintendo's playing cards in Nokia's history is rubber boots.
Nokia's history is rubber boots

That part of Nokia still exists actually, spun off as Nokian Tyres.