Nokian Tyres plans to invest EUR51.4m in its Russian operations in 2006, down from EUR60.4m in 2005, the Finnish tyre manufacturer said on Tuesday.


Nokian Tyres’ major investments in Russia are the Vsevolozhsk tyre plant in the Leningrad Region and the automotive accessories retail chain Vianor, the Prime-Tass news agency noted.


The company’s plant in the town of Vsevolozhsk was opened in June 2005 and output totalled 290,600 car tyres by year-end, according to the company’s earlier reports.


Nokian Tyres is a major European automotive tyre producer. The company’s net profit rose 11.4% year on year to EUR82.2m in 2005 on sales of EUR686.5m, 13.8% up year on year, the company said, according to Prime-Tass.

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