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Mon, 20 Jan, 2014 12:47:35 AM
FTimes Report by Shahidul Islam, January 20
 
 
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The Rovaniemi snowmobile factory BRP Finland Oy (Ltd), the biggest industrial power house in the Arctic Circle, has reached a landmark.
 
By producing 300,000 Lynx snowmobiles until December 16, 2013, BRP Finland Oy has established itself as one of the world’s leading snowmobile manufacturers. 
 
The BRP Finland Oy has also been the highest corporate taxpayer in Rovaniemi over the last few years boosting the city’s economy as well.
 
Starting in 1978, Rovaniemi snowmobile factory was taken over by Canadian Bombardier Inc in 1993. 
 
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With the acquisition of a Canadian-American investment group in 2003, the factory was given a new name – Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP).
 
Lynx snowmobile production began in the late 1960s at Ostrobothnia in Alaska, and moved to Rovaniemi in the 1970s, when a portion of the production of the company Velsa Oy was transferred from the town of Kurikka to Rovaniemi. 
 
BPR also assembles some models of Ski-Doo snowmobiles and Can-Am ATVs (all-terrain vehicles).
 
 BRP’s best innovation are the six-wheeled Can-Am ATVs, developed and assembled entirely in Rovaniemi. 
 
Over the years, BRP Finland Oy has had a great impact on Rovaniemi’s economy. Currently, the company employs more than 300 people in its manufacturing facility.
In 2008-09, BRP invested about €30m for a new production plant in Rovaniemi.
 
According to Stig Måtar, managing director of BRP Finland Oy, Rovaniemi is an ideal place for snowmobile manufacturing, as the city has enough snow and demanding conditions to enable an authentic setting for snowmobile development and testing. 
 
At the same time, it is very close to the key markets. The city also has business-orientated administration and a skilled workforce which is very important for manufacturing.  
Recently, BRP has moved to setup a new production plant where it will manufacture its very own six-wheeled Can-Am ATVs. 
 
Production is expected to begin next March in Rovaniemi and more than 90% of the products will be exported. 
 
Jukka Jokinen, the CEO of BRP Finland Oy, termed the movement as  important thing for the company and the partners as the decision would certainly bring more jobs to the plant as well as to the  related networks.
 
The lightweight six-wheeled off-road vehicle has high demand worldwide. Today, such  types of vehicle are used broadly. The Norwegian peacekeepers use Polaris’s six-wheel  ATVs in Afghanistan
 
 
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