Our family-run company Pokka Reindeer Hides

Pokka Reindeer Hides is an esteemed family-run enterprise founded by Olavi Pokka in 1969. In 2001, the company’s activities were taken on by the family’s son, Harri Pokka together with his wife Mariela Pokka. The company was named Lapin Nahka Oy, Pokka Reindeer Hides.
The corporate idea of Pokka Reindeer Hides is to provide high-quality reindeer hides for interior decoration purposes, as well as sorted semi-finished products for the leather industry taking into consideration individual requirements of the client. We cherish traditional production methods and focus on high quality and first-class work. Each of our decorative hides is skilfully prepared by hand, with machined assistance used during various stages of the work.

Principles

Respect

Quality

Service

Research

OUR COMPANY VALUES

Our activities are based on a strict set of values that provide the strong foundation for our commercial activities.
OPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY
We engage in continual interactive discussion with our stakeholders and respect the principles of transparency in everything we do.
QUALITY
We make high-quality and exclusive products; quality is a matter of honour for us.
CUSTOMER ORIENTATION
We are a flexible and fast-reacting organisation focusing on providing products and service to our customers in the best ways possible

CONTINUOUS DEVELOPMENT

We value expertise and are continuously developing our operations and procedures, and we invest in training our employees in order to facilitate continuous development

RESPECT

We highly value our raw materials, working environment, northern nature, and all our stakeholders

The most modern ecological technology in the industry

is utilised throughout our production process. The actual preparation of the hide is done by hand using traditional methods. Dozens of work stages are completed under strict quality control.

Continuous investment into research and development ensures the emphasis of quality in our products. Each hide is subjected to a thorough quality inspection and Pokka Reindeer Hides is naturally officially certified and holds a valid environmental permit. We believe in respecting nature as we handle the unique raw materials it provides.

A reindeer hide is a natural and warm luxury item used for the interior decoration of houses and holiday homes alike. A reindeer hide gives the finishing touches required for creating a homely atmosphere.

Pokka Reindeer Hides distributes its products to Finnish and foreign retailers and importers direct from its factory located at the Arctic Circle. Pokka Reindeer Hides is the world’s leading producer of decorative reindeer hides: our sales network covers over 35 countries.

Responsibility

Lapin Nahka Oy

is a family-run business founded in 1969 that currently employs approximately 20 employees. We invest into the training and expertise of our employees. We want to work in the northern region, which is where the majority of our raw materials are sourced. Quality and continual improvement are our intrinsic values and each hide is subjected to a strict quality control inspection before being sent to the customer.

Our long-standing stakeholders

form our value network, the operations of which can be trusted and together expands to become the top experts in the industry. Learning also requires humbleness and the continuous assessment of our activities enables us to further improve and develop our operations.

As quality naturally commences

in the very initial stages of the chain, before the hide even reaches us, we have shared our expertise and professional skills with a number of suppliers in Finland, Scandinavia and the Barents region. Working together with our various stakeholder groups we also train the suppliers in the chain. Acting in this way we ensure high-quality raw materials are used to made first-class products.