Polar
FI · 1977 · Running
Heart-rate pioneers from Kempele, now multisport watches and sensors
Invented the wireless heart-rate monitor on a ski track in northern Finland and has been private and Finnish ever since. Research stays in Kempele; the two factories are in China and Malaysia, and Polar says so plainly. Support is chat only.
- Ownership
- Independent
- Status
- Trading
- Made
- Own factories, China and Malaysia
- Offers
- deep provenance, plain-language guides, a repair service, spare parts
- Activities
- Running, Trail running