Nomo Kullager grows in Finland

- New acquisition paves the way for Nordic expansion

• AxIndustries expands in Finland

  29/11/2011 Strategic acquisition strengthens position. Paves the way for Nordic expansion. AxIndustries has acquired the Finnish technology trading company Tekniikka Center. The company has annual turnover of EUR 4.5 million with operations in Turku and Forssa.

• AxFlow acquires British based Thames Valley Pumps

  22/11/2011 AxFlow Limited, in Great Britain, has acquired Thames Valley Pumps in Windsor. Thames Valley Pumps will continue providing pumps, service, repair and maintenance to pump users from its established premises operating as AxFlow’s division in Windsor under the existing management team of Frank Moszkal and Bob Jervis.

• AxFlow acquire Norpump in Norway

  06/10/2011 Expands it’s engineering and service offer and strengthens position. 

• Niklas Enmark appointed new CFO at Axel Johnson International

  14/07/2011 Niklas Enmark has been appointed as CFO at Axel Johnson International. He joins us from Lagercrantz Group, where he has served as CFO since 2004. Before that, Niklas had worked as Investment Manager at Investor Growth Capital and as manager at Handelsbanken Investment Banking, Corporate Finance.  “Niklas’s experience of acquisitions and of financial management and control in areas including.....

• AxFlow acquires TM-Palvelu in Finland

  27/06/2011 TM-Palvelu is a well-established pump service and piping contractor. The acquisition will further strengthen AxFlow’s competence within pump maintenance and after sales services in Finland.

• AxFlow acquires Swedish based Chemo-Invest Specialpumpar

  09/05/2011 The acquisition of Chemo-Invest Specialpumpar makes AxFlow the largest distributors of positive displacement pumps and fluid handling systems in Sweden.

• Mr Ralf Wiberg appointed Regional Director, Baltic Sea Region, CERTEX Division

  21/03/2011 Mr Ralf Wiberg has been appointed Regional Director for the Baltic Sea Region including the operations in Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. He will also assume the position as Deputy Group MD for the CERTEX Division. Mr Wiberg will be starting his employment as of 21 March 2011. Ralf Wiberg has a long history with CERTEX which starts in 1989 when he joined the CERTEX Finla...

• Forankra International acquires material handling business from Inka Group

  22/03/2011 Forankra International has through its subsidiaries Haklift ABT Oy and CERTEX Eesti OÜ signed an agreement to acquire the material handling business of the Inka Group. The acquisition will strengthen the market position of the two companies especially in the customised lifting sling and lashing systems products. Simultaneously an agreement has been signed to distribute the extensive range of In...

• Mr Carl-Magnus Ruthberg appointed Chief Financial Officer, Forankra International

  17/02/2011 Carl-Magnus has a Master’s Degree in Economics and Finance from Gothenburg School of Economics and Commercial Law and has previously held several Management positions within Finance and Investment Management at Bure, Ratos, the Cygate Group and Carl Lamm. His latest position has been as CFO for Ricoh Sweden which is a part of Ricoh Europe Holdings. Mr Carl-Magnus Ruthberg will assume the positi...

• Mr Stefan Jagelid, appointed Managing Director, CERTEX Svenska AB

  11/12/2010 Mr Stefan Jagelid has held several Management Positions in the areas of production engineering, product development, sourcing and general management for European and Global companies like Ericsson, Ascom and Nobel Biocare. In his last position Mr Jagelid was responsible for the Nobel Biocare plant in Stockholm with 110 employees and he was also Head of Global Product Development with...

• Outokumpu extends collaboration with AxIndustries

  11/12/2010 AxIndustries and its subsidiary Nomo Kullager have signed a new comprehensive distribution and service agreement with the Outokumpu Group, covering the delivery and servicing of roller bearings.   The agreement runs for three years, with an option to extend by a further two, starting in January 2011. During the agreement period, the parties will be endeavouring to develop their collaboration....

• Elektro Dynamo acquires Eltjänst Elektromekaniska i Lidköping

  11/12/2010 Elektro Dynamo, which specialises in sales and service of industrial components, is seizing the opportunity to further consolidate its market position in the electro-mechanical sector. On 1 December, it acquired Eltjänst Elektromekaniska i Lidköping.   “Together with Eltjänst Elektromekaniska i Lidköping, we will become an even stronger partner in the region and extend our availability and...

• AxFlow expands its diaphragm pump portfolio in Sweden

  11/12/2010 AxFlow AB announce an addition to their diaphragm pump portfolio effective November 1, 2010 with Marathon and Dellmeco air operated double diaphragm (AODD) pumps, and Pumper Parts. Marathon, the high quality AODD pump range with externally serviceable air distribution system. The pump is equipped with ball valves, or optionally flap valves for liquids with larger solid content. Production is...

• Mr Peter Lindquist appointed Managing Director and CEO of AxIndustries

  11/05/2010 We are pleased to announce that Mr Peter Lindquist has been appointed new Managing Director and CEO of AxIndustries, Sweden, from September 1, 2010.

• AxFlow acquires Hendriks Techniek Flevo B.V.

  06/05/2010 As from April 1, 2010 the complete business activities of Hendriks Techniek Flevo B.V. in Dronten, the Netherlands will be taken over by AxFlow's new subsidiary AxFlow Systems B.V. and will make AxFlow a systems supplier all over Europe.

• Anita Lennerstad appointed Managing Director of Trailereffekter AB

  04/05/2010 Anita Lennerstad has been appointed new Managing Director of Trailereffekter AB effective from August 16, 2010. Anita is 54 years old with Volvo Group as her most recent employer. She has many years of experience in leading positions, and her 20 years of successful work in after sales in Sweden as well as abroad for Volvo Penta, Volvo Parts, Volvo Truck Corp and Volvo Bus Corp, among others, is...

• AxFlow expands its product portfolio with CDR pumps

  10/03/2010 Effective March 1, 2010, AxFlow becomes the exclusive distributor in Denmark of the large pump program from the Italian company CDR Pompe SpA.

• AxFlow is expanding its product portfolio in Sweden with NASH vacuum pumps and compressors

  02/03/2010 Effective February 15, 2010, AxFlow is the official distributor of NASH vacuum pumps and compressors in Sweden.

• Nomo Kullager grows in Finland

  01/03/2010 Nomo Kullager, through its daughter company Porin Laakeri Oy has acquired the Finnish technology trading company Tauno Tasanto Oy. Based in Oulu, and with an annual turnover of 2 million EUROs, Tasanto is a distributor of rolling bearings and seals. Customers include the heavy industries, such as steel, saw mill and pulp and paper, in northern Finland.