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AAK AB, formerly AarhusKarlshamn, is a global Sweden-based company and producer of vegetable oils and fats.[2]
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| Company type | Public |
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| Nasdaq Stockholm: AAK | |
| Industry | Vegetable Oils and Fats |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Malmö, Sweden |
Key people | |
| Revenue |  SEK 35,452 million (2021) |
| SEK 2,393 million (2020) | |
Number of employees | 4,013 (2021) |
| Website | www.aak.com |
| Footnotes / references [1] | |
History
editThe company, formerly known as AarhusKarlshamn, was founded in 2005 through the merger of Karlshamns AB (founded 1918 in Karlshamn, Sweden) and Aarhus United A/S (founded 1871 in Aarhus, Denmark).[3]
Company
editThe company has been listed, as the current legal entity, on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (OMX) since 2005 and had a total market cap of about 50,2 billion SEK,[4] as of April 30, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the group had a total turnover of 35,452 million SEK, an operating profit of 2,393 million SEK, and 4,013 employees globally.[2][5]
Production facilities
editThe group has production facilities in numerous countries with its main production units situated in:[2]
Runcorn, United Kingdom
Villavicencio, Colombia
Louisville, United States
Jundiaí, Brazil
Zhangjiagang, China- Richmond (CA), United States
Khopoli, India
Aarhus, Denmark- Hull, United Kingdom
Karlshamn, Sweden
Montevideo, Uruguay
Morelia, Mexico- Newark (NJ), United States
Zaandijk, The Netherlands
Merksem, Belgium- Dalby, Sweden
- Hillside (NJ), United States
- Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Products
editThe company's products are used in a wide variety of applications in the food, confectionery, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and animal feed industries.[2]
Awards and recognitions
editIn 2021, AAK was named world's second top specialty oil company by the Chinese food media FoodTalks.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Year-end report 2021" (PDF). AAK (publ.). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
- ^ a b c d "AAK Annual Report 2020". www.aak.com. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "About AAK". AAK AB (publ.). Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
- ^ "Aktieinformation". OMXNASDAQ. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
- ^ "Interim Report for the fourth quarter and year-end report 2021" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30.
- ^ Fu, Rice (2021-05-26). "2021年全球特种油脂企业30强". FoodTalks (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2022-01-21. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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