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Henrik Ager appointed new President and CEO of Höganäs

4
September
2023

Lindéngruppen company Höganäs AB has appointed Henrik Ager as the new President and CEO of Höganäs, starting October 2, 2023. Henrik Ager is currently CEO of Copperstone Resources AB.

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Jonatan Pihlgren is the 2023 recipient of the Beckers Art Award. Portrait of Jonatan in his studio 2022 (cropped image). Photo: Fredrik Åkum.

Innovating and expressive artist receives the Beckers Art Award 2023

24
August
2023

Beckers Art Award 2023 has been given to Gothenburg-based artist Jonatan Pihlgren who explores intense emotions in paintings where everyday life meets dreams and fantasies. Sculpting and performance are also parts of his artistic practice. As part of the award, Jonatan Pihlgren holds two solo exhibitions and the second one opens at KKAM (former Höganäs Museum) on Saturday August 26 and stays open until September 24.

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Höganäs monitors environmental impact with help from satellites

30
June
2023

Höganäs is running a pilot project to investigate if satellite monitoring can provide better understanding of its operations impact on the environment.

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Colart joins the B Corp,™ movement

7
June
2023

With the mission to be a sustainable home of leading creative brands, the Lindéngruppen company Colart – including its brands Winsor & Newton, Liquitex, Lefranc Bourgeois, Conté à Paris and Charbonnel – is now a Certified B Corporation,™ (“B Corp,™).

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Magdalena Gerger joins the Colart board

1
June
2023

In June 2023 Magdalena Gerger becomes Vice Chair of Colart Group Holdings Limited. Colart is home to many of the most recognised art material brands and Magdalena Gerger brings both executive and non-executive experience from brand building in consumer goods industries.

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Alex Begg further reduces their environmental footprint

24
May
2023

Lindéngruppen company Alex Begg have reduced their environmental footprint by switching to renewable electricity, upcycling textile waste and using less water.

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From Tove Kjellmark’s exhibition ‘The Horse, the Robot and the Immeasurable’ at Färgfabriken, Stockholm.

Our Annual and Sustainability Report 2022

25
April
2023

Check out our progress in 2022 and gain insight into our pioneering work with True Value Creation and how we empower our companies to prosper and lead the transformation to a sustainable world.

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New ArcX facility further strengthens Höganäs’ position in the surface coating market

14
April
2023

Höganäs has inaugurated a new ArcX centre in Houston, Texas, to provide customers with state-of-the-art technical support. The ArcX technology centres provide a platform where customers can take technological challenges and have the global Höganäs expertise find solutions for them.

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Beckers' new Sustainable Innovation Centre

Beckers announces new Sustainable Innovation Centre to develop future coil coating technologies

22
March
2023

Lindéngruppen company Beckers is building a new Sustainable Innovation Centre in the UK to help unlock the potential of future coil coating technologies such as ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB) curing.

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Beckers pioneers more sustainable paint solution with customers

3
February
2023

Beckers have developed the first commercial paint formulations for ultraviolet and electron-beam curing in the coil coating market. The game-changing technologies can significantly reduce CO2 emissions and enhance efficiency in the industry.

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Höganäs’ Astaloy® CrS
Höganäs’ Astaloy® CrS

A holistic value chain approach to circularity

20
January
2023

Höganäs has broadened the way they work with circularity by looking at opportunities throughout the value chain – from the raw materials it sources to the products and residual materials it produces.

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