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Lindéngruppen's christmas card 2021

Happy Holidays with Médecins Sans Frontières

21
December
2021

Médecins Sans Frontières makes a difference in the world. We too want to make a positive impact and contribute to the health and wellbeing of people all around the world. Therefore, we support their work.

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Alex Begg draws on people culture to merge new knitting business

10
December
2021

Lindéngruppen company Alex Begg bought a world-renowned knitwear producer in November 2020. The strong people culture in Alex Begg has been the main facilitator for successfully integrating the knitting business into the current operations.

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Photo: Global Child Forum

Global Child Forum’s Business Academy mobilizes business to integrate children’s rights

25
November
2021

The Children’s Rights and Business Workbook, which Lindéngruppen helped to develop last year, is now providing the foundation for Global Child Forum’s new Academy that aims to inspire large companies to adopt a proactive approach to children’s rights.

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Höganäs takes climate action to the next level

12
November
2021

In 2021, Lindéngruppen company Höganäs made significant progress on implementing its roadmap to be climate neutral by 2045 – by developing bottom-up action plans with its operations and integrating climate action into its overall business plan.

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Pilskytten farm sown with alexandrines, blood clover, chicory, white clover and vetch as a medium crop in organic oats.

Lindéngruppen involved in Swedish agriculture carbon sequestration pilot

3
September
2021

Lindéngruppen is a partner to Svensk Kolinlagring – a platform for researchers, farmers and companies with the objective to promote carbon sequestration and regenerative practices in Swedish agriculture.

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Bruno Guillon, board member in Alex Begg.

Alex Begg welcomes Bruno Guillon as new board member

1
July
2021

Bruno Guillon, who became a board member in March 2021, brings extensive business management experience that will help Alex Begg with its future development.

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Colart's Winsor & Newton promarker pens in a new packaging

Colart is on a mission to cut out single-use plastics

27
May
2021

Colart aspires to be a catalyst for a more sustainable art materials industry. In terms of plastics, the company is working towards zero single-use plastics by finding more sustainable alternatives in its packaging and products.

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Woman at her workplace Höganäs' atomizing plant in Halmstad

New Lindéngruppen Sustainability Report now available

12
May
2021

Lindéngruppen’s 2020 Sustainability Report, with a new and improved structure, provides an update on the Group’s sustainability progress and its ambitions going forward.

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Lindéngruppens head office Bruksgården in Höganäs, Sweden.
Lindéngruppens head office Bruksgården in Höganäs, Sweden.

Business update 2020

27
April
2021

How Lindéngruppen and our Group companies developed during 2020.

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Elin Hernebrant, Development Engineer and Ryan Robinson, Process Development Engineer at Höganäs
Elin Hernebrant, Development Engineer and Ryan Robinson, Process Development Engineer at Höganäs

Biochar can significantly reduce emissions for Höganäs and society

18
March
2021

Höganäs, which is 50 percent owned by Lindéngruppen, is on a journey to become climate neutral by 2045. An important step towards this ambition would be to replace fossil coal with renewable biochar in its sponge iron production process, which is the company’s largest source of carbon dioxide emissions.

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Lindéngruppen's virtual boardroom and a women with a VR headset
Lindéngruppen's virtual boardroom

VR creates innovative collaboration space for Lindéngruppen during COVID-19

4
March
2021

Lindéngruppen’s annual Global Management Conference took place in Virtual Reality, which created an innovative collaboration space, saved time and more than 35 tonnes of CO2, and has re-defined how we communicate.

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Youngjae Lih's work 'Multiplicity to Singularity, then Singularity to Multiplicity'
Youngjae Lih's work 'Multiplicity to Singularity, then Singularity to Multiplicity'

Youngjae Lih the 2021 recipient of the Beckers Art Award

25
January
2021

The 34th Beckers Art Award has been awarded to Malmö-based artist Youngjae Lih who creates art through reverse engineering among other techniques.

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Judith Jungmann, Chief Human Resources Officer at Beckers
Judith Jungmann, Chief Human Resources Officer at Beckers

Establishing a feedback culture at Beckers

11
January
2021

In the summer of 2020, Lindéngruppen company Beckers launched employee Check-In Conversations to establish a strong feedback culture throughout the company.

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Lindéngruppen wishes Happy Holidays with MSF

22
December
2020

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) makes a difference in the world. We too want to make a positive impact and contribute to the health and wellbeing of people all around the world. Therefore, we support MSFs work.

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A paintbrush in use by Colart brand Liquitex

The important role of art during the pandemic

10
December
2020

Lindéngruppen company Colart has adapted to the challenges and opportunities created by the Covid-19 pandemic to look after its people, retailers and consumers.

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Alex Begg knitwear garments

Acquisition brings knitting craftmanship to Alex Begg

30
November
2020

Lindéngruppen company Alex Begg has bought the trade and assets of world-renowned knitwear producer Scott & Charters, strengthening both companies offer to their customers.

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Christophe Sabas CEO of Beckers Group

Christophe Sabas appointed CEO of Beckers Group

19
November
2020

Christophe Sabas is the new CEO at Lindéngruppen company Beckers Group after being acting CEO since June 2020. He tells us about his long career at Beckers, his insights as CEO to date and his future vision for the company.

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Lindéngruppen Global Management Conference 2020

22
October
2020

This year’s Global Management Conference was an international virtual summit gathering management teams and boards in the Lindéngruppen companies.

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Two kids sitting at a table playing

Lindéngruppen involved in an ActionLab to launch guidance on children’s rights

8
October
2020

Global Child Forum held a Digital ActionLab on 8 October, to launch a business guidance workbook on children’s rights that Lindéngruppen played an active role in developing. Lindéngruppen owner Jenny Lindén Urnes was one of the speakers at the ActionLab.

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Höganäs' Longer Heavier Truck (LHV) truck at the harbor.

Working to reduce transport emissions at Höganäs

2
October
2020

Lindéngruppen company Höganäs is proactively working with its partners to reduce the emissions from the transport of its materials and products. Such efforts are part of Höganäs’ Climate Roadmap and its goal to become climate neutral by 2045

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A pile of Begg x Co scarfs

Beyond compliance chemical management at Alex Begg

7
September
2020

Alex Begg has stepped up its work to remove chemicals from its supply chain by collaborating with customers and suppliers – to ensure beyond compliance chemical management.

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Photo: Beckers Group

Becoming the world’s most sustainable industrial coatings company – the Beckers way

6
July
2020

The Lindéngruppen company Beckers – a leading global supplier of industrial and coil coatings – has embarked on an ambitious sustainability journey by 2030. The recent strategy review resulted in clear focus on three main areas – Products with impact, Operations with impact and People with impact. For each area milestones and targets have been set that will take the company towards its vision of becoming the world’s most sustainable industrial coatings company.

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Björn Haase, Manager Non-metal products at Höganäs AB

How Höganäs contributes towards a more circular society

17
June
2020

Höganäs, which is 50 percent owned by Lindéngruppen, contributes toward more circular resource use in society by promoting the use of its residual materials – to create economic value and environmental benefit.

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Lindéngruppen Sustainability Report 2019

14
May
2020

Our sustainability report present how we integrate relevant social, environmental and economic priorities into our business and across the companies in our group. 

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Our contribution to overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic

28
April
2020

Lindéngruppen companies are proactively helping society overcome COVID-19 by manufacturing hand sanitiser, providing knowledge, offering surplus supplies to healthcare and making donations to health charities.

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Strategic collaboration supports Lindéngruppen’s sustainability agenda

17
April
2020

Lindéngruppen has a long-term strategic partnership with the Blekinge Institute of Technology (Blekinge Tekniska Högskola – BTH) in southern Sweden that helps drive the company’s sustainability agenda forward.

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Colart product donation initiative

25
March
2020

How Colart’s discontinued products is being put to good use

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CapraCare - sustainable sourcing of cashmere

11
February
2020

Alex Begg’s ambition has always been to produce garments of the highest quality and the company is proud to meet stringent and demanding standards. But even the best practices can benefit from innovation.

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Photo credit: Fredrik Åkum

Fredrik Åkum receives Beckers Art Award

24
January
2020

Artist Fredrik Åkum is the 2020 recipient of the Beckers Art Award. Fredrik was born in 1987 and is based in Gothenburg, where he also graduated from the Valand Academy in 2013.

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Lindéngruppen wishes Happy Holidays with Médecins Sans Frontières

20
December
2019

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) makes a difference in the world. We want to do that too. Therefore, we support their life-saving work.

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@ Global Child Forum

Global Child Forum 10-year anniversary

16
December
2019

For a decade, Global Child Forum has been working to promote children’s rights – focusing primarily on engaging the business sector to drive positive change for the world’s children.

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From left: Paul Schrotti, Beth Forson, Ian Whiteford, Jakob Trollbäck, Lars Gunnar Schultz, Jenny Johansson, Nicklas Augustsson, Ajita Chamberlin and Nicklas Lång.

Lindéngruppen's annual Sustainability Meeting 2019

5
December
2019

Sustainability Directors from Colart, Beckers, Höganäs and Alex Begg gathered in London on December 3 for Lindéngruppen's annual Sustainability Meeting.

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Lindéngruppen Global Management Conference 2019

13
October
2019

On 8 October the management teams of Lindéngruppen and its companies convened in Stockholm for its third annual Global Management Conference.

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Photographer: Hasse Andersson

Höganäs praised for its work on gender equality

1
October
2019

The Industry Council (Industrirådet) awarded its annual equality award for 2019 to Höganäs. Höganäs is praised for its extensive and strategic work for gender equality, both at the company and in the industry as a whole. The award was presented by Åsa Lindhagen - Minister of Gender Equality - during The Industrial day in Sandviken.

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Mikael Bratt new board member of Höganäs AB

30
September
2019

Mikael Bratt, President and CEO of automotive safety supplier Autoliv Inc, Stockholm, Sweden, joins the Höganäs AB Board.

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Photographer: Tom Harmon

New Colart facility in the US

15
May
2019

The ultra-modern hub, located in Piscataway, New Jersey, was formally opened on 15th May 2019 by Colart CEO Dennis van Schie and Lindéngruppen CEO Paul Schrotti. Flexible, energy efficient and cross-functional, the new space is home to the regional head office teams, the North America distribution centre and two new artist studios.

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Lindéngruppen Sustainability Report 2018

Lindéngruppen Sustainability Report 2018

1
May
2019

Lindéngruppen has produced its second sustainability report. The report presents how we integrate relevant social, environmental and economic priorities into our business and across the companies in our group.

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Lars Gunnar Schultz appointed new CFO at Lindéngruppen

28
August
2018

As of September 2018, Lindéngruppen has appointed Lars Gunnar Schultz as its new CFO. Lars Gunnar Schultz brings to Lindéngruppen more than 30 years of experience, including an extensive background in financial planning and operations, management and strategy.

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Lindéngruppen Sustainability Report 2017

26
April
2018

Lindéngruppen has produced its first sustainability report. Covering the efforts and progress in the field of the companies we own, but primarily describing how we as an owner drive these issues.

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The team - Ian Laird, Jenny Lindén Urnes, Niclas Augustsson, Joacim Björk, Jenny Johansson, Boris Gorella and Nicklas Lång.

Global Child Forum 2018

11
April
2018

Representatives from Lindéngruppen, Beckers, Höganäs and Alex Begg attended the 10th Global Child Forum in Stockholm.

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Prime Minister Theresa May visited Alex Begg

29
March
2018

On 29th March, PM Theresa May met staff at our Alex Begg factory in Ayr, Scotland, as part of a day-long tour to hear the views of businesses and other organisations across the UK, one year before the European Union exit.

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Theresa Traore Dahlberg receives the 2019 Beckers Art Award

12
March
2018

The film maker and artist Theresa Traore Dahlberg is the 2019 recipient of the Beckers Art Award.

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Höganäs acquires surface coating division from H.C. Starck

1
March
2018

On 1st March 2018, Höganäs AB took over part of international metal powder producer H.C. Starck, namely the division for surface coating: Surface Technology & Ceramic Powders (STC). This is Höganäs’ largest acquisition so far and one of three in a short period.

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Hultman explores our collective memory in her interactive, multi-media installations

Petra Hultman receives the 2018 Beckers Art Award

23
January
2018

Petra Hultman receives the 31st annual Beckers Art Award for her ability to visually and personally, no matter the technique, reach out to us viewers in an intelligent and sensitive artistic expression, which testifies of larger and more important issues.

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Lindéngruppen returns to Bruksgården and looks to the future

1
July
2017

After a seven-year-long renovation that included construction of a new extension by architect Petra Gipp, Bruksgården in Höganäs, Sweden, has been re-inaugurated as the headquarters of Lindéngruppen.

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Paul Schrotti new CEO of Lindéngruppen

16
June
2017

As of January 2018 Paul Schrotti will be the new CEO of Lindéngruppen. Paul comes from Axel Johnson AB, where he since 2010 has held the position as Executive Vice President.

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Anna Camner's paintings are on show at Färgfabriken in Stockholm from 28 January to 12 March 2017

Anna Camner receives the 2017 Beckers Art Award

28
January
2017

Stockholm hyper-realism painter Anna Camner has been named the 2017 recipient of the Beckers Art Award.

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New Communication and Sustainability Officer

22
May
2016

Lindéngruppen has appointed Jenny Johansson as Chief Communication and Sustainability Officer – a new role that reflects the group's ambition to integrate sustainability into all aspects of its businesses.

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Painter Tomas Lundgren receives Beckers Art Award

14
February
2016

Gothenburg-based artist Tomas Lundgren, a painter of works based on old photographs and portraits, has been announced as the recipient of the 2016 Beckers Art Award.

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Lindéngruppen has agreed a five-year deal to fund sustainability research at Blekinge Institute of Technology

Lindéngruppen funds sustainable development research

8
January
2016

Lindéngruppen has signed a long-term agreement to support the Blekinge Institute of Technology’s (BTH) internationally recognised research on strategic sustainable development.

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Staff from the Doctors Without Borders ship MY Phoenix helping migrants in the Mediterranean. © Ikram N'Gadi

Lindéngruppen donates to refugee action

29
September
2015

Lindéngruppen has donated SEK 200,000 (€20,000) to help Doctors Without Borders tackle the refugee crisis in Europe and the Middle East.

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Wood sculptor takes Beckers Award

16
January
2015

Swedish wood sculptor Julia Bondesson has been named the recipient of the 2015 Beckers Art Award and is to exhibit her works at a five-week exhibition in Stockholm starting on January 24.

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Ex-IKEA CEO joins Lindéngruppen board

1
September
2014

Former IKEA chief executive officer Mikael Ohlsson has joined the board of directors of Lindéngruppen.

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ColArt's Griffin Gallery promotes the work of upcoming artists.

Wising up with ColArt

14
April
2014

ColArt has unveiled an ambitious sustainability programme that will see the world’s largest manufacturer of artists’ materials make sustainable development the core pillar of its business strategy.

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Street tableau by Beckers Art Award 2014 recipient David Molander

Urban photographer scoops art award

23
January
2014

Photographs by David Molander go on show in Stockholm on January 25 to celebrate the Swedish photographer being named recipient of the 2014 Beckers Art Award.

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A rainwater harvest project at Beckers' site in Goa, India, cut water consumption by 23% there in 2012 from the previous year.

Beckers Group launches sustainability drive

23
August
2013

Lindéngruppen company Beckers Group has published its first sustainability report and adopted targets aimed at making it the world’s most sustainable industrial coatings supplier.

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Urban artist using the new Liquitex non-solvent-based spray paint.

Artist-friendly spray paint wins praise for ColArt

18
June
2013

Lindéngruppen-owned ColArt has scored a hit in the international spray paint market after launching the first water-based aerosol that meets the needs of traditional fine artists and urban artists in one can.

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"Harangue" – a work of art in ceramic by Sara Möller.

Ceramic designer receives Beckers Art Award

29
April
2013

Sara Möller, a young ceramic artist from southern Sweden, has received the 2013 Beckers Art Award, one of the country’s most prestigious art prizes.

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Interview with Jenny Lindén Urnes – sustaining success

16
November
2012

Lindéngruppen owner and chairman Jenny Lindén Urnes gives Our News her view on the family business and some of the challenges that lie ahead.

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Work by Elin Behrens. From left to right: The Light, The Shelf and The Board, all 2012.

Malmö artist wins silver jubilee Beckers Art Award

8
October
2012

The Beckers Art Award, one of Sweden’s top prizes for innovative young artists, has marked its 25th jubilee by announcing Malmö-based artist Elin Behrens as winner of its 2012 award.

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