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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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.