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AAK (company)

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AAK AB
Company typePublic
Nasdaq Stockholm: AAK
IndustryVegetable Oils and Fats
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
HeadquartersMalmö, Sweden
Key people
RevenueIncrease SEK 35,452 million (2021)
Increase SEK 2,393 million (2020)
Number of employees
4,013 (2021)
Websitewww.aak.com
Footnotes / references
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AAK AB, formerly AarhusKarlshamn, is a global Sweden-based company and producer of vegetable oils and fats.[2]

History

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The 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

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The 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

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The group has production facilities in numerous countries with its main production units situated in:[2]

Products

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The 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

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In 2021, AAK was named world's second top specialty oil company by the Chinese food media FoodTalks.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Year-end report 2021" (PDF). AAK (publ.). Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  2. ^ a b c d "AAK Annual Report 2020". www.aak.com. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  3. ^ "About AAK". AAK AB (publ.). Archived from the original on 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-04-30.
  4. ^ "Aktieinformation". OMXNASDAQ. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  5. ^ "Interim Report for the fourth quarter and year-end report 2021" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2021-04-30.
  6. ^ 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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