This article provides some general information on some well-known Swedish brand name, even though some of them are not generally accepted as Swedish origin.
Sweden is unusual in that the size of the country, is a relatively large number of global companies. Until recently, this largely owned by Swedish, and even more, but some are now owned wholly or partially by non-Swedish groups, however, are still seen as the Swede. But most of theseCompanies are not familiar with most people because it applied to other sectors and not to sell to the public.
The people who work in these areas will be easily recognized names such as Alfa Laval (separators, heat transfer and fluid handling systems), AGA (gas industry - now part of the Linde Group), Atlas Copco (compressors, mining and construction ), ASEA (electrical equipment - now part of ABB), SKF (pasta SCA number 1 in the world and roller bearings and seals), (and newsprint, packaging, hygiene products), Sandvik (special steels and high-quality instruments), history - originally part of the Great Copper Mountain Mining Company and now Stora Enso (the number 1 worldwide in the field of paper products, packaging and forest) and Ericsson (Telecommunications).
However, there are also some industrial names that are recognizable to the general public. In no particular order are:
Volvo
"Volvo" means "I roll" in Latin, and its logo and 'based onTo illustrate the symbol for iron, early access to the steel industry in Sweden.
The public recognizes that Volvo make more cars, and the first Volvo car was built in 1927. Today, however, the car division - Volvo Cars - was a separate entity, yarn purchased by Ford and is now part of Ford's Premier car division (along with the British Jaguar, Land Rover and Aston Martin and Lincoln American).
The Volvo Group is now no-car productionOperations and focuses on heavy trucks (it is No. 2 in the world behind DaimlerChrysler and Renault Trucks in France and owns Mack Trucks in the U.S.), buses (which is also number two in the world), construction equipment (bulldozers, excavators , backhoes, etc.) and components of aircraft engines. A well known and further division of the Volvo Group, Volvo Penta, the units provide for recreational boats, work boats, industrial equipment, etc. For more information about Volvo Groupvisit the website http://www.volvo.com/group/global/en-gb
SAAB
The name is an acronym) formed from the initials of the Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (Swedish Aircraft Company and the company was founded to develop the industry, a national Swedish military aircraft.
The company then started to build cars, but Saab Automobile has been transferred into an independent unit in 1990 and acquired by General Motors in 2000. For many years, Saab and trucks through its subsidiarySaab-Scania, Scania, as well as an independent company spun off in 1995 (see below)
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The Saab Group is now focused on aerospace, weapons, electronics and other systems and represents the majority of the Swedish defense industry. If you are interested, check out [http://www.saabgroup.com/en/index.htm]
Scania
Scania was founded in 1891 and has since delivered more than 1,000,000 vehicles. Merged with Saab in 1969, but was shot as a separateCompany in 1995 stood at SAAB making both cars and trucks. The company is the third largest world manufacturer of heavy trucks and buses, such as Volvo, are heavy vehicles with their logo, a common sight on Britain's roads. As of this writing, the German MAN group is trying to take over or merge with Scania, which would create a group of trucks and buses is the largest of Volvo and the second in the world. Volksvagen, the single largest shareholder in both groups, has a blocked accounta hostile bid, but is believed to promote a negotiated merger. To learn more about Scania, go to http://www.scania.com/
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