5. lindab | we simplify construction
The early learning years
1959 - 1964
6. lindab | we simplify construction
The early learning years
1959
• AB Lidhults Plåtindustri formed in Grevie on 6 February 1959
• Lage Lindh and Valter Persson own 50 % each
• Aluminium strips for eternit panels as well as windowsills
• Small scale mass-production begins
• Timber merchants are the first customers
1962
• Mass-production of pipes and guttering grows
• The need for premises increases together with the
number of employees
• Plans for expansion and a new factory get underway
7. lindab | we simplify construction
The early learning years
1963
• New equipment and increased skills within press technology
• Pressed bends for roof drainage launched
• Rima machine is purchased for the production one-piece lengths
1964
• One-piece guttering and pipes launched
• Brackets launched
• Only supplier with a complete roof drainage programme
• New factory opens on Ängelholmsvägen
• The company is now a sheet metal industry in the true sense
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New business area and broadening
customer base
1965 - 1969
9. lindab | we simplify construction
New business area and broadening customer base
1965
• Ventilation added as a new business area
• The first Spiro Tubeformer is purchased for producing spiral-seam ducts
• Spiral-seam ventilation ducts are launched
• New factory strengthens quality and service
• Neatness and order becomes an increasingly important concept
1967
• Strong development of duct components
• Experience from roof drainage is important
• Range of ducts comprises 20+ dimensions
• New warehouse built
10. lindab | we simplify construction
New early learning years
The business area and broadening customer base
1968
• "Scandinavia's biggest manufacturer of factory-made sheet metal components"
• Seam welding improves corrosion resistance and tolerance
• Roof drainage now in Organosol coated sheet metal
1969
• Name change to Lindab and Lage Lindh becomes sole owner
• Agreement signed with key sheet metal wholesalers
• New Plåtisol launched in black, brown and grey
• Sales to tinsmiths increase rapidly
• Factory expanded and new land acquired
11. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on export and efficiency
1970 - 1975
12. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on export and efficiency
1970
• Agreement reached with Spiro Investment regarding export sales
• Lindab's ventilation products now sold worldwide
• First delivery to the USA in May
• Exports SEK 4.1 m of SEK 18 m total sales
• Staff welfare and production technology increase productivity
1971
• Spirovent in Denmark becomes first establishment outside Sweden
• Lindab now has 156 employees and net sales of SEK 23.8 m
13. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on export and years
The early learningefficiency
1974
• Roof drainage and profiles are moved to Förslöv
• Plastisol replaces Organosol as coating for roof drainage
• Svenska Fläktfabriken launches ducts with rubber seals
• Lindab immediately launches its own development
1975
• Lindab takes over export sales from Spiro Investment
• New ventilation factory opens in Haderslev, Denmark
• Adaptation to the Eurovent standard begins
• The factories in Grevie and Förslöv are extended
14. lindab | we simplify construction
Strong local service and increased
customer contact
1976 - 1982
15. lindab | we simplify construction
Strong local service and increased customer contact
1976
• The rubber sealed LINDABsafe system is launched
• 2,000 ventilation products adapted to the new Eurovent standard
• Reorganisation of the Swedish company structure
• Sales offices open in Germany and Norway (1977)
1978
• Plåtisol is now the leading roof drainage system in Sweden
• New Plåtisol components are added to the product range
• Subsidiary formed in Germany
• The first all-in-one T-piece
• Unique technical documentation for silencers
16. lindab | we simplify construction
Strong local service and increased customer contact
The early learning years
1980
• Sales of Plåtisol and Lindab Safe accelerate
• Lindab acquires 40 % of VM-gruppen
• Major investment in local services and more local warehouses
• Subsidiary formed in Finland
1982
• Entire VM-gruppen acquired
• The number branches increases from 6 to 13
• Own lorry freight system launched
• Proximity to tinsmiths and installers deepens customer relations
• Subsidiary formed in the UK
17. lindab | we simplify construction
Product range broadened to the one
billion mark
1984 - 1989
18. lindab | we simplify construction
Product range broadened to the one billion mark
1984
• Lindab introduced on the Stockholm Stock Exchange's “OTC” list
• Riscanco acquired in Denmark giving a new product area – diffusers and grilles
• Operations are divided up into two business areas – ventilation
and roofing/wall systems
• Carl-Gustaf Sondén becomes the new President
1986
• Circular duct systems are now Lindab's biggest product
• Improved production technology increases quality and precision
• Haderslev and Farum extended to meet demand
• First steel partition wall stud is launched
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Product range broadened to the one billion mark
1988
• Lindab's sales pass the one billion kronor mark
• Lindab Steel formed and becomes the Group's steel service centre
• The highly modern new press hall in Grevie opens
• Factory expansion continues in Denmark
• Carl-Gustaf Sondén named CEO
1989
• Major investment within roofing/wall systems
• Product range grows within lightweight construction technology
• New steel studs, lightweight beams and battens are launched
• Steel halls becomes a new product area
• Factories for locally adapted production are now present in all
established markets
20. lindab | we simplify construction
CEE and increased internationalisation
1990 - 1994
21. lindab | we simplify construction
CEE and increased internationalisation
1990
• European investment in roofing/wall systems introduced
• Lage Lindh: "The Hungarians obviously need our profiles and guttering"
• Peter Andsberg recruited and given the task of establishing Lindab in Hungary
• Lindab Tile Effect Roofing, Exterior wall studs and Doors are launched
1991
• Lage Lindh sells his Lindab shares and leaves the company
• Danish institutional owners and the management form an
owner consortium
• 50 % of sales now from outside Sweden
• All air technology gathered under the product name Comfort
• Subsidiaries are formed in Hungary, Italy and Germany
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CEE and increased internationalisation
1992
• Biggest structural changes yet undertaken
• Swedish and Danish manufacturers and distributors acquired
• Spiro International in Switzerland acquired
• Sales in Hungary begin and factory opens
• Subsidiaries formed in USA, Poland and Czech Republic (1993)
1994
• Growth continues in CEE
• Subsidiary formed in Romania
• Quality and environmental certification work intensifies
• The roofing/wall system business area becomes Profile
23. lindab | we simplify construction
Increased skills and simplifying
construction
1996 - 1999
24. lindab | we simplify construction
Increased skills and simplifying construction
1996
• Lightweight construction technology simplifies construction and grows steadily
• Development of IT tools for project planning and quantifying begins
• Profile business area's sales in the CEE grow strongly
• Acquisitions strengthen Ventilation
1997
• IT programmes for both Profile and Ventilation launched
• Subsidiaries formed in Russia and Croatia
• Ventilation business area launched in CEE
• Lindab now present in 101 locations in 18 countries
25. lindab | we simplify construction
Increased skills and simplifying construction
1998
• Rainline roof drainage system with snap-lock launched
• Sales in CEE pass the half-billion kronor mark
• Lindab establishes its own IT centre for development and training
• Lindab Safe certified airtightness class D
• Sales offices open in Ukraine, Estonia and Sarajevo
1999
• Lindab CADvent, DIMcomfort and DIMsilencer launched
• Acoustic laboratory in Farum extended
• Prescribers are now an increasingly important target group
• Lindab Doorline and the RdB acoustic stud are launched
26. lindab | we simplify construction
Strategic acquisitions strengthen
customer values
2000 - 2004
27. lindab | we simplify construction
Strategic acquisitions strengthen customer values
2001
• Lindab delisted from the Stock Exchanges in Stockholm and Copenhagen
• Owners consortium Lindab Intressenter takes over
• Indoor climate company TeknoTerm acquired
• Skills and product range in the Comfort area enhanced
2002
• Reorganisation into two business areas
• Air Distribution and Rainline are designated core businesses
• Butler Europe Kft acquired
• Sales offices in Russia, Slovakia and Bulgaria
28. lindab | we simplify construction
Strategic acquisitions strengthen customer values
2003
• Kjell Åkesson appointed new President and CEO
• Fill the Gap profitability programme is launched
• Lindab makes its largest investment with the new
Central European factory
• "Simplifying construction", "Neatness and order" and "Down to earth"
2004
• Sales in the CEE pass one billion kronor
• Rainline is now the leader in both the Nordic region and the CEE
• Increasingly active marketing from both business areas
• Product development intensifies
29. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on simplifying construction
2005 - 2008
30. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on simplifying construction
2005
• Lindab acquires Astron Buildings
• Profile launches the ADT Tools design programme
• Ventilation launches the Comfort products Celo, Fusion and Facilis
2006
• Lindab shares are listed again on the Stockholm Stock Exchange
• CCL Veloduct acquired
• "We simplify construction" becomes Lindab's new company pledge
• Ventilation launches the Lindab Partnership
• Lindab's products are now available from 1,700 sales outlets
31. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on simplifying construction
2007
• Lindab Safe Click launched
• The Plexus chilled beam with a 360 diffusion pattern is launched
• Ventilation factory in St. Petersburg opens
• First turf cut for the new Building Systems factory outside Moscow
• Aervent Holdings acquired giving Lindab leading position in Ireland
2008
• The Lindab RdBX partition wall stud is launched
• Facade Cassette Premium launched
• Aerodim silencer launched
• Slovak profiled sheeting and roof drainage company Sipog Group acquired
• David Brodetsky appointed President and CEO
32. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on customer success
2009 - 2012
33. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on customer success
2009
• Smart tools to simplify the ventilation installers working day launched
• Cy-nergy, energy module, launched by Building Systems
• New Plexus beam – 3rd generation chilled beam launched
• Lindab Life, activities for social responsibility based on the ISO 26000 standard, is
introduced
2010
• The Finnish ventilation and indoor climate company IVK-Tuote Oy acquired
• Lindab’s new factory for Building Systems opens in Yaroslavl, Russia
• MBB plenum box launched
• New strategy focusing on customer success introduced
• 64 Rainline centers opened
34. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on customer success
2011
• Danish Juvenco acquired
• Belgian Airflux and its innovative 24/7 unmanned branch concept acquired
• First Lindab Flexi Shop, unmanned 24/7 branch, opened
• Think less communicating sustainability launched
• lindQST product selection tool launched
• Lindab SRP Click and Roca roof solutions launched
• French Elia Sarl ventilation distributor acquired
• Distribution network increased with 10 branches
• 40 new Rainline centers
35. lindab | we simplify construction
Focus on customer success
2012
• The sandwich panel manufacturing of Swedish Plannja acquired
• Majority holding of the Polish ventilation company Centrum Klima acquired
• Lindab Inside residential ventilation concept launched
• Lindab Pascal VAV solution for demand controlled ventilation launched
36. lindab | we simplify construction
We Simplify Construction