AarhusKarlshamn

AAK
AAK (publ.)
Public (Nasdaq Stockholm: AAK)
Industry Vegetable Oils and Fats
Founded 2005
Headquarters Malmö, Sweden
Key people

Melker Schörling (Chairman of the board),

Arne Frank (President and CEO)
Revenue SEK 17,814 million (2014)[1]
Increase SEK 1,262 million (2014)[1]
Profit Decrease SEK 887 million (2014)[1]
Number of employees
 2,439 (2014)[1]
Website www.aak.com

AAK (publ.), operating as AAK, is a Swedish-Danish company and producer of high-value added vegetable oils and fats.[2]

The company's products are used in a wide variety of applications in the food, confectionery, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and animal feed industries. [2]

The company 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]

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 12,3 billion SEK,[4] as of February 13, 2013. The group had a total turnover of 17,207 million SEK, made an operating profit of 151 million SEK (including effects of IAS 39 and non-recurring items), and employed approximately 2,623 employees globally during 2008. [2]

Operation and production

The group has operations and subsidiaries in numerous countries on all continents with its main production units situated in:[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Report 2014" (PDF). AAK (publ.). Retrieved 2015-04-14.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Annual Report 2008" (PDF). AAK (publ.). Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  3. ↑ "Historia". AAK AB (publ.). Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  4. ↑ "Aktieinformation". OMXNASDAQ. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
  5. ↑ Leek, Martyn. (2013, June 26). "AAK appoints new CSR and comms director," BakeryInfo.co.uk, Accessed: June 26, 2013.

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