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Encyclopedia > Holmen

Holmen AB
Type Public
Founded 1875 (MoDo)
Headquarters Stockholm, Sweden
Key people Fredrik Lundberg (Chairman of the board), Magnus Hall (President and CEO)
Industry Forestry products
Products Paper and pulp, sawn timber, paperboard
Revenue 18,592 million SEK (2006)
Employees 4,958
Website http://www.holmen.com/
This refers to the company. For the hamlet in Norway, see Holmen Norway.

Holmen is a Swedish company which bases its business in the pulp and paper industry. Holmen's main products are newsprint (both white and colored) and magazine paper for newspapers, magazines, directories and advertising prints. They also produce paperboard for consumer packaging and graphical applications. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 140 pixelsFull resolution (3529 × 617 pixel, file size: 826 KB, MIME type: image/png) This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... 1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For other uses, see Stockholm (disambiguation). ... Fredrik Lundberg (1952-) runs publicly traded L.E. Lundbergforetagen AB, in which he has a 67% stake. ... The phrase Chairman of the Board has several meanings: Chairman of the Board is the term used to denote the leader of a corporations board of directors. ... Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... ISO 4217 Code SEK User(s) Sweden Inflation 2. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Holmen in winter. ... This is a list of Swedish companies: A&E design Asea Brown Boveri (Swedish-Swiss) Alfa Laval Akzo Nobel (Swedish-Dutch) Arla Foods (Swedish-Danish) Arla Plast Autoliv ASSA ABLOY AstraZeneca (Swedish-British) Atlas Copco (Swedish-Belgian) Avanza Axel Johnson Group Axel Johnson AB Axfood Bodum Group (Danish) Ordning & Reda... An International Paper mill in South Carolina The global pulp and paper industry is dominated by North American (United States, Canada), northern European (Finland, Sweden) and East Asian countries (such as Japan). ... Newsprint is low-cost, low-quality, non-archival paper. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The word directory is used in computing and telephony meaning a repository or database of information. ... Paperboard is a paper-like material, usually over ten mils (0. ...


The current CEO is Magnus Hall. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is the job of having the ultimate executive responsibility or authority within an organization or corporation. ...

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History

Holmen was originally called Mo och Domsjö AB (MoDo), but changed its name to the current one in February 2000. The history of Holmen is more than 400 years long, it started as a weapons factory in the beginning of the 17th century in Norrköping. In the mid 18th century what finally would become MoDo was formed. Mo och Domsjö AB (MoDo) was a Swedish company founded by Pommeranian-born merchant Carl Kempe (1799-1872) who was originally partner with his brother-in-law, from 1836 single owner of a sawmill at Mo, at the river Moälven near Örnsköldsvik. ... Nickname: Peking Coordinates: Area  - City 1,503. ...


Organization

Holmen consists of several subsidiaries: Holmen Paper, Iggesund Paperboard, Iggesund Timber, Holmen Skog and Holmen Kraft whereas the largest one is Holmen Paper with a total of three paper mills in Sweden; one in Workington, England, and one in Madrid, Spain, thus the most of the production is located in Sweden. A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients using a Fourdrinier Machine or similar apparatus. ... , Workington is a town and port on the west coast of Cumbria, England at the mouth of the River Derwent. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Motto: (Spanish for From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: , Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jimémez (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ...


Owners

The largest owner in Holmen is L.E. Lundbergsföretagen, controlled by billionaire Fredrik Lundberg with 27.2% of the shares and 52.0% of the total vote. A billionaire is a person who has a net worth of at least one billion units of currency, such as United States Dollars (USD), Pounds or Euros. ... Fredrik Lundberg (1952-) runs publicly traded L.E. Lundbergforetagen AB, in which he has a 67% stake. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


Markets

The European market makes up about 86% of Holmen's total net income. While Holmen's single largest market is of no surprise: Sweden, with one fourth of the total net income, they are also especially strong in Spain and Germany where they are one of the leading suppliers of newspaper to the daily newspaper printing companies.


Products

Holmen produce colored paper to newspapers such as Financial Times, Dagens Industri and Sportbladet. They are one of the leading suppliers of colored newspaper both in the United Kingdom and Sweden. Holmen also have customers in Japan, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Australia. The Financial Times (FT) is an international business newspaper printed on distinctive salmon pink broadsheet paper. ... Dagens Industri (often referred to as DI) is a financial newspaper in tabloid format and the most profitable daily newspaper in Sweden. ... Sportbladet is a Swedish newspaper about sport and in particular Swedish sport. ...

The Holmen Paper headquarters in Norrköping, Sweden
The Holmen Paper headquarters in Norrköping, Sweden

Some of the more important brands are: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1270x710, 121 KB) Skogsindustrikoncernen Holmens huvudkvarter i Norrköping, Sverige The headquarters of the Holmen industry group in Norrköping, Sweden Photographer:User:Thuresson Date:April 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Holmen ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1270x710, 121 KB) Skogsindustrikoncernen Holmens huvudkvarter i Norrköping, Sverige The headquarters of the Holmen industry group in Norrköping, Sweden Photographer:User:Thuresson Date:April 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Holmen ... Nickname: Peking Coordinates: Area  - City 1,503. ...

  • Holmen News
  • Holmen News Pink
  • Holmen News Salmon
  • Holmen News Yellow
  • Holmen Guide
  • Holmen XLNT
  • Holmen Scan
  • Holmen Plus

where the last three are called enhanced newsprint paper.


See also

Competitors: For other uses, see Paper (disambiguation). ... International Paper Companys Kraft paper mill in Georgetown, South Carolina. ... International Paper Company Wood pulp is the most common material used to make paper. ...

Mount Adams in Washington state The Cascade Range is a mountainous region famous for its chain of tall volcanos called the High Cascades that run north-south along the west coast of North America from British Columbia to the Shasta Cascade area of northern California. ... Georgia-Pacific Corp. ... International Paper (NYSE: IP) is an American pulp and paper company, the largest pulp and paper company in the world and the largest private owner of timberland in the United States. ... M-real Corporation is a Finnish paper and pulp company. ... Tshi, Tchwi, or Oji, a group of Negro peoples of Ghana. ... Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation (NASDAQ: SSCC) is an American paperboard and paper-based packaging company based in Chicago, Illinois. ... 1/8 share of the Stora Kopparberg mine, dated June 16, 1288. ... UPM-Kymmene (NYSE: UPM) is a Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer. ... Weyerhaeuser is one of the largest pulp and paper companies in the world; the worlds largest private owner of softwood timberland; and the second largest owner in the United States, behind International Paper. ...

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Holmen - definition of Holmen in Encyclopedia (324 words)
The history of Holmen is more than 400 years old, and it started as a weapons factory in the beginning of the 17th century in Norrköping.
Holmen consists of several subsidiaries: Holmen Paper, Iggesund Paperboard, Iggesund Timber, Holmen Skog and Holmen Kraft whereas the largest one is Holmen Paper with a total of three paper mill in Sweden; one in Workington, England, and one in Madrid, Spain, thus the most of the production is located in Sweden.
While Holmen's single largest market is of no suprise: Sweden, with one fourth of the total net income, they are also especially strong in Spain and Germany where they are one of the leading suppliers of newspaper to the daily newspaper printing companies.
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