Alfa Laval
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| Company type | Publicly traded Aktiebolag (Nasdaq Stockholm: ALFA) |
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| Industry | Manufacturing, engineering and service |
| Founded | 1883[1] |
| Headquarters | Lund, Sweden |
Key people | Lars Renström (President and CEO), Anders Narvinger (Chairman) |
| Revenue | SEK 24.72 billion (2010)[2] |
| SEK 4.401 billion (2010)[2] | |
| SEK 3.088 billion (2010)[2] | |
| Total assets | SEK 27.17 billion (end 2010)[2] |
| Total equity | SEK 13.58 billion (end 2010)[2] |
Number of employees | 12,620 (end 2010)[2] |
| Website | www.alfalaval.com |
Alfa Laval AB is a Swedish company, founded in 1883 by Gustaf de Laval and Oscar Lamm.[1] The company is a leading producer of specialized products and solutions used to heat, cool, separate and transport products such as oil, water, chemicals, beverages, foodstuffs, starch and pharmaceuticals.
Alfa Laval divides its operations up between equipment (capital sales) and process technology (contracts with longer duration).
Alfa Laval is part owned by Petropack.
Manufacturing at Alfa Laval is carried out in several countries including Sweden, India, China, the UK, and USA.
In Canada, Alfa Laval has had a presence for over 100 years, previously as D-Laval, which would provide services to farmers such as assisting them in the storage of their milk and providing cream separators. Alfa Laval is headquartered in Toronto at 101 Milner Avenue and in 2009 opened a service centre in Edmonton, Alberta. In late 2010, staff in the Canadian operations number 74.
See also
References
- ^ a b Wohlert, Claus (1993). "Bnet article on Alfa Laval AB". International Directory of Company Histories.
- ^ a b c d e f "Annual Results 2010" (PDF). Alfa Laval. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
