Orkla ASA
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| Allmennaksjeselskap | |
| Traded as | : |
| Industry | Conglomerate |
| Founded | 1654 |
| Headquarters | Oslo, Norway (formally registered in Sarpsborg) |
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Key people
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Peter Arne Ruzicka (President and CEO), Stein Erik Hagen (Chairman) |
| Products | Branded consumer goods, aluminium products, financial investments |
| Revenue | NOK 33 billion (2013) |
| NOK 3.163 billion (2013) | |
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Number of employees
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30,000 (end 2011) |
| Subsidiaries | Borregaard, Sapa, various branded consumer goods companies |
| Website | www.orkla.com |
Orkla is a Norwegian conglomerate operating in the Nordic region, Eastern Europe, Asia and the US. At present, Orkla operates in the branded consumer goods, aluminium solutions and financial investment sectors. The company's strategic focus is on growth in its branded consumer goods operations. The group has 30,000 employees in more than 40 countries and a turnover of NOK 61 billion.
Orkla's branded consumer goods division produces brands in many fields, primarily in the Nordic region, but also in other places, especially in the Central and Eastern European countries, Russia and the Baltic region. Among the companies owned by Orkla are Abba Seafood, Beauvais foods, Chips, Felix Abba, Göteborgs Kex, Kalev, KiMs, Lilleborg, MTR Foods, Rasoi Magic, Peter Möller, Nidar, OLW, Procordia Food, Stabburet, Sætre, Pierre Robert Group Sapa, Borregaard and Laima.
Borregaard is a Norwegian chemical company with products within wood based chemicals and other organic chemicals.
Sapa Group is a Swedish-based company that produces high value-added profiles, building systems and heat transfer strips in aluminium. Sapa Group's aluminium profiles business was in 2007 merged with Alcoa's, almost doubling Sapa's turnover. In 2009 Alcoa took over all aluminium activities from Elkem while Sapa Group took over the profile business from Alcoa. The same year Sapa Group took over bankrupt Indalex in USA and Canada.
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