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DUNI GROUP.............................. p18      KAPPAHL ................................... p36  KLARAHILL ...............................p56
•	 The pandemic has continued to affect           •	 Strong sales and earnings growth.             •	 Acquisition of three funeral homes (ten
                                                  •	 Embarked upon a Group-wide journey of
    operations, with a number of countries                                                             offices).
    seeing extensive restrictions and rapid           digitalisation.                              •	 New partnerships for pensions, insurance,
    changes. Price increases on supplies          •	 New visual identity, including an updated
    have also created pressure in respect of                                                           banking, accounting, brokerage and legal
    costs and inflation.                              logo.                                            services.
•	 Duni Group made a decision to apply an                                                          •	 Launch of “The Process Challenge”,
    updated strategy with the aim of being        OPEN AIR GROUP..................... p40              Sweden’s first national case competition
    the industry leader in sustainability by      •	 Acquisition of WeHunt.                            for law students studying family law.
    2030.                                         •	 Acquisition of Aclima.
•	 A number of sustainability initiatives         •	 A contract was signed for a bigger new        PERITUSKLINIKEN ...................p58
    such as fossil-free Airlaid and Dunicel                                                        •	 Increased visibility towards the Swedish
    products, a biogas plant for production in        warehouse.
    Skåpafors and investments in European                                                              regions in order to complement
    companies with re-use products. Duni          OSCAR JACOBSON....................p42                Swedish healthcare.
    Group have also joined the UN Global          •	 Opening of the store at NK Stockholm,         •	 Contract with Region Skåne to ease
    Compact.                                                                                           the burden of the regional healthcare
                                                      with 50 per cent more space.                     services, and also with all insurance
FERALCO.................................... p20   •	 A fourth outlet store opens at the                companies offering health insurance in
•	 Acquisition of Venator Wasserchemie in                                                              Sweden.
                                                      Stockholm Quality Outlet in Barkarby,        •	 Cooperation with private healthcare
    Germany and the remaining 50 per cent             and the second-hand store Sustain by             providers to reduce public healthcare
    of Feracid in France.                             Oscar Jacobson opens in Vasastan in              queues, offering knee and hip
•	 Difficult challenges as the price of               Stockholm.                                       replacement surgery, for example.
    transport and commodities rises.              •	 New geographical markets thanks
•	 Mellby Gård representative Mikael                  to retailers in the Netherlands (De          STUDENTCONSULTING .......... p60
    Helmerson took over as chairman.                  Bijenkorf) and Ukraine (Tsum).               •	 Turnover broke the billion krona mark,

VATTENRESURS.........................p22          SMARTEYES ...............................p44         increasing by SEK 300 million to SEK 1.2
•	 The Ullnasjön 2021–2022 research               •	 Record earnings for 2021.                         billion with doubling of profits.
                                                  •	 Smarteyes is Sweden’s most widely             •	 The industry’s most satisfied customers
    partnership on the functioning of the                                                              for the seventh consecutive year.
    methodology in shallow lakes.                     recommended optician.                        •	 15,878 jobs were filled in 2021.
•	 New wharf in November 2021. More               •	 Opened seven new stores in total – 3 in
    functional work spaces in Kungsängen                                                           BM AGRI .................................... p68
    for off-season maintainance and service.          Sweden, 3 in Denmark and 1 in Germany        •	 Three-year agreement focusing on
•	 Cooperation with Race For The Baltic              – and launched 12 new collections,
    for a healthier Baltic Sea, UnderWater            including the new, eco-friendly Elements.        enhanced sustainability signed with The
    Restoration subproject, from February                                                              Absolut Company.
    2021 to December 2022.                        ACADEMEDIA ........................... p50       •	 The price of stored oats per kg (SEK 1 per
                                                  •	 A number of new education profiles in             kg) rose by 50 per cent in six months.
HEDSON TECHNOLOGIES*..... p26                                                                      •	 Positive and friendly development at the
•	 Built a robust comprehensive business              compulsory education.                            new head office in Lidköping.
                                                  •	 Acquisition of Swedish Education Group,
    plan for 2022–2024, based on the                                                               SÖDERBERG & HAAK ..............p70
    company’s strong position, leadership             which runs primary schools, secondary        •	 Market share doubled for Deutz-Fahr.
    in technology and strong brands. Focus            schools and adult education under            •	 Resale agreement with Traktor Nord
    on the technology shift in the industry,          the brands Enskede Byskola, Snitz,
    including implementation of an new                Cybergymnasiet, Donnergymnasiet and              for Mälardalen and Maskin Väst for
    digital business system.                          KYH.                                             Värmland and Närke.
•	 Record year for the curing part of the         •	 AcadeMedia staff made impressive              •	 Joined forces with Bomag to supply to
    industrial segment.                               efforts throughout the pandemic, which           key rental companies and major asphalt
•	 Restructuring of operations in France.             required rapid adjustments on a number           companies.
                                                      of occasions.
ROXTEC ......................................p28                                                   ERIKSBERG HOTEL
•	 Magnus Holmberg takes over as new              AROS KAPITAL ..........................p52       & NATURE RESERVE................. p74
                                                  •	 Strong growth in sales by 35 per cent         •	 Participation in the Archipelago Walk
    CEO of Roxtec.
•	 Roxtec sets a new sales target of 	                to SEK 566 million, and profitability            for linking up the Blekinge archipelago
                                                      doubled to SEK 200 million.                      with bridges, footbridges and walking
    SEK 3 billion for 2025.                       •	 Strong development in London, with an             experiences.
•	 Purchase of a new property in Tulsa,               extended team and establishment in           •	 The first Caucasian wisent was born and
                                                      Ireland and Norway.                              a record 14 Père David's deer were born.
    Oklahoma in the US, relocation planned        •	 Management team reinforced by a new           •	 Breakthrough for the evening safari with
    for 2022 and inauguration of a new office         credit manager, chief legal officer and          a thermal camera and a live camera
    building in Karlskrona.                           business area managers.                          broadcasting from the day-to-day life of
                                                                                                       the countryside, 24 hours a day.
ÄLVSBYHUS............................... p30      EXCALIBUR ................................p54
•	 Largest in Sweden for the twenty-second        •	 Excalibur celebrated its twentieth            AGRICULTURE AND
                                                                                                   HARNESS RACING
    year in a row.                                    birthday.                                    ACTIVITIES.................................p78
•	 Greater sales stability in Norway. The         •	 Excalibur was nominated as one of             •	 Restructuring of livestock production on

    market in Finland stepped up its pace.            Europe’s top three fixed income hedge            account of high operating costs.
•	 Production targets were met despite high           funds.                                       •	 Expansion of the forest area by around
                                                  •	 The fund’s managed assets grew by 20
    numbers of staff on sick leave.                   per cent in 2021.                                130 hectares in accordance with the long-
                                                                                                       term growth strategy.
                                                                                                   •	 Establishment of renewable energy with
                                                                                                       a solar panel system.

*Hedson Technologies was sold to Storskogen in March 2022.

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