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Svenskt Stål AB
SSAB ABSSAB A , earlier Svenskt Stål AB (), is a Swedish company, formed in 1978, that specialises in producing steel. The largest shareholders are the List of government enterprises of Sweden, Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB, and the Government of Finland. History Svenskt Stål AB was established on 1 January 1978, following a Swedish parliamentary decision to merge three struggling steel companies: Domnarvets Jernverk, Domnarvets Ironworks, Norrbottens Järnverk AB (NJA), and Oxelösunds Ironworks. The merger was proposed by a government-led investigation to consolidate Sweden's struggling steel industry. At its founding, SSAB was 50% owned by the Swedish state and 25% each by Gränges and Stora Kopparbergs Bergslag, Stora Kopparberg. Björn Wahlström, managing directo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saab AB
Saab AB (originally , , acronym SAAB), with subsidiaries collectively known as the Saab Group (), is a Swedish aerospace and defense company, defence company primarily operating from Sweden. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, but its development and manufacturing operations are undertaken in Linköping. The company was formally founded by AB Bofors in 1937, by reforming the aero engine division of company NOHAB (founded in 1930), located in Trollhättan, into a proper aircraft manufacturer. It would soon merge with aircraft manufacturer AB Svenska Järnvägsverkstädernas Aeroplanavdelning, ASJA (founded in 1931), located in Linköping, in 1940, which had it own design bureau and is considered the spiritual predecessor to today's Saab AB. This formed the SAAB-Concern (business), concern, with the factory in Trollhättan becoming ''SAAB/T'' and the factory in Linköping (previously ASJA) becoming ''SAAB/L'' and design headquarters. From 1947, Saab started producing autom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
