Company presentation English

A company with a long history
1832
Cavalry captain Leonard Groll sets up the first shop for
workwear, ”L.Grolls Linen Shop” in Stockholm’s Old Town
1905
J.F. Bellander starts manufacturing of workwear in Gävle
under the trademark Björnkläder
1924
The mining engineers Palén and Carlson start import and
sales of respiratory protection from Germany. The company,
Birger Carlson & Co. later becomes BICAPA AB
1994
Merger of Bicapa AB and BG Björnkläder Grolls AB
2000
Name change to Berendsen Safety AB
2006
Name change to Björnkläder AB
2011
Name change to Grolls AB, aquisition of Nytello
2012
Aquisition of Univern
Et selskap i Grollskonsernet
Facts & key figures
905 MSEK (MEUR 93) turnover
360 employees
7 000 products in stock
35 000 active customers
1 500 000 own garments
Own production of safety helmets
31 fully-owned Grolls stores in Sweden and five
abroad (1 in Estonia and 4 in Finland) and 12
Univern stores in Norway.
Since december 2010 Grolls AB belongs to Litorina.
Litorina, which was founded in 1998, is a Swedish
private equity firm and a growth oriented investor
in the lower end of the mid-market that acquires
and develops Nordic, primarily Swedish, companies.
Grolls • www.grolls.se
Vaasa, Turku, Espoo, Tammerfors, Tallinn, Luleå, Piteå, Skellefteå, Umeå, Sundsvall, Gävle, Eskilstuna,
Uppsala, Västerås, Lunda (Stockholm), Solna (Stockholm), Årsta (Stockholm), Örebro, Karlstad, Norrköping,
Uddevalla, Motala, Skövde, Falköping, Linköping, Jönköping, Vimmerby, Borås, Backa (Göteborg), Högsbo
(Göteborg), Växjö, Halmstad, Helsingborg, Kristianstad, Fosie (Malmö), Toftanäs (Malmö)
Business concept
Björnkläder AB shall provide the market with workwear and personal protective equipment, meeting the highest demands of comfort and safety and
offer the best possible financial solution.
The expansion of the company shall be ensured by means of aggressive
product development, a high service level and long-term relationships with
customers and suppliers.
ISO certified
ISO 9001:2008
ISO 14001
The bear symbolizes strength, and that has been significant for Björnkläder
since we started manufacturing workwear already back in 1905. Björnkläder
celebrates more than 100 years as ”the durable brand”.
Today design and function are just as important, to say the least, and we are
continuously developing new garments for various professional categories.
Grolls then and now
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Leonard Groll sets up the first Grolls store in
Stockholm’s Old Town.
Grolls´s business concept is to provide the market
with the leading brands within workwear and PPE.
Today we open our shops in industrial areas where
parking is easy.
Grolls AB
Box 4154, Importgatan 23
SE-422 04 Hisings Backa, Sweden
Tel. +46-31-742 16 00 Fax +46-31-742 23 00
Customer service: [email protected]
Grolls • www.grolls.se
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