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Thule Concept Store at Trelleborgsvägen 14, Malmö (Sweden) | |
Type | Aktiebolag |
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Nasdaq Stockholm: THULE | |
Industry | Consumer goods |
Founded | Hillerstorp, Småland, Sweden (1942) |
Headquarters | Malmö, Sweden Seymour, Ct |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Bengt Baron (Board Member) |
Products | Car roof boxes, roof racks, bike racks, laptop and camera bags and backpacks |
Revenue | SEK 5,320 million (2015) [1] |
SEK 825 million (2015) [1] | |
SEK 587 million (2015) [1] | |
Total assets | SEK 6,899 million (2015) [1] |
Total equity | SEK 3,228 million (2015) [1] |
Number of employees | 2,200 (September 2014) [1] |
Website | ThuleGroup.com Thule.com |
Thule Group AB ( /ˈtuːliː/ ) is a Swedish company that owns brands related to outdoor and transportation products. These include cargo carriers for automobiles and other outdoor and storage products, with 4,700 points of sale in 136 countries worldwide.
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Thule was founded in 1942 in Hillerstorp, southern Sweden. The company grew steadily, especially in the 1960s when Thule specialized in roof racks and other automobile accessories helping car owners bring along their outdoor equipment and luggage. In 1979, Thule was sold to Eldon, a company listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, which continued to develop the company. In 1999 Eldon was acquired by the private equity firm EQT and delisted. Thule was then sold to the UK-based private equity firm Candover in 2004, which embarked on several mergers and acquisitions, growing the turnover more than three times and adding new product lines such as towbars, car trailers, snow chains, RV products and bags for electronic devices.
Thule was acquired by Nordic Capital in May 2007 but forced into a restructuring in December 2008 at the height of the Global Financial Crisis, resulting in the lending bank consortium receiving an equity stake in the company. Nordic Capital acquired the remainder of the company in December 2010 and listed Thule on the Stockholm Stock Exchange in November 2014 through an IPO. [1]
Thule Group has an annual tradition of donating backpacks and school supplies to the children of Casa de la Esperanza, an award-winning housing program for migrant farm workers and their families in the US. Since 2010, Thule Group has been the main sponsor of RBU, Sweden’s National Association for Disabled Children and Adolescents.
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