Nobia
Nobia is a Swedish company that manufactures and sells fitted kitchens . Nobia AB employs 6,000 people and had annual sales of just under SEK 13 billion in 2016 .
The Swedish company Nobia was founded in 1996 and is now the largest manufacturer of kitchen furniture in Europe. The company is headquartered in Stockholm , on whose stock exchange the company is listed. Nobia’s major regional, national and international brands are represented in many European countries. The company specializes in made-to-measure fitted kitchens and generates part of its income through franchising . In 2003 there was a legal dispute between Nobia and the German kitchen manufacturer Nobilia due to the likelihood of confusion between the two names. From 2008 to 2010 Preben Bager was CEO and Managing Director at Nobia AB, and Morten Falkenberg has been running the company since 2010 .
Nobia group
The group includes numerous kitchen manufacturers who continue to operate as independent companies.
Denmark:
- HTH (since 1996)
- Invita (since 2000)
- uno form (since 1996)
Germany:
- Poggenpohl including gold ring (2000 to 2017, given to Adcuram)
- Optifit (since 2000, independent again in 2013)
- Pronorm (handed over to the DMG Group in 2010)
Finland:
- Novart including the brands À la carte, Parma and Petra (since 1998)
France:
- Hygena (2006 to 2014, given to Fournier)
Great Britain:
- Gower (since 2003)
- Interior Solutions (since 2001)
- Magnet (since 2001)
- Rixonway Kitchens including Halvanto (since 2014)
- Commodore Kitchens incl.CIE Plc (since 2015)
Netherlands:
- Bribus (since 2018)
Norway:
- Norema (since 2000)
- Sigdal (since 1996)
Austria:
- EWE (since 2005)
- FM kitchens (since 2005)
- Intuo (since 2009)
Sweden
- Marbodal (since 1996)
- Myresjö (since 1996, initially under Poggenpohl, merged in Marbodal in 2014)
Culinoma Holding
In February 2007 Nobia and the Dutch De MandemakersGroep BV acquired equal shares in the joint venture Culinoma-Holding. In March 2010 the De Mandemakers Group buys Nobias 50% stake in Culinoma and at the same time takes over all shares of Nobia from Pronorm built-in kitchen GmbH.