Semcon

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Semcon AB

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legal form Corporation
ISIN SE0000379497
founding 1980
Seat Gothenburg , Sweden
management
  • Markus Granlund ( CEO )
Number of employees 2000 (2017)
sales 174 million (2017)
Branch Automotive industry (focus)
Website www.semcon.com

Semcon is a global partner for engineering services and product information. The group operates globally with around 45 branches, mainly in Europe, America and Asia, and employs around 2000 people.

Business areas

  • Engineering Services Nordic
  • Engineering Services International
  • Semcon Product Information

history

Semcon was founded in 1980 in Västerås , Sweden . It is listed as a stock corporation on the OMX in Stockholm .

In March 2007 Semcon first acquired the German development service provider IVM Automotive with around 850 employees from the automotive supplier Edscha and shortly afterwards, in August 2007, its Swedish competitor Caran . Both companies were completely absorbed by the Semcon Group.

On March 1, 2017, the "Engineering Services Germany" division was sold to Valmet Automotive .

On April 16, 2018, Semcon took over HAAS-Publications GmbH in Germany in order to strengthen its presence in the German technical documentation market.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Semcon.se: [1] (engl.)
  2. Edscha sells IVM , auto-motor-und-sport.de, March 12, 2007 (accessed February 15, 2011)
  3. Edscha AG sells the vehicle development division to Semcon AB ( Memento from January 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), press release from Milbank RA, March 21, 2007 (accessed on February 15, 2011)
  4. Semcon buys another development service provider  ( page can no longer be accessed , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , ATZ online, August 23, 2007 (accessed February 15, 2011)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.atzonline.de  
  5. Semcon takes over German Tech Dok company. Retrieved May 11, 2018 .