Swedish Automotive Industry
propelled by innovation
65 000
automotive industry jobs are
within the supplier chain.
110 000
people employed within the
Swedish automotive industry.*
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(* directly employed)
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500 000
jobs are generated indirectly by
the automotive industry.
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150
billion is the export value of the
Swedish automotive industry.
This figure corresponds to 12 percent of
the country’s total export and was the single largest industry. Sweden is therewith
one of the countries in the world that is
most dependent on its automotive industry for employment and export revenues.
From an international perspective
Sweden is unique with four* car manufacturers that carry on both manufacturing
and development. Two of the world’s
largest manufacturers of heavy vehicles,
Volvo Trucks and Scania, are based in the
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country along with Volvo Car Corporation
and Saab Automobile*.
The companies constitute an important
part of industry and commerce and
significantly impact Sweden’s economic
growth. The automotive industry has a
high share of export and of the combined
manufacturing, including manufacturing
abroad, approximately 85 percent of passenger cars and a just over 95 percent of
heavy vehicles are manufactured outside
of Sweden. (*At the time of publishing)
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suppliers within the automotive industry
are represented by the Scandinavian
branch organisation FKG.
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Suppliers carry out 75 percent
of a car’s refinement.
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FKG was established in 1984.
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FKG develops
its members
FKG contributes to the development of members
that supplies the automotive industry by:
• Acting as the organisation’s mouthpiece towards
industry, politicians, authorities and media.
• Creating meeting places in order to increase information, reinforce relations between suppliers and to
create opportunities for growth.
• Initiating activities to enhance competence.
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Mouthpiece:
a responsible function
Many meeting places
reinforce relationships
FKG works continuously to improve the
industry’s business conditions. This takes
place in contact with the government,
parliament, trade and commerce organisations, research institutes, universities etc.
FKG also collaborates with other industries, organisations and temporary projects. Organisations are often proposed
for consideration.
• FKG creates various forums where
supplier companies can both partake
of important current information in
order to make strategic decisions and
gain the opportunity for common
discussions.
An important role for FKG is to have contact with media and provide information
12 about the suppliers’ situation. FKG is consistently consulted when special events
occur within the industry.
FKG publishes the magazine The Vehicle
Component five times per year and has
a circulation of approximately 4 000. It
contains the Automotive Technical
Association members’ magazine SVEN.
An information newsletter in email
format is distributed approximately five to
six times per month.
• Each year FKG arranges the Annual
Suppler Forum. On the agenda are
primarily current issues that concern
the automotive industry and related
organisations.
• FKG arranges meeting places to help
members develop business and
create growth. An example of this is
gathering booths at important supplier trade fairs.
• FKG also arranges business meetings
between members, car manufacturers and suppliers in other countries
under the umbrella name Go Global.
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FKG develops
competence of
its members
• FKG carries out common branch
seminars within various areas like
financing, quality, contract law,
negotiation techniques, and industrial
finance.
• FKG analyses and comments on current issues so that its members gain
better understanding of contracts, to
be able to provide qualified acceptances etc.
• FKG is contracting party in the joint financed automotive research program
14 with manufacturers and government
authorities. The on-going program is
called FFI – Strategic Vehicle Research
and Innovation. FKG supports suppliers to formulate projects, apply for
funding and start projects.
• FKG carries out a profitability analysis
each year of the entire branch and
when required also examines the
state of the market, material price
development etc. Structure surveys
are also carried out on a regular basis.
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FKG’s initiative
for the future
Clepa
– European Association
of Automotive Suppliers
FKG has formulated the branch initiative Swedish Automotive Industry
Propelled by Innovation. The initiative is based on the following grounds:
FKG is a member of the European supplier organisation Clepa, with its head office in Brussels. FKG utilises
this network in order to create contacts and reinforce
the Scandinavian suppliers’ position.
• Collaboration between parties with similar agendas.
• The right conditions for the industry.
• The automotive industry is important for the development of high technological
development and is not special interest.
• Understanding that the automotive industry accounts for sustainable growth
and development of society.
• More suppliers that carry out research and development.
• Investment in engineering competence in society.
• A trade policy that provides competitive neutrality.
• Working infrastructure for both passenger and goods transports.
• Forum for concerned parties to create common views, political dialog and an
innovation fuelled think tank.
16 Clepa’s strength as an organisation comes partially
from the network of large global supplier companies
and in part from the national or regional branch
organisations. The big companies provide Clepa with
leverage in its contacts with the car manufacturers.
The many medium-large companies, represented by
its branch organisations, provide Clepa with legitimacy with the EU.
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Membership
a basic condition
national branch organisations
that FKG collaborates with:
• AGORIA (Belgium)
• MAJOSZ (Hungary) • The Norwegian organisation Norpart
and many of the Finnish suppliers, ad• RAI
ministered by Technology Industries of
(The Netherlands)
Finland, are associated members of FKG.
• ANFIA (Italy)
• SERNAUTO (Spain)
• AUTIG (Denmark)
• FIEV (France)
• SMMT (United
Kingdom)
• ILEA (Luxembourg)
• VDA (Germany)
• ACS (Slovenia)
• AFIA (Portugal)
18 What companies are eligible to
become members?
FKG works very actively to support
the automotive industry and its
suppliers.
To be approved for membership
the company must have a connection to the automotive industry. This
applies to manufacturing companies as well as service companies.
• FKG also partners with Automotive Sweden, Bil Sweden, Swedish Trade Council,
SBF – the Association of Swedish Car Parts
Wholesalers, the Swedish Agency for Economic and Regional Growth and Vinnova.
How to become a member
The company completes a membership application that is available
on our website www.fkg.se.
Click on MEMBERSHIP and thereafter on MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
or email to info@fkg.se and we will
forward an application.
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Bror Tonsjö AB
Bufab Danielson & Stickler
Bufab Lann AB
Bufab Sweden AB
Bufab Trading AB
Bulten AB
Bulten Sweden AB
Bulten Tools AB
Bureau Veritas Cert. Sverige AB
companies are members of FKG:
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3D Scanners Norden AB
3M Svenska AB
A
ABB Robotics AB
Accenture AB
Accra Teknik AB
Actia Nordic AB
Adiator AB
Alelion Batteries AB
Alfdex AB
AlixPartners Ltd
Alphaform RPI Oy
Alpine Electronics of UK Ltd
20 Alps Electric Europe GmbH
Altair Engineering AB
Alteams Group
Alternative Fuel Vehicle
Sweden AB (AFV)
Andrénplast AB
AP&T AB
Applied Nano Surfaces Sweden AB
AQ Wiring Systems AB
Arctic Falls – SPGA
Arjeplog Test Management AB
(SPGA)
Arkivator Industry AB
Aros QG AB
Arsizio AB
Arthur D Little
Arvika Gjuteri AB
AstaZero AB
ATC Tape Converting AB
Autoliv Electronics AB
Autoliv Inc. c/o Autoliv
Development AB
Autoliv Sverige AB
Automatlego i Torsås AB
Autorotor AB
Autotube AB
AVL MTC AB
AVL MTC Motorcentrum AB
Axcentix AB
Axipto AB
C
C.I. Pihl AB
CAE Value AB
Calix AB
Cargine Engineering AB
Cartest AB SPGA
Centaur Segula Tech AB
Cipax Industri AB
CJ Automotive AB
Colly Company AB
Colmis Proving Ground – SPGA
Combine AB
Combitech AB
Componenta Oy
Componenta Sales &
Development
Componenta Sweden AB
Componenta Wirsbo AB
Consat AB
ContiTech Scandinavia AB
B
BAE Systems Hägglunds AB
Becker industrial Coatings AB
Bendiro Profile Tech AB
Benteler Aluminium Systems AS
Benteler Aluminium Systems
Sweden AB
Bertrandt Sweden AB
Bharat Forge Kilsta AB
Bodycote Thermotreat
Bogelack AB
Borgstena Textile Sweden AB
BorgWarner Torq Transfer
Systems AB
Bosch Rexroth Teknik AB
COT – Clean Oil Technology AB
Cybercom Group
D
Data Interchange Scandinavia AB
Delphi Automotive Systems
Sweden AB
DIAB Sverige AB
Dickson PSC
Dometic Scandinavia AB
Drive-Energy AB
DuPont Performance Coatings
Scand AB
DYNAmore Nordic AB
E
e-AAM Driveline Systems AB
Eberspächer Nordic AB
EBP i Olofström AB
EDF Induction AS
Effpower AB
EG Electronics
Ekenäs Mekaniska Holding AB
Elanders Infologistics AB
Electric Line Uppland AB
Electroengine in Sweden AB
Elmo Sweden AB
Emhart Teknik AB
Engine Solutions Sweden AB
Epsilon AB
Epsilon High Tech AB
Ess-Kå Metall AB
ESSVE Produkter AB
Euroform AB
Evox Rifa Group OY
EWAB Engineering AB
EWES Stålfjäder AB
F
Farsund Aluminium Casting AS
Fasitet PDE AB
Faurecia Exhaust Systems AB
FEV Sverige AB
Finnsuppliers Finska Medl.
Technology Industries
Finnveden AB
Finnveden Gjutal AB
Finnveden Metal Structures AB
Flexlink Systems AB
Fouriertransform AB
Fuji Autotech AB
G
Galtis AB - SPGA
Gera Technology
Gestamp Hardtech
GETRAG All Wheel Drive AB
GETRAG FORD Transmission
Sweden AB
Gleitmo Technik AB
Gnotec AB
Gnutti Powertrain AB (tid
Finnveden)
Gothia Logistics AB
Göteborg Energi AB
H
Haldex AB
Haldex Brake Products AB
HAVD Group AB
Heléns Rör AB
HiQ Ace AB
HordaGruppen AB
HTS Besafe AS
Hundspannsresor & Bygg – SPGA
Hybricon AB
Hydnum OY
Hydro Alum. Structures Raufoss AS
Hägglund & Granström – SPGA
Hässleholm Consulting &
Trading AB
Höganäs AB
Hök Instrument AB
I
i3TEX AB
IAC Group
IceMakers AB – SPGA
Impetus Afea
Industriell Plåtproduktion AB
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Industriresurs AB
IonBond Sweden AB
ISEA Sweden
IWS International Oy
J
JABA Group AB
Jmac Scandinavia AB
Johnson Matthey AB
K
KG Knutsson AB, Division OE
Klippan Safety AB
Know IT Technology Management
i Göteborg AB
Kollmorgen AB
Kommunicera
Communications AB
Konga Bruk AB
Kongsberg Automotive AB
Kongsberg Automotive ASA
Kongsberg Devotek AS
Konstruktions-Bakelit AB
Krahner AB, Anders
L
Laminova Produktion AB
Lapice AB – SPGA
Lear Corporation Sweden AB
Leax Group AB
22 LEQM AB
Levi Peterson Industri AB
Lidhs Verktyg AB
Linpac Materials Handl.
Scandinavia AB
Ljunghäll AB
LRQA Sverige AB
M
Magna Mirrors Scandinavia AB
Malmeken AB
Manpower Business Solutions AB
Masamuovi OY
Mattssons i Anderstorp AB
Mecel AB Göteborg
Meconet Oy
Medeso AB
Metpela OY
Miljöbil Grenland AS
Mindset AB
Mitsubishi Eletric Automotive
Europe
Mobile Climate Control
Mont Blanc Industri AB
Müller – BBM Scandinavia AB
N
Nexans IKO Sweden AB
Nira Dynamics AB
Nitator i Oskarström AB
Noisetek OY
Nolato AB
Nolato Gota
Nolato Lövepac AB
Nolato Plastteknik
Nolato Polymer AB
Nolato Sunne AB
Norma Sweden AB
Norsk Industri Näringslivets Hus
Novoplastik OY
Preciform AB
Precomp Solutions AB
Press & Plåt Industri AB
Prestando AB
Profilgruppen AB
Promens AS
Proton Engineering AB
Proton Finishing AB
Proton Group AB
pwc
O
Opcon AB
Outokumpu Stainless AB
Ovako Hellefors AB
Ovako Tube & Ring AB
OY Klippan AB
Oy M-Filter Ab
Oy Parlok
Q
QRtech AB
P
Papyrus Sverige AB
Parator Industri AB
PipeChain AB
PKC Group Oy
Plastal AS
Plastal Industri AB
Plasto AS
Pohjoismainen Solumuovi Oy
PowerCell Sweden
S
Safe Mobility
Safety Seal Europe
Saint-Gobain Isover AB
Saint-Gobain Sekurit
Scandinavia AB
Sanmina Encl. Syst. Oy
SAPA Automotive AB
Sapa Heat Transfer AB
Schenker AB
Seeburger Svenska AB
Segerströms i Falkenberg AB
Sem AB
Semcon Caran AB
Senfusion AB
SenseAir AB
SenSic AB
SETEK Elektronik AB
Sibbhultsverken AB
Sintef Raufoss Manufacturing AS
Sisu Auto Trucks Oy
SKF AB Automotive Division
Smarteq Wireless AB
Smidesprodukter AB
SMSC Sweden AB
SO Elektronik AB
SP Sveriges Tekniska Forskningsinstitut
SparQs AB
Specma Dunlop Hydraulic AB
R
Ragasco AS
Raufoss Fuel Systems AS
Rausfoss Technology AS
Reac AB
REC AB – Resident Engineering
Company AB
ReformTech Sweden AB
Reka Kumi OY
RLE Internationnal Sweden AB
RMIG Sweden AB
Roland Berger Strategy
Consultants AB
Ruukki Metals Oy
Ruukki Sverige AB
SPGA Swedish Proving Ground
Association
SSAB Tunnplåt AB
Starsprings/ Stjernfjädrar AB
Stokvis Tapes Sverige AB
Stoneridge Electronics AB
Strålfors Svenska AB, AO Etikett
STT Emtec
Svenska Elvägar AB
Swedish Biominetics 3000 AB
Swedish Lithuanian Tools AB
Amiralsgatan 20
Swedmec
Swenox AB
SwePart Transmission AB
Swerea IVF AB
Swerea SweCast AB
T
Talent Plastics AB
Talent Plastics Alstermo AB
Talent Plastics Gislaved AB
Talent Plastics Göteborg AB
Talent Plastics Laxå AB
Talent Plastics Tallinn AS
Talent Plastics Tartu AS
Teknikum OY
Tesa AB
Texla Industri AB
Think Global AS
Thor Ahlgren AB
Thule Sweden AB
ThyssenKrupp Mannex
Sverige AB
TI Group Automotive
Systems AS
Tibnor AB
Timars Svets & Smide
Tjintokk AB – SPGA
Tordivel AS
TR Fastenings AB
Trelleborg Automotive
Trelleborg Forsheda
Trelleborg Offshore Norway AS
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Skellefteå AB
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Sweden AB
Tribo Tec AB
Tristone Flowtech
Tunaverken Sweden AB
TÛV NORD CERT GmbH Filial
Sverige
U
UBs Alltjänst AB – SPGA
Uddeholms AB
Unimer Holding AB
Uppåkra Mekaniska AB
V
Valmet Automotive Inc
Valtra Oy
VBG Group AB
VecScan AB
Vicura AB
Värnamo Industri AB
Vätterleden Invest AB
W
Wipro Infrastructure
Engineering Oy
X
XANO Industri AB (publ)
Xdin AB
Y
Yazaki Europe Ltd
Å
ÅF-Infrastruktur AB
ÅF-Ingemansson
Ångpanneföreningen
Ö
Öhlins Racing AB
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The average turnover of
the ”top 500” membership
companies is SEK 81,4 million.*
is the average number of
employees of the ”top 500”
membership companies.
* = FKG financial key ratio analysis 2011
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Contact information
Mr. Fredrik Sidahl
Managing Director, FKG
Bror Nilssons gata 4,
S-417 55 Göteborg
Phone: +46 31 711 89 01
+46 706 80 59 53
E-mail: fredrik.sidahl@fkg.se
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SBF
Mr. Christer Palm
Chairman of the Board, FKG
Phone: +46 31 711 89 01
E-mail: christer.palm@fkg.se
Bildelsgrossisterna
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FKG is the trade association
representing Scandinavian suppliers
to the automotive industry
FKG
Bror Nilssons gata 4
SE-417 55 Göteborg
Sweden
Phone: +46 31 711 8901
Fax: +46 31 711 8904
production: www.newsroom.se
photos: Scania, Volvo, Finnveden Bulten, Newsroom
www.fkg.se