Company facts



Operations:
Kinnarps provide interior workspace solutions for offices and public environments. High quality and low environmental impact mark the entire chain – from raw material to finished solutions for the workspace.

Turnover:
Kinnarps Group has a turnover of SEK 3,943 billion (07/08) approx £300M
Kinnarps UK has an annual turnover of approx £25M

Sales:
Kinnarps is today Europe’s third largest provider of workspace interior solutions. Sales operations are conducted in about 35 countries and Kinnarps has subsidiaries in 16 countries.
We sell direct - business to business - via our own sales team.

Production:
All Kinnarps production takes place in Sweden at five manufacturing plants (Kinnarp, Jönköping, Skillingaryd, Vinslöv and Tranås). The largest of these is located in Kinnarp.

Headquarter:
Group management is based at the headquarters in the village of Kinnarp in Sweden. The group has about 2200 employees.
The UK headquarters is near Heathrow with a nearby logistics centre in Langley. Local Business Centres are open in Aberdeen and Livingston in Scotland; Leeds, Manchester, Slough, Crawley, Reading and the Solent plus a central London Showroom in Covent Garden.

Trademarks:
Kinnarps design, develop, and market four own trademarks. The main trademark Kinnarps is synonymous with functional and effective interior design solutions for all the rooms and needs of the workplace. Materia represents the experimental, innovative and surprising elements of design, Klaessons the timelessly elegant, while Skandiform offers contemporary Scandinavian design. Together with selected network of partners, Kinnarps has a very competitive offer.

History:
Kinnarps was founded in 1942 by Jarl and Evy Andersson. We opened operations in the UK in 1972.

Owner:
Kinnarps is a 100% family owned enterprise and is today owned by children and grandchildren of Jarl and Evy Andersson. Some of the owners, as well as some of their spouses, are active within the company. The UK company is a wholly owned subsidiary.

CEO:
Henry Jarlsson, born 1943, has worked within Kinnarps since the 1960s. He took up his current post as CEO in 1973. The UK Managing Director is Paul von der Heyde who has been associated with the company since its early days.


Kinnarps (UK) Limited
1 Winnersh Fields, Gazelle Close
Winnersh
Reading
Berkshire
RG41 5HH
Tel: 07525 100050
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www.kinnarps.co.uk

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