AAK (company)

AAK AB, formerly AarhusKarlshamn, is a global Sweden-based company and producer of vegetable oils and fats.

History The company, formerly known as AarhusKarlshamn, was founded in 2005 through the merger of Karlshamns AB (founded 1918 in Karlshamn, Sweden) and Aarhus United A/S (founded 1871 in Aarhus, Denmark).

Company The company has been listed, as the current legal entity, on the Stockholm Stock Exchange (OMX) since 2005 and had a total market cap of about 50,2 billion SEK, as of April 30, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the group had a total turnover of 35,452 million SEK, an operating profit of 2,393 million SEK, and 4,013 employees globally.

Production facilities The group has production facilities in numerous countries with its main production units situated in:

Runcorn, United Kingdom Villavicencio, Colombia Louisville, United States Jundiaí, Brazil Zhangjiagang, China Richmond (CA), United States Khopoli, India Aarhus, Denmark Hull, United Kingdom Karlshamn, Sweden Montevideo, Uruguay Morelia, Mexico Newark (NJ), United States Zaandijk, The Netherlands Merksem, Belgium Dalby, Sweden Hillside (NJ), United States Rotterdam, The Netherlands St Leonards-on-Sea, United Kingdom

Products The company's products are used in a wide variety of applications in the food, confectionery, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, chemical and animal feed industries.

Awards and recognitions In 2021, AAK was named world's second top specialty oil company by the Chinese food media FoodTalks.

AAK (company)

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