AFRY

AFRY (ÅF Pöyry) is a Swedish engineering, consulting and design company within the fields of energy, industry, infrastructure and information technology. It was formed in 1895 and is one of the biggest Scandinavian consulting giants with headcount close to 17,500 consultants all over the world. AFRY is the new common brand resulting from the merger between ÅF (originally, Aktiebolaget Ångpanneföreningen (The Steam-Boiler Association)) and Pöyry.

AFRY
Publicly traded Aktiebolag
Traded asAF B
ISINSE0005999836 
IndustryConsulting services for energy, industry and infrastructure projects
Founded1895 (1895)
Malmö, Sweden
HeadquartersSolna, Sweden
Number of locations
100< (May 2017) [1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jonas Gustavsson (CEO)[2]
  • Anders Narvinger (Chairman) [3]
Revenue 11 070 MSEK (2016)[4]
965 MSEK (2016)[4]
Number of employees
17 500 (2019)[1]
DivisionsEnergy, Industry, Infrastructure and Digital Solutions
Websitewww.afry.com

History

The first Swedish steam-pipe association was formed in Malmö on February 23, 1895 under the name of "The Southern Swedish Steam Generator Association". The association was formed by owners of steam boilers and other pressure vessels. The intention was to prevent accidents through periodic inspections. "The Central and Northern Swedish Steam Generator Association" was formed in Stockholm in 1897, and the inspectors began to conduct consultancy services. In 1910 both associations expanded their business to include Electrical engineering. The two associations merged in 1964 under the name Ångpanneföreningen, ÅF, with all of Sweden as a business area.

On May 5, 2008, the Ångpanneföreningen changed its name to ÅF. In 2010, the operations of ÅF-Kontroll were sold to DEKRA Industrial. On November 25, 2019, the company was rebranded as AFRY after merger of (ÅF with Finnish company Pöyry).

Operation

The AFRY Group consists of the parent company AFRY AB and a number of subsidiaries:

  1. AFRY Energy
  2. AFRY Industrial and Digital Solutions
  3. AFRY Infrastructure
  4. AFRY Process Industries
  5. AFRY Management Consulting

CEOs
  • 1 April 2017- now: Jonas Gustavsson.[5]
  • 2002- 30 March 2017: Jonas Wiström.[5]

Olympic Green Advisor

Between 2010 and 2018, ÅF was the Green Advisor for the four Olympic committees in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland - a sponsorship partnership that helps sports to think greener.[6]

gollark: Idea: threaten lyricly by saying you'll send him a description of SCP-3125 if he doesn't make you moderator.
gollark: You should read the antimemetics division stories.
gollark: Hmm, probably somewhat anomalous, I guess, but boring and uncool.
gollark: Anomalous items should be... actual anomalies not replicable using regular technølogy.
gollark: Still technically doable, though, with batteries.

References
  1. "ÅF Corporate Movie".
  2. "Jonas Gustavsson tillträder som ny VD för ÅF den 1 april 2017". ÅF consult. 16 March 2017.
  3. "Anders Narvinger föreslås till ny styrelseledamot i ÅF". ÅF consult. 21 March 2017.
  4. "ÅF AB Bokslutskommuniké januari-december 2016". ÅF consult.
  5. "Han blir ÅF:s nya VD!".
  6. "ÅF to be Green Advisor and sponsor for four Olympic Committees".


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