industry products for the installation renovation and maintenance of wooden floors founded 1919 founder wilhelm edner area served worldwide key people kerstin lindell ceo and president products adhesives finishes oils uv finishes sanding machines abrasives floor care products for wooden floors revenue sek 1 3 billion 2011 number of employees 512 2011 website http www.bona.com bona ab is a family owned company founded in 1919 . with its headquarters in sweden bona is now present in more than 70 different countries all over the world through subsidiaries and country distributors . bona provides products for the installation maintenance and renovation of wooden floors throughout their lifetime and also supply uv coatings to leading international producers of wooden floors bona pioneered waterborne finishes in 1979 presenting the patent in 1982 . 1 bona has production facilities in sweden germany the usa and china . contents 1 history 2 products 2.1 contractors 2.2 homeowners 2.3 parquet producers 3 references history edit the bona story started in the 1890s when wilhelm edner opened a grocery shop in malm sweden selling coffee and various household products . the years went by the business developed and during the 1910s floor wax came into the picture ; a completely new product on the swedish market at the time . in august 1919 wilhelm edner registered a company called aktiebolaget bona . this is the date that bona the floor care company was founded since then the company has exclusively worked with the treatment of wooden floors . in 2012 bona ab became the official hardwood floor care sponsor for the nba . 2 as of january 2007 kerstin lindell is president and ceo . products edit bona has products and solutions for contractors homeowners and parquet producers . their product portfolio the bona system . contractors edit renovation with waterborne finishes dust free and ergonomic sanding machines and silane based adhesives . homeowners edit offers a product range for renovation and maintenance adapted for use by end consumers . parquet producers edit bona is the supplier of uv coatings to international producers of wooden floors . references edit http www.google.com patents ep0098908b1 cl en & dq inassignee % 22bonakemi ab % 22 & hl es & sa x & ei e28fuccopno7haewwydodq & ved 0cduq6aewaa official harwood floor care nba 2012 . nba . retrieved november 30 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bona ab & oldid 647235299 categories companies of swedencompanies based in malm navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 15 february 2015 at 12 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view