traded as nasdaq stockholm trel b industry polymer engineering founded 1905 founder henry dunker and johan kock headquarters trelleborg sweden area served worldwide key people s ren mellstig chairman peter nilsson president and ceo revenue 25 billion sek 2015 number of employees 16 500 2015 divisions trelleborg coated systems trelleborg industrial systems trelleborg offshore and construction trelleborg trelleborg sealing solutions trelleborg wheel systems website www.trelleborg.com trelleborg ab is a global engineering group focused on polymer technology with headquarters in trelleborg sweden with approximately 16 500 employees 2015 and with revenue of 25 billion sek 2015 . its stock has been publicly listed on stock exchanges since 1964 and currently 2016 is listed on the nasdaq stockholm large cap . it is active in over 40 countries and describes its mission as the development of engineered polymer solutions that seal damp and protect critical applications in demanding environments . in addition trelleborg owns 50 percent of trelleborg vibracoustic a global leader within antivibration solutions for light and heavy vehicles with annual sales of sek 18 billion 2015 and about 10 000 employees 2015 in about 20 countries . 1 contents 1 history 2 operations 3 market 4 ownership 5 governance 6 references history edit the company was founded in 1905 as trelleborgs gummifabriks ab the rubber factory corporation of trelleborg by henry dunker and johan kock who were both already active in the rubber industry . initially the company had 150 employees and produced bicycle tires and rubber for industrial applications . during world war i the swedish armed forces placed substantial orders . by the mid 1930s the number of employees had reached 1 000 . beginning in the 1950s the share of revenue from sales outside of sweden increased ; in 1950 it was 4 % and in 1970 it was 40 % . in 1964 trelleborgs gummifabriks ab was floated at the stockholm stock exchange . the current name was adopted in 1977 . between 1983 and 1991 the strategy was to act as a wide ranging industrial conglomerate with a particular focus on mining and metals . later the company s focus returned to rubber products . in 1999 the scope was further narrowed by specializing in industrial applications . in 2003 polymer based precision seals were added to the product offerings . in 2009 the european commission fined several marine hose producers among them trelleborg ab ... for participating in a cartel for marine hoses between 1986 and 2007 in violation of the ban on cartels and restrictive business practices in the ec treaty article 81 and the eea agreement article 53 . 2 in mid 2012 trelleborg and freudenberg formed a 50 50 joint venture in antivibration solutions for light and heavy vehicles trelleborgvibracoustic . by that the group s immediate exposure to the light vehicles market segment decreased from 34 percent of the group s net sales in 2011 to 11 percent at year end 2012 . 3 operations edit trelleborg tire tm 2000 on a forage harvester fitted with ctis trelleborg ab is divided into the following business areas 4 trelleborg coated systems polymer coated fabrics trelleborg industrial solutions hose systems industrial antivibration solutions and selected industrial sealing systems trelleborg offshore & construction polymer based solutions for offshore oil & gas and infrastructure trelleborg sealing solutions precision seals for industry aviation and vehicles founded in 1952 trelleborg sealing solutions was previously a part of the smiths group s precision seals business . this business polymer sealing solutions consisted of four rubber units . these were busak shamban dowty automotive shamban and forsheda . in 2003 polymer sealing solutions was acquired by trelleborg ab . the name busak shamban remained with all marketing locations but the manufacturing locations became known as trelleborg sealing solutions . as of april 2 2007 the busak shamban name was retired with all locations being brought under the trelleborg sealing solutions umbrella . trelleborg wheel systems tires and wheels for agriculture forestry and materials handling vehicles market edit trelleborg ab was in 2011 according to rubber & plastics news the third largest player in the world market for non tire rubber products . 5 ranking by sales company country 1 continental a.g. germany 2 hutchinson s.a. france 3 trelleborg ab sweden 4 freudenberg group germany 5 bridgestone corp japan 6 nok inc. japan 7 tokai rubber industries ltd. japan 8 pinafore holdings b.v. united kingdom 9 cooper standard automotive united states 10 parker hannifin corp. united states the net sales for 2013 had the following geographical distribution 6 region share of sales western europe 48 % rest of europe 6 % north america 24 % asia and other markets 18 % south and central america 4 % ownership edit the 10 largest shareholders of trelleborg ab as of december 31 2015 7 no shareholder percent of share capital percent of votes 1 henry dunker donation fund & foundations 10.50 % 54.02 % 2 amf insurance & funds 5.80 % 2.98 % 3 didner & gerge funds 5.18 % 2.66 % 4 first swedish national pension fund 3.34 % 1.72 % 5 handelsbanken funds 2.79 % 1.44 % 6 swedbank robur funds 2.62 % 1.35 % 7 lannebo funds 2.46 % 1.27 % 8 afa insurance 2.20 % 1.13 % 9 norges band 1.63 % 0.84 % 10 dfa funds 1.52 % 0.78 % governance edit since april 24 2013 s ren mellstig has been chairman of trelleborg ab . the following table lists the chairmen in chronological order since the company was founded . period chairman august 24 1905 december 18 1909 gustaf lagergren december 19 1909 may 1 1945 johan kock may 2 1945 may 3 1962 henry dunker may 17 1962 may 24 1965 lars gunnar ohlsson may 25 1965 may 25 1970 hadar hallstr m may 26 1970 may 17 1976 lars gunnar ohlsson may 18 1976 may 30 1985 ke st hlbrandt may 31 1985 may 30 1990 ernst herslow may 31 1990 april 23 2002 rune andersson april 24 2002 april 23 2013 anders narvinger april 24 2013 s ren mellstig since october 1 2005 peter nilsson has been president and ceo of trelleborg ab . the following table lists the presidents and ceos in chronological order since the company was founded . period president and ceo august 24 1905 may 17 1947 henry dunker september 1 1939 july 21 1949 at the time the law permitted appointment of more than one ceo hilding st hlbrandt august 29 1949 may 17 1976 ke st hlbrandt may 18 1976 april 30 1983 arne lundqvist may 1 1983 may 30 1990 rune andersson may 31 1990 january 26 1999 kjell nilsson january 27 1999 february 8 1999 hans porat temporary february 9 1999 september 30 2005 fredrik arp october 1 2005 peter nilsson references edit about our group . trelleborg ab . april 19 2010 . retrieved october 13 2010 . http europa.eu rapid press release ip 09 137 en.htm history . trelleborg ab . august 12 2010 . retrieved october 13 2010 . organization . trelleborg ab . march 30 2010 . retrieved october 13 2010 . bruce meyer 2011 . rankings . rubber & plastics news . crain communications july 09 12 . annual report 2013 page 37 strategic cornerstones pdf . trelleborg ab . march 19 2014 . retrieved march 19 2014 . annual report 2013 page 5 trelleborg ab s ten largest shareholders pdf . trelleborg ab . march 19 2014 . retrieved march 19 2014 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title trelleborg company & oldid 743306882 categories companies of swedendefence companies of swedenmanufacturing companies of swedenengineering companies of swedencompanies established in 1905companies listed on the stockholm stock exchangemultinational companies headquartered in swedentire manufacturersautomotive companiesswedish brands1905 establishments in sweden 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 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