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History
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| 1857 | Kährs is founded. Main product is the spinning wheel, but other decorative and practical wooden products are also produced. | ||||||
| Ca 1930 | Kährs is Sweden's leading wood toy manufacturer, but product range also includes furniture and fittings for public areas. | ||||||
| 1935 | Bauwerk gets mosaic wooden flooring patent. The patent for a machine producing a special type of wooden flooring is acquired and further developed. | ||||||
| 1937 | Marty is founded. | ||||||
| 1941 | Kährs gets patent on multilayer wooden floor. | ||||||
| 1946 |
Bauwerk establishes production in St. Margrethen, Switzerland.
Bauwerk opens its first export office in London, UK. |
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| 1971 | Kährs starts to export wooden floors by opening sales office in Denmark. | ||||||
| 1974 | Bauwerk is sold to Elektro Watt. | ||||||
| 1979 |
HIAG-group acquires Bauwerk.
Marty is sold to a Belgian company. |
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| 1982 | After five generations of family Kährs as owners, AB Gustav Kährs is sold to Järnbron AB (Ratos). | ||||||
| 1983 |
Kährs acquires a company in Ljusdal, Sweden.
Marty family re-acquires Marty. |
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| 1985 | Kährs is sold to Skåne-Gripen. | ||||||
| 1988 | Marty purchases a sawmill in Bourganeuf, France. | ||||||
| 1993 | Bauwerk establishes wooden flooring factory in Salzburg, Austria. | ||||||
| 1996 | Skanska acquires Kährs. | ||||||
| 1999 |
Nybron International AB is founded as a holding company for Kährs.
Nybron acquires Marty (France) and Langmoen (Norway) |
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| 2000 |
Nybron merges with Bauwerk and NFI group is created. Nordic Capital, Sweden, and HIAG, Switzerland, become the principal shareholders of NFI. NFI introduces the gluefree woodloc®-joint to the market. |
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| 2002 | NFI implements a restructuring programme and new management is introduced. | ||||||
| 2006 | Vestar Capital Partners acquires NFI. | ||||||
| 2008 | Senior lenders acquire NFI. | ||||||
| 2008 | Per Skårner appointed CEO. | ||||||
| 2009 | Marty is sold to the management through a MBO | ||||||
| 2009 |
Bauwerk is sold to Zurmont Madison
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