Indutrade

Indutrade

Indutrade is an international industrial and technology group that develops and acquires companies characterized by high technological expertise. Its business philosophy is based on entrepreneurship and decentralized leadership. 

The group comprises over 200 subsidiaries in more than 30 countries in six continents. The four principal geographic markets are Sweden, the UK & Ireland, Benelux and Denmark. Indutrade has widespread representation in various customer segments, primarily medical technology and pharmaceutical, infrastructure/ construction, engineering, energy and water and sewerage. Operations are concentrated in two main areas: companies with sales of industrial technology and companies with own manufacture of products under their own brands.

The organization is strongly decentralized and the subsidiaries operate within clearly defined market niches. The group’s structure is divided into five international business areas:: Industrial & Engineering, Infrastructure & Construction, Life Science, Technology & System Solution and Process, Energy & Water.  

Indutrade has long-standing experience of company acquisitions. Through its strong history of acquisitions, Indutrade has the size and the favorable reputation, experience and prerequisites needed to implement value-creating acquisitions. In 2024, 16 new companies were acquired, with total annual sales of around SEK 1.6 bn.

Sustainability

Indutrade has a strategic framework that outlines the company’s focus areas for sustainable development. The company works with overall objectives in the areas of people, environment, products and customers, with annual follow-up. Specific targets to be achieved by 2030 are reducing greenhouse gas emissions in scopes 1 and 2 by 50% and in scope 3 by 25%, compared with the base year of 2023. The climate targets are validated by SBTi.  

Financial objectives

Indutrade’s financial objective is that average annual sales growth will be at least 10% over a business cycle. The EBITA margin is to amount to at least 14% annually over a business cycle. The return on capital employed is to average at least 20% annually over a business cycle. The net debt/equity ratio should normally not exceed 100%. Dividend payments should be between 30 and 50% of profit after tax.