Here is an overview of milestones and major events in the history of Orkla.
Orkla Consumer & Financial Investments becomes a business area within Orkla, with responsibility for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and strategy development.
Through this acquisition, Orkla Home & Personal became one of the leading Nordic suppliers of personal care, health, wound care and household cleaning products. Orkla Home & Personal changes its name to Orkla Care.
The acquisition nearly doubles the scale of Orkla’s Baltic operations, making Orkla one of the largest consumer goods companies in the region.
into five units: Orkla Home & Personal, Orkla Confectionery & Snacks, Orkla Foods, Orkla International and Orkla Food Ingredients.
Borregaard is divested and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Sale of Elkem to China National Bluestar Group Co., Ltd (Bluestar). Sale of most of Orkla’s share portfolio and certain other non-core assets.
Sale of Orkla’s forest companies Borregaard Skoger AS, AS Børresen and Borregaard Vafos AS.
where Orkla receives Alcoa's ownership interest in Sapa Profiler, and Alcoa receives Orkla's ownership interest in Elkem Aluminium.
Orkla acquires MTR Foods > in India. MTR Foods' domestic market is Southern India, and the company holds leading positions in its categories.
Orkla acquires Dansk Droge > and the Russian chocolate company Krupskaya.
Dag J. Opedal takes over as Group President and CEO.
Orkla Media purchases the Danish media group Det Berlingske Officin. The sale of NetCom shares yields a gain of NOK 2,239 million.
Pripps Ringnes is now wholly owned by Orkla.
The Swedish brewery Pripps and the Norwegian brewery Ringnes merge and are jointly owned by Orkla and Volvo. Orkla invests heavily in Russia through Baltic Beverages Holding.
The company’s core businesses are branded consumer goods, chemicals and financial investments.
Aksjen hadde steget fra 150 til 800 kroner, mye på grunn av oljekrisen.
Financial Investments become a separate business division.
Chr. Salvesen & Chr. Thams's Communications Aktieselskab is founded to build a railway from the mine to the port.
Orkla Consumer & Financial Investments becomes a business area within Orkla, with responsibility for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and strategy development.
Through this acquisition, Orkla Home & Personal became one of the leading Nordic suppliers of personal care, health, wound care and household cleaning products. Orkla Home & Personal changes its name to Orkla Care.
The acquisition nearly doubles the scale of Orkla’s Baltic operations, making Orkla one of the largest consumer goods companies in the region.
into five units: Orkla Home & Personal, Orkla Confectionery & Snacks, Orkla Foods, Orkla International and Orkla Food Ingredients.
Borregaard is divested and listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Sale of Elkem to China National Bluestar Group Co., Ltd (Bluestar). Sale of most of Orkla’s share portfolio and certain other non-core assets.
Sale of Orkla’s forest companies Borregaard Skoger AS, AS Børresen and Borregaard Vafos AS.
where Orkla receives Alcoa's ownership interest in Sapa Profiler, and Alcoa receives Orkla's ownership interest in Elkem Aluminium.
Orkla acquires MTR Foods > in India. MTR Foods' domestic market is Southern India, and the company holds leading positions in its categories.
Orkla acquires Dansk Droge > and the Russian chocolate company Krupskaya.
Dag J. Opedal takes over as Group President and CEO.
Orkla Media purchases the Danish media group Det Berlingske Officin. The sale of NetCom shares yields a gain of NOK 2,239 million.
Pripps Ringnes is now wholly owned by Orkla.
The Swedish brewery Pripps and the Norwegian brewery Ringnes merge and are jointly owned by Orkla and Volvo. Orkla invests heavily in Russia through Baltic Beverages Holding.
The company’s core businesses are branded consumer goods, chemicals and financial investments.
Aksjen hadde steget fra 150 til 800 kroner, mye på grunn av oljekrisen.
Financial Investments become a separate business division.
Chr. Salvesen & Chr. Thams's Communications Aktieselskab is founded to build a railway from the mine to the port.