AFRY

AFRY (ÅF Pöyry) is a Swedish-Finnish engineering, consulting and design company within the fields of energy, industry, infrastructure and information technology. It was formed in 1895 and is one of the biggest Scandinavian consulting giants with headcount close to 17,500 consultants all over the world. AFRY is the new common brand resulting from the merger between ÅF (originally, Aktiebolaget Ångpanneföreningen (The Steam-Boiler Association)) and Pöyry.

AFRY
TypePublicly traded Aktiebolag
AF B
IndustryConsulting services for energy, industry, and infrastructure projects
Founded1895 (1895)
Malmö, Sweden
HeadquartersSolna, Sweden
Number of locations
>100 (2019)[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jonas Gustavsson (CEO)[2]
  • Anders Narvinger (Chairman) [3]
Revenue 19,792 MSEK (2019)[1]
1,368 MSEK (2019)[1]
Number of employees
16,348 (2019)[1]
DivisionsEnergy, Industry, Infrastructure and Digital Solutions
Websitewww.afry.com

History

The first Swedish steam-pipe association was formed in Malmö on 23 February 1895 under the name of Södra Sveriges Ångpanneförening ("The Southern Swedish Steam Generator Association"). The association was formed by owners of steam boilers and other pressure vessels. The intention was to prevent accidents through periodic inspections. "The Central and Northern Swedish Steam Generator Association" was formed in Stockholm in 1897, and the inspectors began to conduct consultancy services. In 1910 both associations expanded their business to include Electrical engineering. The two associations merged in 1964 under the name Ångpanneföreningen, ÅF, with all of Sweden as a business area.

On 5 May 2008, the Ångpanneföreningen changed its name to ÅF. In 2010, the operations of ÅF-Kontroll were sold to DEKRA Industrial. On 25 November 2019, the company was rebranded as AFRY after merger of ÅF with Finnish company Pöyry. This was announced through a video on the companies social media and its own website.[4][5]

Operation

The AFRY Group consists of the parent company AFRY AB and a number of subsidiaries:

  1. AFRY Energy
  2. AFRY Industrial and Digital Solutions
  3. AFRY Infrastructure
  4. AFRY Process Industries
  5. AFRY Management Consulting

CEOs
  • 1 April 2017–present: Jonas Gustavsson.[6]
  • 2002–30 March 2017: Jonas Wiström.[6]

Olympic Green Advisor

Between 2010 and 2018, ÅF was the Green Advisor for the four Olympic committees in Norway, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland - a sponsorship partnership that helps sports to think greener.[7]

References
  1. Annual and Sustainability Report 2019 (PDF). ÅF Pöyry AB. p. 2-3.
  2. "Jonas Gustavsson tillträder som ny VD för ÅF den 1 april 2017". ÅF consult. 16 March 2017.
  3. "Anders Narvinger föreslås till ny styrelseledamot i ÅF". ÅF consult. 21 March 2017.
  4. "About us AFRY".
  5. "AFRY - Bravery". YouTube.
  6. "Han blir ÅF:s nya VD!". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018.
  7. "ÅF to be Green Advisor and sponsor for four Olympic Committees".


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