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The Swedwood Group is a fully integrated international industrial group of IKEA. Swedwood manufactures and distributes wood based furniture and controls the entire value chain from the management and operations of forests on long term contracts, to sawmills, board, components and furniture production and, distribution. The Swedwood Group consists of some 50 production units and offices in 10 countries across three continents. The Group employs some 16,500 people who manufacture about 100 million units of furniture and furniture components annually. The range includes well known IKEA furniture such as LACK, BILLY, FAKTUM, APPLÅD, MALM, PAX, EXPEDIT, BESTÅ, BIRKELAND, LIDINGÖ, EFFEKTIV, LEKSVIK, HEMNES and a number of other furniture products, in total about 60 furniture series with up to 120 different items per range.

Swedwood was established in 1991 and has since then grown significantly and is still expanding. This is achieved by means of acquisition but more importantly investments in existing units as well as building new sites. Swedwood is committed to long-term investments and will continue to pursue ambitious growth targets. The Group has grown by some 20-25% every year since its establishment and intends to continue doing that by higher capacity utilisation and increased output from existing units and, by investing in new state-of-the-art production units.