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In 2023, Lindéngruppen company Beckers had its sustainability index third-party validated and used it to assess its entire coil coatings portfolio. They also succeeded in creating the world’s first resins from plastic waste and the first ever UV/EB coil coating commercial paint for the construction industry.

The Lindéngruppen Global Management Conference (LGMC) is an annual event which brings together the top leadership in our Group. The theme this year was the relationship between leadership and inner development.

As of January 1, 2024, Fabio Pedrazzi will be the new CEO of Lindéngruppen. Current CEO, Paul Schrotti will transition to a Senior Advisor role.

Lindéngruppen company, Höganäs, is switching to secondary raw materials in metal powder production to reduce both costs and carbon emissions.

Lindéngruppen company Höganäs AB has appointed Henrik Ager as the new President and CEO of Höganäs, starting October 2, 2023. Henrik Ager is currently CEO of Copperstone Resources AB.

Beckers Art Award 2023 has been given to Gothenburg-based artist Jonatan Pihlgren who explores intense emotions in paintings where everyday life meets dreams and fantasies. Sculpting and performance are also parts of his artistic practice. As part of the award, Jonatan Pihlgren holds two solo exhibitions and the second one opens at KKAM (former Höganäs Museum) on Saturday August 26 and stays open until September 24.

Höganäs is running a pilot project to investigate if satellite monitoring can provide better understanding of its operations impact on the environment.

With the mission to be a sustainable home of leading creative brands, the Lindéngruppen company Colart – including its brands Winsor & Newton, Liquitex, Lefranc Bourgeois, Conté à Paris and Charbonnel – is now a Certified B Corporation,™ (“B Corp,™).

In June 2023 Magdalena Gerger becomes Vice Chair of Colart Group Holdings Limited. Colart is home to many of the most recognised art material brands and Magdalena Gerger brings both executive and non-executive experience from brand building in consumer goods industries.

Lindéngruppen company Alex Begg have reduced their environmental footprint by switching to renewable electricity, upcycling textile waste and using less water.

Check out our progress in 2022 and gain insight into our pioneering work with True Value Creation and how we empower our companies to prosper and lead the transformation to a sustainable world.

Höganäs has inaugurated a new ArcX centre in Houston, Texas, to provide customers with state-of-the-art technical support. The ArcX technology centres provide a platform where customers can take technological challenges and have the global Höganäs expertise find solutions for them.

Lindéngruppen company Beckers is building a new Sustainable Innovation Centre in the UK to help unlock the potential of future coil coating technologies such as ultraviolet/electron beam (UV/EB) curing.

Beckers have developed the first commercial paint formulations for ultraviolet and electron-beam curing in the coil coating market. The game-changing technologies can significantly reduce CO2 emissions and enhance efficiency in the industry.

Höganäs has broadened the way they work with circularity by looking at opportunities throughout the value chain – from the raw materials it sources to the products and residual materials it produces.