AFRY AB (publ) is a Swedish-Finnish supplier of engineering, design, and advisory services, with a global reach. The company originates from Sweden and it was formed in 1895 under the name of “The Southern Swedish Steam Generator Association” (in Swedish: Södra Sveriges Ångpanneförening). AFRY has today 17,000 experts in infrastructure, industry, energy and digitalisation worldwide.
History
Södra Sveriges Ångpanneförening ("The Southern Swedish Steam Generator Association") was founded in Malmö on 23 February 1895. It was the first Swedish steam-pipe association to take care of the interests of the owners of steam generators and other pressure vessels. The main task was to perform regular inspections on the safety of steam boilers to help prevent industrial accidents."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), covering the whole of Sweden as a market.[1]
On 5 May 2008, the Ångpanneföreningen changed its name to ÅF. In 2010, the operations of ÅF-Kontroll were sold to DEKRA in a step to realign ÅF as Europe's leading engineering and consulting company. In 2019, ÅF acquires the Finnish company Pöyry PLC and are now one combined company and brand– AFRY. On December 10, 2018, ÅF and Pöyry announced a merger to form a leading European engineering and consulting services company.[6]
In 2025, AFRY celebrates130 years as a company.
Divisions
The AFRY Group is divided into five divisions:
- AFRY Energy
- AFRY Industrial and Digital Solutions
- AFRY Infrastructure
- AFRY Process Industries
- AFRY Management Consulting
CEOs
- 12 January 2025–Present: Linda Pålsson [2]
- 1 April 2017–11 January 2025: Jonas Gustavsson.[7]
- 2002–30 March 2017: Jonas Wiström.[7]
Major Projects
- The world's longest traffic tunnel, the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland
- The world's largest combined power and desalination plant, Ras al-Khair in Saudi Arabia
- The first hydropower dam on the lower Mekong river, the Xayaburi Dam in Laos
- The largest and most energy efficient waste-to-energy plant in Finland, Vantaa Energy, Finland
- One of the world's most advanced sewage systems, Emscher, Germany
- One of the world's largest offshore wind farms, Lillgrund Wind Farm, Sweden
- One of the largest single operating solar power plants in Vietnam, Southeast Asia
- The East Link high speed rail project in Sweden.
External links
References
- ^ "Jonas Gustavsson tillträder som ny VD för ÅF den 1 april 2017". ÅF consult. 16 March 2017.
- ^ "AReport from ÅF Pöyry's Annual General Meeting 2021". AFRY. 3 June 2021.
- ^ AFRY AB (PUBL) YEAR-END REPORT JANUARY–DECEMBER 2021 (PDF). AFRY AB (publ). pp. 2–3.
- ^ AFRY AB (PUBL) YEAR-END REPORT JANUARY–DECEMBER 2021 (PDF). JessicaB2022. pp. 2–3.
- ^ AFRY AB (PUBL) YEAR-END REPORT JANUARY–DECEMBER 2021 (PDF). JessicaB2022. pp. 2–3.
- ^ "AFRY website has replaced AFconsult". afry.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Han blir ÅF:s nya VD!". Archived from the original on 3 January 2018.
