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Bohusgranit Ekonomisk Förening, part of the Benders Group, is making extensive investments in Swedish natural stone, both in production facilities and through new quarrying permits.

On 1st March, Anders Erdmark will assume the role of the company’s first CEO, marking a milestone in its history.

After 35 years of close collaboration, Benders has acquired Braås Åkeri AB.
The acquisition, completed at the turn of the year 2024/2025, aims to further strengthen Benders’ value chain—from raw material to finished product delivered to the customer.

As of 1 January 2025, Benders will become the majority owner of KPAB, Kvänum. As part of this transition, the company will change its name to Benders Dörr AB.

Benders is the Swedish family business in the construction and civil engineering sector that continuously reinvests to develop. Innovative logistics solutions with sea transport and trains, as well as energy optimisation at production units, are some examples.

In response to Russia’s invasion, we have decided to support Ukraine. The Benders group has donated SEK 100,000 to the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This body is currently carrying out major humanitarian interventions in the area.

Benders Byggsystem AB has recently signed an agreement to acquire a majority shareholding in Concrete Solutions Nordic AB (CSN) in Halmstad, a company specialising in prefabricated buildings for the energy sector.

Construction materials producer Benders Sverige AB recently entered into an agreement with the municipality of Umeå for the acquisition of a large site. This is to be the object of a logistics investment. The goal is to use a train solution to replace long-haul lorry traffic to Norrland, thereby thoroughly strengthening market presence in this northern area.

We are incredibly proud that O-huset, a building for which Benders Byggsystem AB erected the frame, has won the Swedish Health Care Facilities Network Prize for 2021. O-huset is in the Karolinska University Hospital complex at Huddinge and frame erection took place between 2017 and 2018.

On 3 May, Mats Jakobsson starts as new MD of Benders Sverige AB. Ove Bender, the present MD, then becomes the CEO of the Benders’ companies, both inside and outside Sweden.

Benders, Leca and Weber are forming a strategic collaboration that combines Leca’s knowledge of producing Leca® pellets, Weber’s technical know-how in walled structures and Benders’ production and logistics capacities. Together, they are creating the right conditions for improved development, manufacture and distribution of Leca® blocks to the whole of Sweden’s construction industry. (Leca = light expanded clay aggregate.)