Polaris hosted its annual investor day on Tuesday 5 September 2017. The day offers an opportunity for Polaris Investors to meet with the managements and companies of Polaris portfolio investments. The day finished with a social event celebrating the winners of the annual Polaris prizes within growth, margin expansion, net working capital, strategic repositioning and [...]
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For all those of you who are not familiar with the power of configuration software or why it is used, check out this configurator demo from Configit: demo.configit.com/BikeShop2/Default.aspx The configurator helps the customer of a bike shop design a bike that can actually be built, and explicitly provides valid options for the remaining components that [...]
Molslinjen has recently launched an express bus route between Aarhus and Copenhagen together with Herning Turist. The route will be named Kombardo Expressen and will have 44 departures per week. Tickets are available from 99 DKK and the trip will take around 3 hours. Please find press release below: Danish (click here)
Molslinjen's new ferry, Express 3, has been built in Tasmania, Australia and measures 109 meters in length and 30 meters in width. The ferry has a total capacity of 415 cars and approximately 1,000 passengers and will primarily be used on the larger morning and afternoon departures between Aarhus and Odden. Express 3 left the harbour in [...]
Just as Molslinjen's newest high-speed ferry, Express 3, is crossing the Indian Ocean on its way from Tasmania, the first aluminum plate for another high-speed ferry, Express 4, has been cut in Australia. The Chairman of Molslinjen, Frantz Palludan, was the first person to press the start button on the CNC machine which cut the first [...]
Louis Poulsen's CEO Christian Engsted has decided to resign from his position due to personal reasons. Christian will continue as part-owner and will become member of Louis Poulsen's board of directors. The board, management and the employees all thank Christian for his great commitment, professionalism and contribution in Louis Poulsen and wish him the best [...]
After more than 8 years of service, Mr. Claus Omann has accepted an assignment outside the TRIAX group of companies. Claus has served during periods of expansion as well as contraction of the TRIAX line of business. Most recently, after the acquisition by Polaris Private Equity in 2015, he has contributed to successfully transforming TRIAX [...]
Today, the board of Akademikliniken announced the appointment of Andreas Göthberg as new CEO of the company. Andreas Göthberg will bring with him a very broad range of relevant experience from sales, marketing and consumer goods as well as health care. Among other positions, he has previously been CEO at OneMed and the gym chain SATS [...]
Polaris divests the Floor Grinding Solutions (FGS) division of HTC Sweden to the Construction Division of Husqvarna Group. The FGS division is a leading global developer and manufacturer of professional floor grinding systems and floor solutions. HTC FGS has been part of the HTC Sweden which was acquired by Polaris III in 2013. Polaris will [...]