HMS Industrial Networks has won the Grand export prize that for the
fourth time was awarded to the best export company in Sweden. The
prize was handed out by the King Carl XVI Gustav at an award ceremony
at Berns Salonger in Stockholm in the presence of 1 000 guests from
the Swedish export industry.
- HMS has had an exceptional export success with new Swedish
high-tech electronic products. A wide geographic spread has been
achieved in combination with good profitability, says Ulf Berg,
President of the Swedish Trade Council and member of the jury.
- This is a prestigious prize that we have won in strong competition
with the best of Swedish export companies. It is a great honour for
me, on behalf of the company and our employees, to accept this prize
from the hands of His Majesty the King of Sweden. The award will be
an essential asset in our international marketing process, says
Nicolas Hassbjer, CEO of HMS.
The award is handed out to the company that:
* Shows a strong development of its international sales during the
latest years with success in several markets
* Show a positive development of value added, organic growth and
employment in the organisation
* Developed a strong market offering or marketing concept
* Increased the sales in combination with good profitability
The jury consists of: Carl Bennet, Chairman of the board of Elanders
and Getinge, Sven-Christer Nilsson, Chairman of Ripasso and former
CEO of Ericsson, Ulf Berg, President of Swedish Trade, Björn
Fjellsäter, CEO BoB Management, Mauro Gozzo, Chief economist at
Swedish Trade and Gerald Engström, CEO Systemair.
Motivation from the jury:"HMS Industrial Networks' rapid growth is built on the market need to
make devices and machines in manufacturing processes communicate.
Early on, HMS' management decided to focus on the international
market and created a successful business concept based upon embedded
connectivity solutions, which have now generated a consistent strong
growth along with good profits. HMS has in a short time frame
achieved a geographically well distributed sales volume to a strong
global customer base."
- It is actually only very few Swedish companies for which the three
largest markets also are the world's largest economies namely; USA,
Japan and Germany, says Ulf Berg.
The prize consists of the diploma signed by King Carl XVI Gustav and
a 100 000 SEK check to be exchanged for services at the Swedish Trade
Council for accomplishing continued international expansion.
For more information:
Nicolas Hassbjer, CEO of HMS, Phone: +46-35-17 29 02
Mauro Gozzo, Chief economist and jury member for the Grand Export
prize, Phone: +46-8-588 66 035
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Swedish Trade Council is a resource for all Swedish companies that
want to make international business. We have a long experience of
international business development and have local presence in more
than 50 countries with 530 employees. The Swedish Trade Council is
owned by the government and the industry and has a turnover of
approx. SEK 550 m.
HMS Networks AB (publ) is a world-leading supplier of communication
technology for industrial automation. Sales totalled SEK 270 m in
2007. Over 90% of these sales were to customers located outside
Sweden. All development and the major portion of manufacturing is
carried out at the head office in Halmstad. Sales offices are located
in Japan, China, Germany, USA, Italy and France. HMS has 155
employees and produces network interface cards and products to
interconnect different networks under the trademark Anybus®. The
network interface cards are embedded in automation equipment such as
robots, control systems, motors and sensors. This allows
subcomponents in machines to communicate with one another and with
different networks.
HMS was formed in 1988 and has had an average organic growth of 30%
annually over the last 10 years. HMS is listed on the OMX Nordic
Exchange in Stockholm in the Small Cap, Information Technology
sector.
