2006–2012: The road to Omnichannel

In 2006, Swedish company Posten AB acquired Stralfors, which was then de-listed from the Stock Exchange. A couple of years later, Stralfors set up operations in the Polish town of Laskowice.

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In 2009, the Swedish and Danish postal services merged to create Posten Norden, now known as PostNord. At the time Stralfors had 2,300 employees, 1,100 of them in Sweden. The company had a turnover of SEK 3.9 billion and its business activity was described as information transfer.

In 2011, Stralfors sold off its SIS business area, Strålfors Identification Solutions. SIS consisted among others of Stralfors' former Labels business area, which operated in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland.

The reason for the sale was that Stralfors' business was to be run within its core operation. This encompassed various kinds of solutions for business communication, electronic information transfer services, fulfillment (third-party logistics) and services to optimize customers' information flows.

In 2007 one of Strålfors/Posten’s business solutions was named the best IT solution of the year by the CIO Awards. With a single data file and integration of transfer systems, customers could access all known distribution methods at the time.

This is how our commitment towards Omnichannel began.

Explore a century of Strålfors

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1919–1955: Graphic Production

Stralfors’ business is based on a long tradition, and it all started in 1919 with a man named Thage Carlsson in Ljungby, Sweden.

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1956–1969: Punch cards and the company's first computer

On a trip to the USA in the early 1950s, Göthe Parkander was inspired by automatic data processing and punch cards. Punch cards became Stralfors’ first, but not last, contact with the IT industry.

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1970–1985: Labels, IT-accessories and gaming

In 1975, Stralfors bought its first label company, Datakett in Helsingborg, which manufactured data labels and other self-adhesive labels. This was the first of a number of acquisitions that made Stralfors a leader in the industry.

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1986–1995: Electronic Business Communication

In 1986, Stralfors was one of the first companies in Sweden to invest in an EDI system for electronic business communication.

1996–2006: Loyalty schemes and information logistics

In 1996, Strålfors bought the manufacturer and supplier of smart cards, P. A. Segenmark in Uppsala. With this acquisition, Stralfors strengthened its customer relationships and took a major step towards its current offering.

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2006–2012: The road to Omnichannel

In 2006, Swedish company Posten AB acquired Stralfors, which was then de-listed from the Stock Exchange. A couple of years later, Stralfors set up operations in the Polish town of Laskowice.

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2013-2021: Connecting the dots in a digital world

Since 1919, Strålfors has successfully managed to transform at every major paradigm, always in close cooperation with our customers.