Making batteries greener

Hear Tom Jovik, Principal at Altor, explain how Vianode is making batteries even greener.

Tom Jovik, Principal at Altor

“Established industries need to be disrupted from the outside, new forces that can help them evolve and renew themselves.”

Published: Aug 18 2022

Companies

Vianode

Industrial
Norway

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Sustainability Report for 2022

Learn about our commitments, case studies and sustainability performance.

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What the world needs now

“This is the decade of action,” says Stephanie Hubold, Head of Sustainability. Watch the interview and learn more about Altor’s commitment.

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Driving the green energy transition

Watch the interview with Matilda Elfving Hauan, Director, talking about partnering up with Svea Solar and OX2, two companies building new green business within the energy industry.

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Value creation thanks to high ESG performance

Stephanie Hubold joined Altor with a mission. “ESG-topics are too often looked at from a pure compliance and risk angle.” she explains. “Actually, high ESG performance can be an important driver of financial value creation.”

Conversation | Case

Revolutionizing the steel industry

How digitalization will enable completely different ways of working in steelmaking

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Peeling off the layers to discover the truth

Ellinor Peters is Altor’s new Head of HR. Only three weeks in – its crystal clear that her role is key for the company’s success.

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Trust me, you’ll want to move in.

Every year we are looking for curious students to join our team as Investment Interns. Hoping that in a few years’ time, we’ll work side by side again.

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07 Sep 2023

Altor continues backing H2 Green Steel

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Trioworld doesn’t sleep on success

In a new collaboration with infrastructure company Nevel - Trioworld is turning waste heat into energy

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Meet Bengt Maunsbach

Bengt Maunsbach joined Altor in 2004 and has since become a name for just about everyone in the Industrial-community, where he has partnered with entrepreneurs and founders.

Conversation | In the media

The Economist:
Can Europe decarbonise its heavy industry?

Important piece in The Economist on H2 Green Steel; a company we have invested in and partner with. We all need to do what we can to help Europe decarbonise.

Conversation | Perspective

Building the green transition

We can’t be dependent on fossil fuels in the future. Altor plans to be a part of Europe’s green transition, driving an industrial revolution and helping the whole continent decarbonize.

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Stronger together

Norican's solutions improve customer productivity by reducing scrap and carbon emissions.

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Saving resources

Haarslev – making sure what goes around comes around.

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Making plastics last

Trioworld is on its way to becoming the most sustainable option in the plastic film industry thanks to a strong focus on circularity in plastics.

Conversation | A day at Altor

Moving to Zurich was both a very personal and professional decision

While no day is the same, this article series tries to capture what goes on in the lives of some of our esteemed colleagues. In this piece we meet Niklas Mattsson, Senior Associate at Altor who moved to Zurich as part of our Secondment program.

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The multiplier effect

This is key to our thinking around Altor Communities; that we can have a multiplier effect through the initiatives we work with and support through our expertise, capital, and network.

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Supporting challengers and change-makers

The ‘Altor Communities’ were launched in 2023 with the purpose to utilize our network, engagement model, knowledge and capital to drive positive societal impact beyond our investment and ownership activities.

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04 Jun 2024

Altor takes first step to build global champion for renewable cotton

News | Press release

12 Feb 2024

Altor completes the public cash offer to the shareholders of Permascand and acquires over 90% of the shares

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Celebrating recent promotions

They are ambitious, hardworking but at the same time just amazingly warm colleagues to have around. And they have all delivered some outstanding results in the companies they partner with.

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Embracing Curiosity – introducing Julius Höh

It is really about listening. If you want to succeed, you have to nurture your curiosity and look at how you can challenge what is a proven formula – that you do best by 'being out there', seeking new people and territory.

News | Press release

13 Dec 2023

Eleda Gets New Ownership:
Altor Sells Controlling Stake to Bain Capital, Companies Form Partnerships for Future Expansion

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It’s time to wrap up the year of 2023

We put together Altor’s wrapped to show what sparked the interest among you the most. Have a look. A hint, we seem to have a lot in common.

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Altor invests in Aira

18 Oct 2023

Altor invests in Aira

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Altor has acquired a further 3.8% of the outstanding shares in FLSmidth & Co. A/S

17 Aug 2023

Altor has acquired a further 3.8% of the outstanding shares in FLSmidth & Co. A/S

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Fast internet with a smart footprint

SeenThis has developed technical solutions to help tackle the issue of carbon emissions coming from our data usage.

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Meet Dr. Nicolaus Henke

We have the privilege to welcome Dr. Nicolaus Henke to our community of challengers and change makers as a member on Silo AI's Board of Directors.

News

Altor has acquired 7.2% of the outstanding shares in FLSmidth & Co. A/S

19 Jan 2023

Altor has acquired 7.2% of the outstanding shares in FLSmidth & Co. A/S

Conversation | Our team

A year like no other

Altor has made a number of investments and partnerships with successful brands across the consumer sector. We sat down with our Consumer-sector team to hear their thoughts on 2022 and what they believe 2023 will bring.

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Above 100 employees!

We are growing and have just reached above 100 employees. And our ambition to attract and hire new talent to our sectors and offices will continue.

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Meet Susanna Campbell

The Altor community is built by partner companies and the people in- and outside of Altor. One of them is industry advisor Susanna Campbell, Board Member of H2 Green Steel and Chair of the Board at NOD.

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Growing in DACH

At inception, Altor was dedicated to the Nordic markets, but we have since expanded to DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). After a number of exciting investments and several new opportunities, our DACH team is growing.

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All about connecting

The Nordic Leisure Travel Group: Everyone on board to change.

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OX2 – the wind of change

There is an urgent need to change our habits and energy-use, as society increasingly moves away from high-carbon energy sources - the demand for alternative sources increase. Wind and solar farms are critical for this shift.

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Meet Paul Fischbein

The Altor community consists of a set of companies and people we collaborate with daily. One of them is industry advisor Paul Fischbein, with a long-standing track record from the consumer space and e-commerce sector.

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Happier and healthier people

SATS, stepping up for health with challenges brought on by modern society.

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Partnering with two German Mittelstand families

Our long tradition of partnerships with founding families continues into new geographies. Kaefer has an amazing track-record for more than 100 years, now Altor and SMS Group join as co-owners.

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Promotions worth celebrating

Altor continues to grow and with that – the team within Altor grows and we have the chance to celebrate a few promotions.

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Shaping airflow for future generations

Inspired by the first plastic cooling fan he ever saw, Finn Sigurd Andersen started a journey taking a local Danish trading company and turning it into a global leader in engine cooling, with a wide range of products.

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Tech take-over

Technology continues to reshape the world, with underlying secular trends driving strong growth for the decade to come. From scaling SaaS companies, indie-gaming to digital consultancies, in the last years, Altor has heavily increased the investments and partnerships in the sector. Let Mattias Holmström explain why.

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Retrospective:
Banking on trust

Altor’s Herman Korsgaard reveals how the award-winning bank Sbanken won the hearts of its customers, despite neither having met any of their customers nor handled a single cash transaction. In hindsight the investment decision seems clear cut, however creating value as a minority investor in a highly specialized field and public setting also poses certain challenges.

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Taking action when needed

When Covid hit, at a time when hospitals needed them the most, global supply chains for medical protective gear stopped working. Trioworld stepped up quickly and filled one important gap. But have we learned the lessons from this situation?

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Being smart about data usage

Speeding up the internet with a low carbon footprint in mind.

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Three questions on digitalization

Meet Mattias Miksche – entrepreneur, board professional, investor and member of the Altor Tech Advisory Board.

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Charged for the future

CTEK – building the necessary charging infrastructure.

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Committing to the 1.5 °C target

At Altor we believe that financial institutions play a critical role in decarbonizing the economy. This is why we have committed to set science-based targets in line with the 1.5°C target set in the Paris Agreement.