Overview
Swedish serial acquirer and public conglomerate (Nasdaq Stockholm: LIFCO B) that acquires and develops market-leading niche businesses across three segments: Dental, Demolition & Tools, and Systems Solutions. Traces its origins to 1946 as a central purchasing entity for Swedish county councils. Its Demolition & Tools division owns Aquajet Systems , a global leader in hydro-demolition robots, and several other automation and manufacturing subsidiaries. The Group operates 133+ companies in 28 countries.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
Former CEO
Revenue FY2025
EBITA margin FY2025
Stock listing
Business areas
Acquisition count
Portfolio
Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Lifco AB on the deployment map
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Current leadership (4)
- Per Waldemarson CEO and Presidentreported, not verified
- Fredrik Karlsson Former CEO (1993-2018)reported, not verified
- Carl Bennet Principal Ownerreported, not verified
- Therese Hoffman CFOreported, not verified
Founders (1)
- Fredrik Karlssoncofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for Lifco AB.
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Recent coverage
Lifco AB in third-party press
Peers
21 peers across 1 segment. Every Lifco AB competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
chip(21)
2 companies in this segment · highly_concentrated (HHI 6159.122085048011) · leader Kneron at 7407%
- Applied Materialsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aurriondirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- BYD Batterydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ByteDancedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ENSCOdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Eagle Test Systemsdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Acquisitions (1)
- acquired Brokkfull acquisition
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Lifco AB.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Lifco AB from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Lifco AB Q1 2026 Earnings Call Highlights
Lifco reported Q1 2026 with 4% sales growth, 6% EBITA growth, and 8% net profit growth, alongside continued acquisition activity.
Lifco AB Year-end Report 2025
Lifco reported FY2025 net sales of SEK 28,251M, up 8.1%, with continued acquisition activity across its Dental, Demolition & Tools, and Systems Solutions segments.
Lifco acquires HEGUtechnik in Germany
Lifco acquired a majority stake in HEGUtechnik GmbH, a German niche contract manufacturer specializing in electronic components for automation in harsh environments.
Lifco acquires leading Aquajet Systems
Lifco acquires majority stake in Aquajet Systems, a Swedish hydro-demolition robot company and global leader in its niche, consolidating it into its Demolition & Tools business…
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/lifco.md
- RSS feed: /companies/lifco/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/59ac6e36-56fa-47f1-a3b5-d63a35cb49e9
- Revision history: /companies/lifco/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Lifco AB against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public visibility and press coverage relative to peers.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
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DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 24, 2026