OEM International AB is one of Europe’s leading technology trading groups in industrial components and systems. The group sells to more than 20,000 customers in selected markets in northern, central and eastern Europe. The group consists of 28 operating units with operations in 14 countries. OEM offers a broad and deep range of goods, entailing more than 25,000 different products, from some 300 leading and specialized suppliers of electrical components, flow technology products, motors and transmissions, ball bearings and seals, apparatus components and lighting. Thanks to a well-developed marketing organization and effective logistics OEM is a better alternative for many suppliers than to have their own sales companies. OEM contributes a high degree of expertise and service and markets the products based on the specific requirements of each individual market. The product range offered is also adapted to each respective market and the local organisation is assigned the task of continuously searching for new products in an effort to further developing the competitive edge in OEM’s offer to its customers.

During 2012 four companies where added by acquisition, one of which in the United Kingdom, one i Finland and two in Sweden. The businesses in several countries also showed strong performance and reported a record year. Investments were made during the year in logistics centres, digital market communication and a new enterprise system. Traction has been a major owner of OEM since the end of 2009 and has board of directors representation since the spring of 2010. OEM International is listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic, Small Cap.

Additional information is available at oem.se.