

The Company has a well developed organization for project management and also a very strong installation and service business. Hansa GWS is one of the leading suppliers of shopfittings and check-outs in England. Hansa GWS is located in Gravesend outside London. Through the acqusition of Hansa Mertens ITAB’s position is strengthened in the Benelux area. Hansa Mertens has its own shopfitting system which primarily is sold to Belgium, France and Germany. The Company has a manufacturing plant, focusing on flexibility and custom-made shelving systems and shopfittings. Hansa Mertens in Antwerpen is market leader in the Belgian market regarding shop fittings. The iTAB group additionally received personalized medication. The purchase of Hansa Kontor gives ITAB an important position in the German shopfitting market. Both groups received medication adherence psychoeducation and daily texts assessing mood. The German sales activities of the Company are concentrated in Cologne.

In addition to a long standing tradition in the shopfitting business the strength of the Company is design and concept development. Hansa Kontor, with its corporate domicile in Cologne, is a well established concept supplier of complete shops for primarily the German food retailing market. Extension to the existing premises and investments into production equipment, are under way in order to increase the capacity. Hansa Harr is located in Niedergurig by Boutzen in the east of Germany. After the acqusition ITAB will be the largest supplier of checkouts in Europe with an annual production of more than 20 000 units. The Company has a strong market position in Germany and considerable sales also to England, Central Europe and Scandinavia. Today Hansa Harr is the market leader in Europe regarding check-outs. The turnover of the Group is approximately SEK 850 million and the Group employs approximately 400 people. The Hansa Kontor Shopfitting Group consists of Hansa Harr and Hansa Kontor in Germany, Hansa Mertens in Belgium and Hansa GWS in England. iTAB or the Chicago Tribune Commemorative Package) for the 2020 event. ITAB Shop Concept, with its corporate domicile in Jönköping, Sweden, and market place at the First North, has entered into a definitive agreement regarding the purchase of the Hansa Kontor Shopfitting Group, the transaction to be closed on the 2 nd of January 2008. received a guaranteed entry through the charity or tour group applications. By that ITAB becomes the second largest shop fitting and shop equipment supplier in Europe. In the event of any discrepancies between this translation and the Swedish original, the latter shall prevail.Press release 20 December, 2007 ITAB Shop Concept has entered into a definitive agreement regarding the acquisition of the Hansa Kontor Shopfitting Group in Germany from Wilh. This is in all respects a translation of the Swedish original press release. This information was submitted for publication at 10:00 a.m. Together we make a difference”, concludes Andréas Elgaard. For example, last year we retrofitted 350 stores for one of our customers in Europe with modern track lights, which saves 33 million kWh and reduces CO2 emission with over 8,300 tons per year for that customer alone.

“We have succeeded to improve our LED spotlights significantly during the past 5 years with substantially lower energy consumption, for the benefit of our customers. Since lighting consumes around 15 percent of all energy produced globally and accounts for 5 percent of all Greenhouse Gas emissions, this is in focus for all of our customers”, says Andréas Elgaard, President & CEO of ITAB Group. “One of our specialities is to help retailers save operational cost and minimize the footprint of their operations. This equals the CO2 emissions from some 180 gasoline-powered passenger cars during one year. The chain retrofitted 30 stores with modern LED lighting solutions from ITAB during the year, which will save 3,3 million kWh in lower energy consumption each year, equivalent to approximately 840 tons of lowered CO2 emission. In close co-operation with a leading European grocery chain, the ITAB Group has managed to reduce the chain’s energy consumption for lighting substantially in 2021.
