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- Electrolux Professional AB (publ) provides professional food service, beverage, and laundry equipment and solutions to a global customer base including restaurants, hotels, healthcare facilities, educational institutions, and other service providers. The company offers combi ovens, cooking ranges, refrigerated cabinets, blast chillers, dishwashers, coffee machines, espresso and brewing systems, hot and cold beverage dispensers, frozen drink and ice cream dispensers, commercial washers, tumble dryers, drying cabinets, ironers, high-speed cooking systems such as SpeeDelight, kettles and braising pans like ProThermetic, cook-and-chill solutions including SkyLine, and laundry systems such as Line 6000 washers and dryers; it operates through two main segments, Food & Beverage and Laundry, with after-market support via Essentia service packages and accessories. Founded originally in 1919 as part of the Electrolux group and spun off as an independent listed entity in March 2020, Electrolux Professional maintains its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, with significant operations including a North American base in Charlotte, North Carolina, and serves customers worldwide across Europe, North America, Asia-Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. Recent developments include the November 2025 agreement to acquire the assets of U.S.-based Royal Range, a commercial cooking company, with the transaction expected to close in the first quarter of 2026 to strengthen its cooking equipment portfolio; additionally, in 2025, the company appointed Cecilia Swolin as General Counsel and Brent Barkley as Head of Beverage and Food Prep for the Americas, reflecting ongoing leadership enhancements amid launches of energy-efficient products like SpeeDelight high-speed ovens achieving up to 60% energy savings.