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- Ratos AB (publ) (Ticker: RTOBF) is a Swedish investment company focused on developing Nordic mid-sized companies in technological and infrastructure solutions through buyouts, turnarounds, and add-on acquisitions in the industry, construction and services, and consumer sectors; its core portfolio includes subsidiaries such as Knightec Group (product and digital service development consultancy), HL Display (in-store merchandising solutions), LEDiL (optics for lighting), Speed Group (logistics and transportation), Diab Group (lightweight composite structures), TFS HealthScience (contract research organization), Aleido (digital product information solutions), Presis Infra (critical infrastructure maintenance), Expin Group (rail infrastructure services), KVD (digital marketplace for used vehicles and machines), and Plantasjen (garden retail); operations span Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, and select international markets with approximately 10,900 employees excluding Aibel, generating SEK 32 billion in net sales and SEK 2.3 billion in adjusted EBITA as of 2024. Founded in 1866 and headquartered at Sturegatan 10 in Stockholm, Sweden, the company applies its Ratos Business System governance model emphasizing simplicity, speed of execution, and people-focused decentralization to drive synergies via networks, commercial partnerships, and industrial acquisitions while avoiding early-stage investments, arms, pornography, or environmentally detrimental sectors. Recent developments include the 2024 merger of Knightec and Semcon into Knightec Group (expected completion early 2025, SEK 2.7 billion sales, 2,400 employees), consolidation of HENT and SSEA into Sentia (listed Oslo Børs June 2025), divestment of airteam (Q2 2025), Plantasjen's completed reconstruction (closing Finnish operations, 30% store reduction, SEK 400 million annual savings), Speed Group's SEK 2.5 billion eight-year Ericsson contract renewal and Nord Logistics acquisition (both 2024), HL Display's acquisitions of pr trading-Flekota A/S (Denmark) and Kost Klip Manufacturing Ltd. (Canada), Ratos increasing its Presis Infra stake to 97%, LEDiL acquiring Ingemann Components, and adoption of new SBTi-aligned sustainability targets for emissions reductions and 40/60 gender balance in senior positions by 2030.