Be-Ge History
Be-Ge Group has a successful and interesting history that we are very proud of. Here is a timeline from 1934 into the present.
1934
Bror Göthe Persson establishes the Be-Ge company. He was a true visionary and realised early on the significance of motoring. In that year he took over the import and sales of Ford cars in Oskarshamn.
1941
Be-Ge Bil becomes sales agent for Scania-Vabis trucks. Today, the company is the world’s oldest Scania agent.
1946
Be-Ge Karosserifabrik AB is established.
1949
The first modern, suspended driver seats for commercial vehicles are developed.
1951
Be-Ge Bil becomes sales agent for Volkswagen.
1962
Be-Ge expands and builds a new factory for the manufacture of truck cabs in the Netherlands.
1966
Scania-Vabis acquires the coachwork factories. But the manufacture of truck cabs continues locally via the business operated by Scania Oskarshamn. Be-Ge retained the manufacture of the driver seats fitted inside the truck cabs and continued this business in the newly formed Be-Ge Stolindustri AB, now Be-Ge Seating AB.
1987
Be-Ge Förarmiljö AB is established in Kolsva. It was designed to specialise in the sale of driver seats and equipment primarily for forestry machinery.
1990
Be-Ge acquires the seat manufacturer Nyström Nordpatent AB in Umeå. Be-Ge Seating AB thus came into possession of a more extensive product range with bus and truck seats, as well as office seats. The same year saw the acquisition of Bil & Maskin AB in Vetlanda, which extended the sales region for the Group’s car and truck operations.
1993
Be-Ge Traktor & Maskin i Åstorp AB starts up, becoming general agent for Zetor tractors and Agrostroj agricultural machinery. In the same year, Bilcenter i Oskarshamn AB was established for the sale of Seat and later also Škoda cars.
1996
Be-Ge Industri AB was certified according to ISO 9001.
1999
The vehicle companies were certified according to ISO 9002.
2000
Be-Ge’s seat manufacturing relocates from Umeå to Oskarshamn.
2001
The Danish companies Jany Scandinavia A/S and Vald. Nielsen & Søn A/S are acquired. The same year saw the acquisition of local company AB Oskarshamns Plåtindustri, now known as Be-Ge Plåtindustri AB.
2002
Billackeringen E. Johansson AB in Oskarshamn is acquired for future expansion and investment in automotive and industrial painting within Be-Ge.
2003
The companies Jany Scandinavia A/S and Vald. Nielsen A/S in Denmark are merged, and the office in Copenhagen is wound up.
2004
Be-Ge celebrated 70 years.
2005
The car plant in Oskarshamn is enlarged through significant refurbishment and extension work. Be-Ge Traktor & Maskin i Åstorp AB is sold off.
2006
Be-Ge Företagen AB acquires 80% of Lithuanian company UAB Amersanas and a 33% stake in the engineering business Stece AB in Mönsterås. In the UK, Be-Ge Seating UK Ltd. is formed in Coventry.
2007
Be-Ge Företagen AB increases its ownership share of Stece AB to 50%.
2008
Be-Ge Amersanas UAB and Be-Ge Stece AB become fully owned subsidiaries of Be-Ge Företagen AB.
2009
Be-Ge Personbilar AB celebrated 75 years and Be-Ge Fastigheter AB is formed.
2010
Part-owned Be-Ge Förarmiljö AB is sold off, the name being changed to Förarmiljö i Sverige AB.
2012
Be-Ge Lastbilar’s new Scania and service facility in Hultsfred is inaugurated.
2014
The company expands in Europe when Be-Ge Seating AB acquires 80% of Savas Seating B.V. in Zaltbommel, the Netherlands, along with subsidiaries Savas Qualitätsitze GmbH in Germany and Savas N.V. in Belgium.
2015
Savas Seating B.V. and subsidiaries become fully owned subsidiaries of Be-Ge Seating AB, receiving the name Be-Ge Savas Seating B.V.
2017
Frysen Invest AB is acquired, along with subsidiaries Visby Tunga Fordon AB and Visby Fordonfinans AB. This allows Be-Ge Lastbilar to extend its region to also include Gotland. To cover the future need in assembly capacity for seats in Oskarshamn, the property at Järneken 5 was acquired.
2018
The Mönsterås companies Frapett Produktion AB and Mönsterås Pressdetaljer AB are acquired.
2019
All companies in Be-Ge Seating Division are given the joint name Be-Ge Seating followed by the relevant country abbreviation for the type of company in question. The aim was to highlight the core activity.
2021
Be-Ge Mönsterås Pressdetaljer AB’s industrial property is sold off via sale of the company.
2024
The Be-Ge Group celebrates its 90th anniversary.
