Glimakra of Sweden

What Glimakra of Sweden does

Glimakra of Sweden AB is a Glimåkra-based Swedish furniture manufacturer specializing in acoustic office interiors. The company's product portfolio is anchored by the Limbus family of fabric-covered floor screens, desk screens, and wall and ceiling sound absorbers, supplemented by signature launches such as Wakufuru tables (German Design Award Gold 2018), GreenFrame plant screens with integrated lighting (Red Dot, AZ Awards, Interior Design Best of Year), BuildUp partition walls and meeting pods, JungleWall felt wall panels (Red Dot 2019), and conference and multifunction pieces like Woofer and Gemini. The core acoustic technology combines mineral wool, acoustic foam, and fabric layers within a hidden multi-material sandwich; for Wakufuru specifically, three interacting absorbing layers are combined with an engineered air gap to act as a 'reversed loudspeaker'. All products are handcrafted at the Glimåkra factory, with additional CNC and finishing capacity at the Tranås site acquired from Fanerami in 2016.

The commercial model is enterprise specification-driven: direct field sales guide customers from concept to installation, anchored by architects and interior designers who specify Glimakra into corporate, education, healthcare, hospitality, and public-sector projects. Pricing is project-quoted rather than list-priced, with revenue booked on one-time furniture sales (including distributed Circles and Cocoon lines acquired from Skipper Furniture in 2026). Go-to-market leans heavily on trade-show presence (Stockholm Furniture Fair, Orgatec, NeoCon, Clerkenwell Design Week, 3days of Design), physical showrooms in Stockholm (Studio B3) and Copenhagen (opened 2024), Möbelfakta and ISO 9001/14001 certifications for public-procurement eligibility, and a stack of international design credentials used as earned-media credibility.

The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Swedish conglomerate Garpco Group, alongside retained subsidiary TreCe AB (storage furniture and source sorting, acquired 2019). Recent revenue-bearing scale includes Glimakra of Sweden AB at SEK 110 million (2016 disclosure) and TreCe at approximately SEK 76 million (FY 2018-2019), within a Garpco Group reporting SEK 330 million total sales. Market position is described as 'leading player in Scandinavia within screens and reception desks for public space interiors'.

Name

Glimakra of Sweden

Legal name

Glimakra of Sweden AB

Website

https://glimakra.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Glimakra of Sweden designs, manufactures, and sells acoustic office furniture — including sound-absorbing screens, partitions, work booths, and tables — for corporate, education, healthcare, hospitality, and public-sector clients across the Nordics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Acoustic Office Furniture

NAICS

Office Furniture (including Fixtures) Manufacturing (3372), Showcase, Partition, Shelving, and Locker Manufacturing (337215)

SIC

Office Furniture (2520), Partitions, Shelvg, Lockers, & Office & Store Fixtures (2540)

akta.pro primary industry

Office Furniture & Workspace Accessories Retail (CRALABAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Acoustic Gypsum Boards & Sound Control Systems (IMADAEAK)

Keywords

• Acoustic office furniture
• Sound absorbing screens
• Office interior solutions
• Modular room dividers
• Workspace acoustic design

Headquarters

HQ city

Glimåkra

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Acoustic Furniture Sales: Direct sales of acoustic furniture products including screens, partitions, work booths, seating, tables, and storage solutions. Revenue generated through custom project quotes and standard product orders.
2. Product Distribution (Circles and Cocoon): Distribution of furniture series (Circles and Cocoon from Skipper Furniture) through Glimakra's sales channels and customer network. Glimakra ensures continued development, availability, and support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Glimakra of Sweden designs, manufactures, and sells sound-absorbing office furniture and interior solutions including floor and desk screens, partition walls, work booths, seating, tables, and storage. All products are handcrafted at the company's factory in Glimåkra, Sweden, combining Scandinavian design with multi-layer acoustic engineering to reduce noise and create productive workspaces for offices, educational, healthcare, and hospitality environments.

Product overview

Glimakra of Sweden is a Scandinavian furniture company specializing in acoustic office interior solutions. The product portfolio centers around sound-absorbing furniture and space dividers, including the core Limbus series (Original, Light, Soft, Sub, Subtle variants) for floor screens, desk screens, wall and ceiling absorbents, and work booths. The company acquired the Circles and Cocoon seating series from Skipper Furniture. Key products include Wakufuru tables and benches (German Design Award Gold 2018), GreenFrame plant displays with integrated lighting (multiple awards), BuildUp partition walls and meeting pods, JungleWall felt leaf panels (Red Dot Award 2019), and the Barn & Fences room dividers. Additional offerings include Global series absorbents, Gemini multifunction furniture, Woofer conference tables, Cero desk screens, and various writing boards and reception solutions. All products are handcrafted at the company's factory in Glimåkra, Sweden, with a focus on sustainability, Swedish craftsmanship, and acoustic performance for modern work environments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TreCe: Storage furniture and source sorting products brand acquired by Glimakra of Sweden, operating from Norrköping with showrooms in Stockholm and Oslo.

Products and services

• Circles Versatile modular seating series designed for creating 'rooms within rooms' in open environments. Features screening properties, available in multiple back heights, with castors for mobility. For offices, lobbies, reception areas, and public spaces.
• Cocoon Sound-absorbing armchair with enveloping rounded shape designed for privacy, rest and concentration. Includes LED lighting and Bluetooth audio playback. Reduces both visual and acoustic stimuli for improved focus.
• HEXX Desk Screen (HEXX Bordsskärm) Desk screen with distinctive hexagonal shape designed by Niklas Dahlman, combining playful visual expression with sound-absorbing functionality for modern workspaces.
• Siluett Desk Screen (Siluett Bordsskärm) Desk screen with organic forms designed by Brad Ascalon, providing noise attenuation and visual privacy in office environments. M\u00f6belfakta certified.
• Limbus Original Floor and Desk Screens Floor screen and desk screen series with fabric covering, providing sound absorption for office environments. Features precision-shaped hooks for hidden mounting of boards without visible screws.
• Limbus Subtle Floor Screen Floor screen with modern, light expression featuring solid wood legs inspired by traditional trestles. M\u00f6belfakta certified. Winner of German Design Award 2018.
• Wakufuru Tables and Benches Tables and benches system combining sound absorption with solid wood. Uses three different layers of sound absorbing materials that interact with an optimized air gap and main frame volume, hidden under table tops and benches. M\u00f6belfakta certified.
• BuildUp Partition Walls (BuildUp Skiljeväggar) Fabric-covered partition wall system with endless configuration possibilities including doors, windows, and lighting niches. Designed for building flexible workspaces, meeting rooms, and pods.
• GreenFrame Floor screen for potted plants with integrated 24V LED lighting (19.2 W/m, 3000K) concealed in solid ash wood frame. Complete cable management hidden within posts.
• Global Series Sound Absorbers Range of ceiling-mounted and wall-mounted sound absorbers in circular, square, and L/S shapes. Designed to complement Glimakra's interior solutions.
• LimbusBarn & Fences Collection of repeatable room dividers and muted pavilion for meetings and work. Provides space division while maintaining transparency, modularity, and flexible layout. Winner of Muuuz International Awards 2018 and German Design Award Winner 2019.
• JungleWall Sound-absorbing felt leaves in various patterns for wall installation. Created by Superlab to evoke natural feeling through distance between leaf and wall.
• GlobalWall Glass Wall-mounted magnetic writing board in glass, complementing Global sound absorber series for office and meeting room environments.
• Gemini Flexible Multifunction Furniture Flexible multifunction furniture that works as divider, writing board or mobile storage shelf. Winner of Red Dot Award 2020. Design by Stone Designs.
• Woofer Conference Table Conference table designed by Stone Designs with built-in sound absorption especially for low frequencies. Best of Year Honoree from Interior Design Magazine.
• Cero Desk Screen and Write Board Functional and affordable desk screen and magnetic write board made in Sweden with recycled materials. M\u00f6belfakta certified. Available in r15 and r100 corner radiuses.
• BuildUp Pods & Pavilions Collection of large-scale, open and muted meeting spaces. Multiple award winner including German Design Award. Includes BuildUp Sofa, BuildUp Pod R1, R2 models for collaborative workspaces and meeting environments.
• LimbusWorkBooth Work booth system for individual focused work in activity-based offices. Provides maximized sound absorption and privacy.
• Limbus Sub Work Booth Work booth variant with maximized sound absorption for individual focused work in activity-based office environments. Used by KPMG for focused individual work.
• Sail Floor Screen / Mobile Writing Board Floor screen combined with mobile writing board functionality. Finalist in Mix Awards North 2025.
• Alnäs Rita Write Board Write board for office and meeting room environments.
• Ablis Shelving System Shelving system for office storage and organization.

Quantifiable outcome

• Acoustic measurements show dramatic improvement in sound absorption when Wakufuru furniture includes integrated absorption vs. standard wooden furniture

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TreCe ABcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 30 December 2019Glimakra of Sweden acquired TreCe AB, a leading player in storage furniture and source sorting. TreCe operates with headquarters in Norrköping and showrooms in Stockholm and Oslo. The companies continue as separate entities but with synergies through complementary products. TreCe had 21 employees and approximately SEK 76 million in revenue.
• Fanerami Sweden ABcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 13 June 2016Glimakra of Sweden acquired Fanerami Sweden AB through the Garpco Group. Fanerami was a supplier of components to the Swedish furniture industry with modern CNC machines and an environmentally friendly paint department. The acquisition added production capacity in Tranås.
• WSP Acoustics SwedenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerKlas Hagberg, Head of acoustics at WSP Acoustics Sweden, served as acoustic expert on the Wakufuru product development, providing acoustic measurement data and validation of sound absorption performance.
• Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design MuseumminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCooper Hewitt included Wakufuru by Johan Kauppi in their 'The Senses: Design Beyond Vision' exhibition (April-October 2018), examining how multisensory design amplifies ability to receive information and experience joy.
• SuperlabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSuperlab designed JungleWall, a series of sound absorbent leaves. Niklas Madsen at Superlab contributed to the design philosophy of creating natural feeling through distance between leaf and wall.
• Kauppi & Kauppi (Johan Kauppi)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJohan Kauppi through Kauppi & Kauppi is the primary designer for many Glimakra products including Wakufuru, GreenFrame, LimbusBarn & Fences, LimbusFloor Subtle, and others. Represents ongoing collaborative design relationship.
• Stone DesignsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStone Designs created Gemini flexible multifunction furniture and Woofer conference table for Glimakra. Gemini won Red Dot Award 2020; Woofer received Best of Year Honoree.
• Brad AscalonminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrad Ascalon designed the Siluett desk screen and floor screen collection, bringing organic forms to office environments with simple, soothing shapes.
• Niklas DahlmanminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerNiklas Dahlman designed HEXX desk screen with its distinctive hexagonal shape that adds rhythm and movement to workspaces while providing privacy.
• Tim AlpenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerTim Alpen designed LimbusFurniture WorkOnWall, combining workspace, shielding, and sound absorption in one product for flexible work settings.
• Inredningsarkitektur.seminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlimakra of Sweden is a proud sponsor of Inredningsarkitektur.se, a platform for interior architecture that connects professionals and educates about the field.
• Inside Swedish DesignminorGTM or Marketing PartnerGlimakra is a sponsor of Inside Swedish Design, a collaboration between Interior Cluster Sweden, TMF, and Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair to increase presence of Swedish interior industry globally.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Materia: Swedish office furniture producer (owned by Lisberg/EFG) offering desks, workstations, and acoustic partitioning solutions. Comparable to Glimakra on Scandinavian design heritage, mid-market office focus, and contract/specifier sales channels.
• Abstracta: Swedish manufacturer specializing in acoustic solutions for offices and public spaces, offering screens, partitions, and sound-absorbing furniture. Closest direct competitor to Glimakra's Limbus series, Wakufuru tables, and BuildUp Pods in the Nordic acoustic interiors market.
• Karl Andersson & Söner: Swedish family-owned furniture maker producing tables, storage, and screens for offices and public environments with Scandinavian design heritage. Comparable to Glimakra on craft manufacturing, design-led positioning, and Nordic enterprise/specifier customer base.
• Offecct: Swedish acoustic and sustainable office furniture manufacturer (now owned by Kinnarps). Direct overlap with Glimakra: produces acoustic screens, sound-absorbing furniture, and Scandinavian-designed office interior products for the same Nordic corporate, education, and public-sector customers.

Broad incumbents

• Vitra: Swiss designer office and home furniture producer with a strong design-led portfolio (including acoustic products and partnerships with Bouroullec, Eames, etc.). Comparable to Glimakra on Scandinavian/European design prestige and architect-specifier channels, but at much larger international scale.
• Steelcase: Global office furniture leader offering desks, seating, partitions, and acoustic solutions (e.g., Privacy Wall, Flex). Indirect competitor to Glimakra in international premium office projects, and a key reference for acoustic product specification standards.
• Kinnarps: One of Europe's largest office furniture manufacturers (Swedish), offering full-catalog workstations, storage, seating, and acoustic solutions including the absorbed Offecct brand. Competes with Glimakra across Scandinavian corporate and public-sector tenders at much larger scale.
• Ahrend: European office furniture manufacturer (Dutch, owned by Ahrend Holding) producing workstations, seating, and partitioning for offices and public buildings. Comparable to Glimakra on European enterprise and public-sector specification markets, but with much broader product breadth.
• MillerKnoll (Herman Miller / Knoll): Major US-based office furniture conglomerate (MillerKnoll) producing Herman Miller, Knoll, and Muuto brands with full office interiors portfolios including acoustic partitions. Competes with Glimakra in international premium specification work and global enterprise accounts.

Emerging players

• Framery: Finnish manufacturer of smart phone booths, meeting pods, and soundproof office pods. Direct overlap with Glimakra's BuildUp Pods & Pavilions and LimbusWorkBooth lines, serving the same hybrid-work acoustic-privacy use case at competitive scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/glimakraofsweden

Compliance8 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

Frequently asked questions about Glimakra of Sweden