Our History.

Close to customers right from the start

Semcon has a long tradition of being close to every customer’s business and needs. This is how we have grown to being an international group with cross-border collaborations in 2016.

• 1980 – Semcon was founded in Västerås, Sweden. The name is an abbreviation of Scandinavian Engineering and Marketing Consultants
• 1983-1996 – Expansion with new locations and added skills in Sweden
• 1985 – Head office moved to Göteborg, Sweden
• 1994 – International expansion starts. First location in the UK
• 1997 – Semcon listed on the Swedish stock exchange on 26 May
• 2000-2005 – International expansion continues. New operations in Hungary, China and Malaysia
• 2006 – Company gets new main owner, JCE Group
• 2007 – Sale of Zpider business area (Semcon’s IT business)
• 2007 – Acquisition of IVM Automotive with activities in Germany, India and Brazil, a product development company with wide experience in the automotive industry
• 2007 – Aquisition of CARAN® in Sweden, a product development company with wide experience in the automotive industry
• 2010 – Celebration of 30 year anniversary as one of the leading companies in the technical consultancy industry
• 2011 – Several important business agreements, including Chinese Qoros Auto and several German vehicle manufacturers
• 2012 – Acquisition of German product information company, Comet
• 2013 – Major organisational change to market oriented structure
• 2014 – Aquisition of Norwegian product information company, ibruk AS
• 2015 – Increased ownership of Norwegian engineering services company, Kongsberg Devotek AS
• 2016 – Clarifying our positioning: Product development based on human behaviour
• 2017 – Engineering Services Germany divested. Engineering Services Nordic and Engineering Services International merged into one business area, Engineering Services.
• 2018 – Acquisition of the German product inofrmation company Haas-Publikation.