Awards
Svensson has received a number of awards and distinctions over the years.
Here are some of the honours that we're most proud of.
GOOD DESIGN® AWARD 2016
GOOD DESIGN® is the world’s most prestigious, recognized, and oldest Design Awards program organised annually by The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Selected by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, the elegant curtain Ombé was announced as a winner of the prestigious GOOD DESIGN® 2016. Ombré was presented in the Svensson Spring collection of 2016.
Interior Innovation Award
In January 2011 the Ups & Downs collection (second generation) was also named one of the winners of the Interior Innovation Award. The prize is one of the most prestigious in the international interior design industry and was established in 2002 by the IMM Cologne trade fair in close cooperation with the German Design Council.
TEKO Product of the Year 2010
In 2010 we were once again awarded TEKO Product of the Year, this time for our Ups & Downs collection (second generation). The jury drew particular attention to the combination of function and aesthetics, and summed up the prize as "proof that a long period of work in developing textiles with new technologies has been rewarded by numerous orders in Sweden and abroad."
TEKO Product of the Year 2003
Our development and improvement of our energy fabric resulted in yet another award in 2003; "Product of the Year" from TEKO, the Swedish textile industry organisation. The awarding jury said: "Over a number of decades Svensson's energy screens have become something of an institution in the international greenhouse cultivation industry. Further development has resulted in the launch of the XLS energy screen with more efficient shading properties, greater energy savings and a more favourable growing climate. This Swedish textile-based product has significant environmental value and is a world leader in its field."
Indega Award
Indega is a German organisation that promotes issues of development in the professional cultivation of vegetables and ornamental plants, including by awarding prizes for products that improve the industry and conditions for individual growers. In 2004 Svensson and the Svensson XLS Firebreak were recognised for best technical innovation. Fires in greenhouses are common, with fires in the Netherlands alone causing tens of millions of euros in property damage every year.
Excellent Swedish Design
Excellent Swedish Design was an award established and distributed by the Swedish Society of Crafts and Design from 1983 to 2002. Svensson was awarded this prize on a number of occasions, including for its Whiskers product in 2001.
Swedish Energy Prize
Back in 1987, we received the Swedish Energy Prize for our innovative energy screen. The product was largely the initiative of employee Göran Henningsson, who later became the business area manager. Energy screens, which were introduced in 1977-78, are now one of our best-selling products and account for two-thirds of sales. The Swedish Energy Prize was established by engineering consulting company SWECO and Dagens Industri business newspaper. The awarding jury said:
"Göran Henningsson has been the driving force behind both the development and marketing of what is known as an energy screen, for which the main application is as a greenhouse screen. In this application, the design of the energy screen, using heat-reflecting and heat-absorbing materials, has helped considerably in both reducing heat loss from greenhouses and also reducing condensation problems and improving the growing environment."
Who we are
We are the fourth generation of the Ludvig Svensson family – a Swedish company led by siblings Anne and Anders Ludvigson. The passion for textiles that defines our organisation is one that embraces both design and function.
Sustainability
At Svensson, we believe in taking responsibility for our environment and our community since we have lived and worked in the same place for more than 130 years.
Certificates
Today, maintaining a high-quality product is a prerequisite to remain in business. This comes naturally for Svensson as we have always produced only the best textiles.
Smart Textiles
Svensson today exports climate screens to over 130 countries. Here two of the architects behind its success, Göran Henningsson and Cees den Boer, recall how it all began in the 1970s with a load of scrap and a brilliant idea.
Our History
One hundred and twenty years before the textile company was deemed to be a barometer of the Swedish economy, our founder, Ludvig Svensson, was born.
Meet the Ludvigson's
In October 2017, Svensson, which has subsidiaries in the US, South Korea, Holland, and China, made the London Stock Exchange’s list of Europe’s 1,000 fastest-growing and most inspiring companies.
The Svensson teamwork
Svensson has all the skills it needs in-house, from research and development to design and production. We quizzed four employees about smart collaboration across departmental boundaries, and what that means in practice.
Birth of the climate screen
Svensson today exports climate screens to over 130 countries. Here two of the architects behind its success, Göran Henningsson and Cees den Boer, recall how it all began in the 1970s with a load of scrap and a brilliant idea.
Where it all began
To this day the Svensson textile factory weaves its magic in a red-brick castle in Kinna in the west of Sweden. This is where its manufacturing operations and headquarters have been based since the turn of the last century.
