Long-term suppliers

Long-term suppliers secure high-quality products

High-quality products and long-term partnerships with suppliers are closely connected. All our suppliers are thoroughly screened to ensure that they meet our requirements.

”It’s important to match the right supplier with the right product. By long-term partnerships we create a mutual understanding for our quality requirements and can support and help them to maintain and improve our products.”

- Louise Tammjärv, Sourcing Manager

”It’s important to match the right supplier with the right product. By long-term partnerships we create a mutual understanding for our quality requirements and can support and help them to maintain and improve our products.”

- Louise Tammjärv, Sourcing Manager

Thoroughly selected suppliers
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All our suppliers are thoroughly screened to ensure that they live up to our minimum requirements regarding sustainability, quality, technical set-up and commercial aspects. It is important to have the right supplier for the right product. Our ambition is to have a matrix of global suppliers supporting our business demands.

Long-term partnerships secure high-quality
We strive to establish long-term relationships with our suppliers. We have a well-functioning supplier base that consists of a few large, strategic suppliers that we have had for many years. By working with our suppliers long-term we create a mutual understanding for our quality requirements and can continuously support and help them to maintain and improve our products.

Ensuring durability and quality
We frequently follow up our suppliers’ level of quality through quality assurance controls during production and checks upon delivery to our warehouse, where we ensure that our set requirements are met.

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