About Välinge Technologies Contacts English News Licensees Jobs Search MissionHistoryOrganizationPatentsJobs About us R&D and IP company in flooring, furniture and surfaces Välinge Innovation is an R&D and IP company in the flooring and furniture industries. Founded in 1993, we pioneered the concept of glueless click flooring and changed the way people install and use floorings. Our worldwide-patented technology introduced a fast and easy way of installing floorboards mechanically, without using glue. Today, our technology base covers all fields related to floating flooring but also to other applications such as furniture and surfaces. Several new companies have been founded to specialize on customer support as well as different types of R&D and IP activities. Our patent portfolio is one of the most comprehensive in the flooring industry. It comprises more than 2,100 granted patents and a global license base of over 220 licensees. All R&D activities take place at our facility in Viken which is considered to be the world's most advanced R&D centre related to laminate, wood and wood-powder based flooring technology. Business objective Develop and patent new product concepts related to flooring, furniture and surfaces & commercialize those technologies through licensing and production. Facts & figures Organization CEO: Mr Niclas Håkansson Majority Owner: Pervan Holding AB Minority Owner: Kirkbi Invest A/S Employees: >150 Economical data (2017) Turnover: >120 MEUR EBITDA: c. 60 MEUR Investments in new technology: >60 MEUR Intellectual property Licensees: >220 Granted patents: >2,100 Customer service and supply Välinge provides extensive support to its licensees to help improve production efficiency and quality. A few examples are prototype production, training/education and special activities. We are a major supplier of the special materials, components and equipment needed for the introduction of new technologies. A considerable amount of our revenues is reinvested in the development of new innovative products and cost efficient production technologies that further supports profitable growth for our licensees. Supply Locking tongues for 5G® and Threespine® Tongue inserter equipment Wood powder for the production of Nadura® and Woodura® surfaces Floors with Nadura® and Woodura® surfaces Ink for digital printing solutions Copyright © Välinge Innovation AB. All rights reserved. Log in