Company profile
22 March 1996
Partex Marking Systems AB

Partex Marking Systems AB develops and markets a fool-proof marking system used in electrical and electronic installations world-wide. The company’s product range is made up of plastic markers and sleeves etched with standard or customized character sets comprising numbers, letters and symbols. These are attached to cables in order to ease identification when making connections and when fault finding.

Business mission
To supply products and services which facilitate the identification of cables, pipes, tubes, electrical and electronic components and equipment. An on-going development programme is aimed at identifying other areas where marking is required.

Market
Seventy per cent of the company’s total output is sold for export and many of its products are protected by international patents. The company is able to produce up to 8 million markers per day. Its products can be found in many sensitive installations including all of Sweden’s atomic power stations.

Ownership
Partex Marking Systems AB is owned by TorBjörn Lööf (55%) and Skandia Investment AB (45%). The company has four subsidiaries: Partex Marking Systems (UK) Ltd., Partex Marking Systems Gmbh, Germany, Partex Form AB and Partex Profile AB.

Turnover
The Group’s 1995 turnover amounted to SEK 69 million.

Staff
The Partex Group has, in total, 87 employees whereof 69 work for Partex Marking Systems AB.

A short history
Partex Fabriks AB was founded in 1948 by Tore Lööf. Its first product was a completely new kind of terminal block which made it possible to differentiate between cables in complex circuits. Production was begun that same year in a small factory called Elektro-Lööf in Gullspång, Sweden. Lööf’s next invention was a fool-proof marking system for cables and systems - the Partex marking system. (The company name comes from the word Part, as in part of a system, and X, which in mathematics means the unknown. The name can be used in any language).
By 1957, the Partex name had become widely known among electrical installers and as the marking system held a greater development potential than terminal blocks, production of the latter was ceased.
Initially, the Partex marking system was only available in Sweden, but with the first order for pre-etched markers from Asea in 1956, the market grew. A new product was added and a number of overseas customers placed orders. Elektro Lööf changed its name to Partex Fabriks AB in 1973. The company is now called Partex Marking Systems AB and has become one of the world leaders on a growing market producing a wide range of standard and customized cable markers and sleeves.

Future
So successful has the Partex concept become, that it is now synonymous with cable marking world-wide. The company has a strong financial position and high penetration on all its key markets. It also has modern production facilities and an advanced level of automation. Product development in affiliated product areas is expected to lead to the company entering new markets.

Reference list
* Siemens, USA: Light rail vehicles, heavy AC freight locomotives.
* Siemens, Sweden: light rail and systems for electrical distribution.
* ABB, Mannheim, Germany: locomotives and light rail.
* ABB, Sweden: high-speed X2000 locomotives and rolling stock.
* AEG, Germany: light rail and underground.
* Vattenfall, Sweden: Forsmark atomic power station.
As well as Tetra Laval, Ericsson Telecom AB, Telia AB, Astra AB, SKF, Volvo and Saab Automobiles AB.


Partex Marking Systems AB
President TorBjörn Lööf
Marketing manager/media relations TorBjörn Lööf
Address: P.O. Box 80
S-570 22 Gullspång, Sweden
Tel: +46 551 205 60
Fax: +46 551 205 69