Lifting Solutions appoints new Managing Director for Haklift Baltic

Effective January 1, Axel Johnson International’s Lifting Solutions business group has appointed Rain Kallas Managing Director of Haklift Baltic, one of the business group’s Estonian companies. He reports to Stefan Jagelid, Regional Director of Baltic Sea, Lifting Solutions’.

Kallas has been working at Haklift Baltic since it was founded more than 20 years ago. He has been responsible for purchasing and has played an important role in the company’s development into one of the lifting industry’s leading players in Estonia. 

“I am looking forward to having Rain lead the team and take on the challenge of continuing Haklift Baltic’s development,” Jagelid says.

Axel Johnson International’s Lifting Solutions business group is a global player in lifting equipment, steel wire rope, height safety equipment and related services. The business group today has 25 companies in 15 countries across Europe, with annual sales of EUR 290 million.

Viktor Skargren
Project Manager M&A, Strategy & Communication
viktor.skargren@axinter.com

Axel Johnson International is a privately owned Swedish industrial group of more than 90 companies in 25 countries, with combined annual sales of €750 million. We drive business development and growth through a long-term approach to ownership in strategic niche markets, primarily technical components and solutions for industrial processes. Axel Johnson International is organised in four business groups: Fluid Handling Solutions, Industrial Solutions, Lifting Solutions and Transport Solutions.

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