19 March 2024 – The LyondellBasell site in Astorp proudly announces a significant achievement in its commitment to environmental stewardship The company has successfully attained the Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) Europe certification becoming the first OCS Europe certified site in the Nordics Site Manager of the color masterbatch site "We are thrilled to be recognized as the first OCS Europe certified site in the Nordics This achievement reflects our unwavering commitment to sustainability and responsible business practices We are determined to continue leading the way in creating solutions that promote everyday sustainable living." The certification comes as a result of an external audit conducted by DNV a renowned global quality assurance and risk management company This accomplishment aligns seamlessly with the company's strategic goal to "create solutions for everyday sustainable living." The OCS Europe certification underscores the company’s dedication to environmental stewardship Operation Clean Sweep is an international program designed to help companies in the plastics industry prevent pellet and powder loss by ensuring that such materials are handled with care to prevent their release to the environment LyondellBasell sets a benchmark for other companies in the region to follow suit and embrace similar practices in their operations Upon receiving the OCS certificate for the Astorp site LyondellBasell now has four certified sites under its umbrella the remaining three being Bayreuth and Münchsmünster (Germany ) and Tarragona ( Spain).  Furthermore two more sites are in the process of certification For more information about LyondellBasell and its sustainability initiatives, please visit www.lyb.com About LyondellBasell  We are LyondellBasell – a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living Through advanced technology and focused investments we are enabling a circular and low carbon economy As one of the world’s largest producers of polymers and a leader in polyolefin technologies manufacture and market high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare About Operation Clean Sweep (OCS):Operation Clean Sweep is an international program designed to prevent plastic pellet Companies that achieve OCS Europe certification demonstrate their commitment to environmental stewardship and responsible plastic management © LyondellBasell Industries Holdings B.V the electric truck charging joint venture between Daimler Truck has just announced its third charging hub in Sweden This third location creates greater cover for trucks along Sweden's main logistics routes The new Milence electric truck charging location will be located in Åstorp near the E4 highway and will initially have four CCS charging stations, each with a capacity of up to 400 kW. In the second phase, an expansion to eleven charging stations is planned. MCS chargers will then also be made available This latest charging stop for trucks is located in a newly built logistics centre in Helsingborg which is the main logistics route to Stockholm This will be Milence’s second French site after Heudebouville in Normandy Milence says it is building a reliable charging network for all battery-electric heavy-duty trucks and coaches the electric truck charging joint venture aims to have at least 1,700 high-performance charging points across Europe milence.com I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe one of the leading content providers for the European 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World Equestrian Games and 2015 European Championships in Aachen Lexner and Tobajo Pik Disney made their show debut early 2016 at the CDN Hedensted in Denmark and scored 65.461% in the Inter II and 67.567% in the Grand Prix At their first Swedish national show in Astorp on 18 March 2016 they got 67.23% in the Inter II It was their last event as the horse got injured Lexner and Disney had their quiet show come back on 11 November 2016 in the test of choice class at the winter indoor shows at the Ankum Riding Club in Germany their big Swedish return was held at the exact same Swedish show in Astorp They scored 70.733% in the Grand Prix for the victory We had a few mistakes but i have to learn how he is in the arena," Lexner told Eurodressage "We are going to make our international debut in two weeks at the CDI Nieuw en St Stalls for Rent at Durondeau Dressage in Peer, Belgium Exceptionally Well Located Equestrian Facility in Wellington, Florida Well-built Equestrian Estate With Multiple 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largest producers in Europe.  The production facility in Nyíregyháza is Qvantum’s third factory after Limhamn and Åstorp in Sweden Electrolux built the Nyíregyháza plant in 2004 announcing its planned closure in February of this year CEO and founder of Qvantum Industries AB said that the acquisition was “as much about technology as of increased capacity and establishing Qvantum in the European ‘heat pump valley’”.  “Thanks to the highly efficient facility that Electrolux has developed with world-class production technology and R&D we can promptly transform the production line from refrigeration products to electric heat pumps and accelerate our volumes amazingly fast,” he said the company announced a €42m Series B fundraise – one of the largest rounds in Sweden in 2023 the lead investors have doubled their commitments in Qvantum Cooling Post is the leading online resource covering latest news and developments in the cooling industry air conditioning news and the latest heat pump developments Privacy & Cookie Policy © Copyright 2025, Cooling Post Ltd - All Rights Reserved | Website by Capital Web This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Fredrik Rosenqvist works in a sector that grows by 25% in a bad year and 80% in a good year “Neither the market nor employee skills are a challenge for us Since obtaining his engineering and economics degrees from Lund University in 1997 Fredrik Rosenqvist has held several leading positions including Head of Saab Ventures and Director of Business Innovation at EON Nordic He has also been involved in building up twelve companies three of which have a valuation of over one billion Swedish crowns.  Fredrik explains that it was during his years at Saab that he learned a lot about building up companies at an early stage – how to take a technology idea and link it to the right entrepreneur.  “It was also there that I realised that it was important to me that what I worked with had a higher purpose this involved working for national security.”  Fredrik’s current challenge is about using his heat-pump company Qvantum to persuade 400 million Europeans to reject oil and natural gas and instead invest in a fossil-free heat pump system.  While in Sweden we have district heating for those who live in cities and heat pumps for single-family homes and rural areas the picture is totally different in other parts of the world Fredrik’s ambition is therefore to help Europeans make the same energy transition journey as Sweden has over the past 20 years.  “To start with the transition was primarily about reducing carbon dioxide emissions but following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine the aspect of securing a supply of energy was added.”  He explains that district heating and heat pumps are often regarded as competitors for energy supply so Fredrik was to say the least surprised when Sweden’s second largest district heating company he heard his colleague Per Rosén’s vision for future energy systems.  The vision was that by using heat pumps and a shared circulation between buildings heating and cooling can be balanced and stored which drastically reduces energy consumption.  I felt that this was about as sensible as an employee at Volvo Cars starting to talk about electric vehicles when the company has invested so heavily in gearboxes and diesel engines But Per pitched his idea and after a few hours I said ‘maybe this will work’.”  They sold the solution to Medicon Village Science Park which had 18 large buildings The science park had previously purchased about 10 gigawatt hours of district heating and four gigawatt hours of district cooling And since each gigawatt hour cost about a million the energy bill ended up at just over 14 million With the new solution their annual energy cost went from 14 to four million kronor (with electricity at SEK 1.20) So they were able to quickly recoup the investment and then save both energy and money.  Fredrik explains that he grew up in Stockholm studied for a year in the USA and then finished secondary school in Helsingborg when he returned to Sweden For several years he lived with his wife in Linköping before they decided to move to Skåne to be closer to friends and relations But before they moved Fredrik and his wife had spent 11 years renovating their house.  “After 11 years nearly every plank in the house had been replaced My eldest son came with me to the builders’ merchants in Linköping when I was on parental leave with him For eight months I looked after him and renovated 16 rooms Once we actually sawed a hole in the façade of the house to get a digger in On another occasion we could only get to the kitchen across duckboards That wasn’t popular when I was off on a business trip.”  He explains that he has also carried out lot of renovations to his present house and if he moves again it will be to another property in need of renovation.  And it must be big enough to contain all one’s dreams.”  dreams and rebuilding came together when Fredrik together with two colleagues bought heat-pump company Qvantum Energi in Limhamn.  “Qvantum’s heat pumps are extremely high quality I would describe them as the Rolls-Royce of heat pumps But the company had not scaled up its operations.”  Fredrik decided to build a new factory suitable for mass production When a colleague read one day in the newspaper about a company which was moving its production abroad This purchase meant that Qvantum could start to make heat pumps a year earlier than they would have otherwise.  While the factory in Limhamn will continue to be a craft workshop with about 60 heat-pump models for large properties that can be adapted to customer requirements the factory in Åstorp will make heat pumps on a large scale for single-family homes Currently they expect to produce 50,000 heat pumps annually.  “The work we do in Limhamn and Åstorp is our contribution to making the world greener which is certainly working to a higher purpose It’s obviously a simpler and not nearly as complicated an ambition as I had at Saab Heat pumps and green energy don’t have a downside.”  the product development team was tasked with making suggestions as to how they would design the next generation’s heat pumps if they didn’t need to take the existing product portfolio into account Everyone on the team had long experience of designing heat pumps and when they were given a free hand to create the heat pump of the future Another key feature was that it must be simple to remove a component and replace it with another If the compressor breaks and needs changing on a regular heat pump you usually need the services of a qualified technician who comes home and fills up with exactly the right amount of gas.  “With our solution you take out the box and put in a new one in 15 minutes In principle anyone can do this and no tools are needed Qvantum’s modular heal pump is extremely compact and small – perhaps the most compact in the world.  A dilemma with European cities is that the price of a square metre of dwelling space can be anything from 100,000 to 400,000 kronor clumsy heat pump appliance costing 50,000 to 100,000 on that square metre just so that people in the building can have green heating?  “So our solution is small heat pumps of six kilowatts that will fit under the kitchen sink or in the cleaning cupboard Maybe the vacuum cleaner will be a bit crowded.  Fredrik still works closely with Per Rosén the guy who came up with the idea of combining district heating and heat pumps Per works at Qvantum and is Senior Specialist on energy systems and he describes Frederik as a force of nature who is always fun to be close to.  “He is like a snowball that rolls along picking up new layers which makes him accelerate He is incredibly quick thinking and good at engaging and involving people But a deal must be scalable to get Fredrik interested When he understands that he can do business then he works round the clock to make it work.”  To complete the premises in Åstorp and then finance the rollout of heat pumps and energy networks Qvantum Industries recently took in SEK 460 million from leading investors “It feels really good to have SEB as one of our long-term investors SEB is a strong name in green technology in Sweden and it feels fantastic to have access to SEB’s network,” says Fredrik To start with Qvantum has set its sights on becoming established in Sweden the Netherlands and Germany as well as a fifth major European country yet to be decided.  Qvantum’s biggest challenge is not the market Last year bad heat-pump markets grew by 25% while the good ones grew by 120% Average growth in Europe was 38% last year.  “Nor do we have any challenges regarding employees’ skills – everyone who works here is unbelievably skilled with many years’ experience and now we have secured long-term financing as well.  so it is important for me that every employee is involved in creating a culture they want to be part of Therefore I put a lot of time and thought into how we will preserve our innovative culture as we grow.”  Read more about Qvantum at: qvantum.com SEB Greentech Venture Capital is a unit within SEB that invests in green technology focusing on transformative ideas that promise substantial impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions or in preventing transgression of the planetary boundaries software and technology platform solutions Reach out to our experts for tailored advice and support we are here to help you drive sustainable innovation Just over half of the Ukrainian refugees who have received protection in Sweden are able to support themselves through work around 56 percent of the 39,000 Ukrainians living in Sweden under the EU's Temporary Protection Directive were not receiving a daily allowance from the Migration Agency Oksana Streltsova lives in Åstorp and has worked at a fruit and veg processing plant Radio Swedenenglish@sverigesradio.se Anna Bubenkoanna.bubenko@sverigesradio.se Dimitri Lennartssondimitri.lennartsson@sverigesradio.se plus weekly summary on Fridays at 4.30pm on P2 (P6 89.6FM in Stockholm) Kontakta gärna Sveriges Radios forum för teknisk support där vi besvarar dina frågor vardagar kl Trude Hestengen's career making Grand Prix horse Tobajo Pik Disney has passed away Tobajo Pik Disney was a 2005 born Norwegian warmblood by Tobajo Picez out of What's Up (by Walt Disney) He was bred by Tormod Bakke Johnson in Norway The chestnut was proclaimed champion of the 2010 Norwegian Warmblood Stallion Licensing in Vestfold as a 5-year old In 2009 the FEI listed the horse as owned by Ann-Cathrin Hosson and Connie Mjølnerød  while this ownership changed to rider Trude Hestengen and her family in 2010 The Danish based Norwegian professional dressage rider Hestengen made her international show debut on Tobajo Pik Disney at the 2011 World Young Horse Championships in Verden where they were 9th in the 6-year old consolation finals Their  international small tour debut was at the 2013 CDI Vestfold in February 2013 and in the autumn of  2013 they moved up to Grand Prix level They represented Norway at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Caen and at the 2015 European Dressage Championships in Aachen where they finished 24th in the Grand Prix Special They were the 2013 and 2015 Norwegian Grand Prix champions Trude and Tobajo Pik Disney at the 2011 World Young Horse ChampionshipsIn August 2015 Swedish entrepreneur Jenny Linden-Urnes of Christinelund Dressage purchased Pik Disney as a Grand Prix horse for her head rider Lexner and Tobajo Pik Disney made their show debut at the 2016 CDN Hedensted in Denmark and scored 65.461% in the Inter II and 67.567% in the Grand Prix It was their last show as the horse got injured Lexner and Disney made a quiet show come back in November 2016 in a test of choice class at the CDN Ankum Their Swedish return was at the 2017 CDN Astorp where they scored 70.733% in the Grand Prix for the victory Almost two years after being purchased for her to ride Lexner made her international show debut on Disney at the 2017 CDI Nieuw en St where they posted 70.780% in the Grand Prix Another injury sidelined the stallion again for more than a year but Lexner's pregnancy (summer 2017) and the birth of her child (March 2018) also kept them from the show ring The pair made a second international come back at the 2018 CDI Falsterbo and a month later they rode at the CDI Verden where they earned 72.065% in the Grand Prix Unfortunately Verden was Disney last international show Lewner and Disney at the 2017 CDI JooslandIn April 2020 it was announced that Disney was retired from competition sport due to returning injuries On 18 April 2023 owner Christinelund announced that Tobajo Pik Disney passed away "Following an accident our much loved Tobajo Pik Disney is no longer with us," the owner stated "We are heartbroken and sad but will remember Disney as the King amongst horses he was Photos © Astrid Appels - Digishots XFASTINDEX The Swedish transport administration Trafikverket awarded the contract to Strukton in July 2014 and preparatory work began in August 2014 The work that has just started involves renewing the ballast below and between the sleepers along the 32.5km-long stretch Strukton is uses its special C750 ballast cleaning machine in combination with other equipment The ballast cleaning machine extracts the old ballast from under the sleepers with a chain and transports it to a screen The usable ballast is then returned to the track Other material is removed on conveyor belts to wagons The train will renew the ballast along approximately 1.5-track-kilometres a day It will take 20 days to finish the whole stretch between Åstorp and Teckomatorp The Strukton contract is the second stage of a three-stage reconstruction project which aims to increase the railway capacity for faster and heavier trains Strukton Rail is also responsible for other aspects including installation of a new signal box for the signalling system along the entire line replacement of passive level crossings with automated ones construction of a bridge and a tunnel and reconstruction of a rail yard Got a story? 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