Long-term social responsibility

VBG GROUP in society
The VBG GROUP has a broad commitment to social issues, where for example traffic safety serves as a driving force in the development of new products within the divisions of TRUCK EQUIPMENT and TRAILER EQUIPMENT. The divisons products increase efficiency in the transport sector and thereby reduce its environmental impact. Via the POWER TRANSMISSION division, the Group delivers important components to the wind power industry, thereby contributing to more environmentally friendly energy production.

Safety as a driving force
Ever since the start in 1951, traffic safety has been a corner-stone of the Group´s activities, due to founder Herman Krefting´s firm commitment and interest in the subject. It is a driving force in the development of new products and an important link in the systems thinking that characterises the VBG GROUPS´s innovative development work, from idea to finished product.

Foundation for Allergy and Asthma Research
Companies and organisations are expected to assume greater social responsibility today in the communities and environments in which they operate. This is nothing new in the VBG GROUP. Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, Herman Krefting decided to distribute a large portion of his holdings among three foundations in order to ensure the survival of the company and safeguard the jobs of its employees.

Herman Krefting suffered from asthma, which explains why one of the owner foundations is called the Herman Krefting Foundation for Allergy and Asthma Research. The Foundation, which  funds professorships in allergy and asthma research, has so far awarded grants of  SEK 60 M for research purposes.