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CONTENTS // MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY // GABRIEL PROFILE
Gabriel North America Inc.
Gabriel North America Inc. was established in spring 2015
as part of the Group's growth strategy. The company is
a natural consequence of the Group’s increasing level
of activity on the North American market. Prior to the establishment of the operating company, Gabriel had set
up storage and distribution facilities in the USA in 2014.
Gabriel North America Inc. was established with headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where key support
functions, storage and distribution were set up later. The
sales presence has been strengthened continuously with
dedicated key account managers and field sales managers and showrooms in Chicago, Illinois, and New York.
Gabriel A/S
Gabriel A/S is the public limited company which undertakes the Group's European sales and development
activities and a range of group functions. The vision of
Gabriel A/S is to be the preferred development partner
and supplier to selected leading international manufacturers and major users of upholstered furniture, seats
and upholstered surfaces. To ensure that vision becomes
reality, Gabriel A/S has established independent sales
companies in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden,
Spain and Lithuania and branches in Norway, France,
Italy, Finland and Poland. In addition, Gabriel is represented by dedicated key account managers on the industry’s other core markets in Europe.
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Visiotex GmbH i.L.
In December 2019, Gabriel A/S acquired the share capital
of the German manufacturer, which designs and produces textile solutions in one process, without subsequent
cutting and sewing.
Following the acquisition, the activities of Visiotex were
integrated into the Group with innovation centres in
Bingen, Germany, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA and
Aalborg, Denmark, as well as in UAB Gabriel Textiles,
Lithuania, where the primary production of the solutions takes place. Visiotex is consequently in liquidation.
Screen Solutions Ltd
In November 2016, Gabriel A/S acquired 100% of the share
capital of the screen manufacturer Screen Solutions Ltd
in England.
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Screen Solutions Ltd is recognised as one of the European furniture industry’s leading suppliers of screens,
office partitions etc. It traded primarily under the established brands Screen Solutions and Acoustic Comfort. The
company underwent a transformation with a view to utilising its dynamic development and production platform
and is a strong partner for Gabriel’s key customers today.
GABRIEL
HOLDING A/S
Gabriel
Ejendomme A/S
Gabriel A/S
Gabriel (Tianjin)
International
Trading Co. Ltd.
Gabriel
North America Inc.
United States
China
PRODUCTION
(49,3%)
Visiotex
GmbH i.L
UAB
Gabriel Textiles
UAB
SampleMaster
Screen Solutions
Ltd.
FurnMaster
Sp. z o.o
UAB
FurnMaster
Grupo RYL,
S. A. de C. V.
Lithuania
Germany
Lithuania
Lithuania
United Kingdom
Poland
Lithuania
Mexico
Gabriel
Innovation A/S
UAB Scandye
UAB Gabriel Textiles
Gabriel A/S acquired the company UAB Baltijos Tekstilė
during the 2018/19 financial year. Gabriel A/S and UAB
Baltijos Tekstilė have worked together since 1998, when
Gabriel’s looms were transferred to UAB Baltijos Tekstilė
in connection with outsourcing of production from
Aalborg, Denmark.
SALES
Gabriel
GmbH
Gabriel
Sweden AB
Gabriel
UK
Gabriel
Iberica
UAB
Gabriel Baltics
Germany
Sweden
Great Britain
Spain
Lithuania
Gabriel Poland
Gabriel France
Gabriel Italy
Gabriel Norway
Gabriel Finland
(branch)
(branch)
(branch)
(branch)
(branch)
Poland
France
Italy
Norway
Finland
Undertaking weaving and knitting services for the majority of the Group’s fabrics production, UAB Gabriel Textiles
is a central part of the Group’s production of fabrics.
UAB SampleMaster
Following the purchase of the partner company UAB
Baltijos Tekstilė, the Group’s SampleMaster production
activities were hived off into a separate company, UAB
SampleMaster. This operation combined the Group’s
European sales with the development and production of
sample materials under the management of the Danish
SampleMaster business unit.
Gabriel Ejendomme A/S – Gabriel Erhvervspark
Gabriel Ejendomme A/S was established as an independent unit in 2011, and the Group’s head office building
in Aalborg was transferred to the property company. Its
main activity is to develop the office facilities in Aalborg
and let them to internal and external tenants.
The dyeworks, UAB Scandye
UAB Scandye was established in 2003, and in 2006
Gabriel A/S became co-owner of the company. UAB
Scandye is the Gabriel Group's main dyeworks and finishing plant in Europe, and Gabriel’s ownership interest
is 49.3%. Scandye performs dyeing, finishing and inspection for Gabriel and a number of external customers.
Activities held for sale – the FurnMaster business unit
The FurnMaster business unit was established in 2003
for the purpose of adding OEM furniture production to
the value proposition. From 2003 to 2012, FurnMaster
was based on an outsourced production model. With
the establishment of the subsidiary UAB FurnMaster in
Lithuania, the model changed to a higher degree of inhouse production. In 2014, FurnMaster was expanded
with the establishment of the subsidiary FurnMaster Sp.
z o.o. in Poland.
In 2018/19, the Gabriel Group purchased the Mexican furniture manufacturer Grupo RYL S.A. de C.V. and since 2022
all production activities relating to FurnMaster in North
America have been combined in Grupo RYL S.A. de C.V.
In 2025, FurnMaster is a leading OEM supplier with three
factories in Poland, Lithuania and Mexico and a group
of leading employees in Gabriel A/S.
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