Company description 2012
Solar A/S (formerly Aktieselskabet Nordisk Solar Compagni) was established in 1919 and listed on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange in 1953. Solar is one of Northern Europe’s leading technical wholesalers within electrical, heating, plumbing and ventilation products. The group based in Kolding, Denmark, has subsidiaries in Denmark incl. the Faroe Islands, Sweden, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany , Poland, Austria and Belgium.

Furthermore, Solar’s Aurora Group operates in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland.

In 2010, Solar's revenue totalled € 1,401.5m, corresponding to DKK 10.4bn. The group has approximately 3,500 employees.