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READ THE LATEST NEWS ACROSS AC GROUP
We seek to strengthen our companies’ strategic objectives and brands. We do this, among other things, with the stories we tell – and the news we bring.
Here you find press releases from AC Group and our companies and media coverage in trade and news media.
Stories that show the diversity and scope of our business.
MEDIA COVERAGE: intopit and Pava in partnership
intopit and Pava Produkter collaborate on rust protection and noise reduction solutions
Motor magasinet
Motor magasinet
MEDIA COVERAGE: Nine companies have been merged into one: New headquarters are being built – in Viborg, of course
Nine companies have merged into one, and Intopit's headquarters are being constructed at a new address in Viborg.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
PRESS RELEASE: intopit strengthens position with merger
"This merger is an important part of intopit's strategy to bring the entire company together in one concept
and enable even more efficient work processes across business areas."
Magne Jakobsen explains.
and enable even more efficient work processes across business areas."
Magne Jakobsen explains.
PRESS RELEASE: intopit A/S becomes Nordic importer of FLEXMO
"To ensure the best and most effective customer experience, it has always been a mantra that the digital
customer experience goes hand in hand with the personal service, in order to give the customer the best experience"
Magne Jakobsen explains.
customer experience goes hand in hand with the personal service, in order to give the customer the best experience"
Magne Jakobsen explains.
MEDIA COVERAGE: AC GROUP WILL NEVER LEAVE VIBORG
Despite logistical challenges, AC Group definitely belongs in the city where the company was born.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
MEDIA COVERAGE: Change of CEO: Fourth generation takes over for large Viborg company
At the age of 28, Frederik Anker Christensen becomes CEO of AC Hydraulic. He is the great grandson of the founder Anker Christensen.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
MEDIA COVERAGE: New CEO of AC Hydraulic: “We are in a very good position”
AC Hydraulic hires Frederik A. Christensen as new CEO per 1st of January 2023. He takes over the position from Carsten Rødbro Jensen, who has resigned after 22 years in the company, including the last five as CEO.
Motormagasinet
Motormagasinet
MEDIA COVERAGE: Pallet trucks, stackers and electrical fork lifts – day to day delivery
NH Handling has established itself as a supplier of equipment for handling of goods on a large scale.
Lager & Transport Logistikmagasinet
Lager & Transport Logistikmagasinet
MEDIA COVERAGE: Intopit expands with a new workshop in Copenhagen – more on the way
While several car dealerships are holding back on buying new cars, CEO at intopit, Magne Jakobsen is busy buying up. Despite less growth than planned, the business continues to run smoothly with the company's leasing cars, which are increasingly to be found on the roads across the country.
Erhverv+
Erhverv+
MEDIA COVERAGE: AC SERVICE GOES NATIONWIDE AND CHANGES ITS NAME
Under the new name Anker, the service company of autolifts and workshop equipment, has taken over a similar company on Zealand.
Motormagasinet
Motormagasinet
MEDIA COVERAGE: Three click and a delivery: intopit’s simple leasing concept provides a million in profit on the bottom line
While several car dealerships are holding back on buying new cars, CEO at intopit, Magne Jakobsen is busy buying up. Despite less growth than planned, the business continues to run smoothly with the company's leasing cars, which are increasingly to be found on the roads across the country.
Erhverv+
Erhverv+
MEDIA COVERAGE: AC GROUP PRESENTS IMPRESSIVE 400 MILLION DKK TURNOVER
With a 400 million DKK turnover and a 26 million DKK surplus, AC Group presents a more than acceptable result for 2021.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
MEDIA COVERAGE: Electrical upgrade at NH Handling
At NH Handling, they want to be involved already in the decision-making phase, from the time the customer starts planning their stock until they receive their products and to complying with the statutory inspections.
Lager & Transport Logistikmagasinet
Lager & Transport Logistikmagasinet
PRESS RELEASE: THE ELECTRIC WHEELS ARE RUNNING AT NH HANDLING
"We have a lot of new products, we have sales people out for counceling, and we are experiencing a greater and greater demand for counceling," says sales manager at NH Handling, John Rahbek.
NEWS: NEW YEAR’S STATUS – PROGRESS ON TOP AS WELL AS BOTTOM LINE
Another exciting year in AC Group is over. A historic year, and in many respects a very special year, where we have moved AC Group to where we have never been before.
MEDIA COVERAGE: WELL-KNOWN BUSINESSMAN GETS TOURIST ATTRACTION IN THE BACKYARD
Claus A. Christensen owns AC Group and has renovated several historic properties in Viborg city center, such as his private residence, which borders right on the Cathedral district, which in the long run will attract 250,000 guests annually and compete with cities such as Aarhus, Aalborg and Odense for the tourists.
JP Viborg
JP Viborg
NEWS: A REGULAR JOB CAN HELP YOUNG PEOPLE ON THE EDGE
"There are some who have to say 'come here, and we will help you,'" explains Henrik Dal Jakobsen, Production Manager, completion at AC Hydraulic.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Company from Viborg is responsible for repairing one of Denmark’s oldest railway vehicles
AC Motor Parts, which is part of the AC Group, has had an 86-year-old engine on a repair visit on behalf of the Danish Railway Museum.
Ugeavisen
Ugeavisen
PRESS RELEASE: AC Motor Parts brings the old train engines to life
On December 8, two Frichs engines were tested at the AC Motor Parts factory in Viborg. The engines usually sit in an MO motor vehicle from 1935 from the Danish Railway Museum.
NEWS: ART IN THE CANTEEN AT AC GROUP
Junkyard - a 2 × 5 meter painting now adorns the wall of the canteen. The work is a gift from CEO Claus A. Christensen on the occasion of his 60th birthday - to himself and the company's 270 employees.
NEWS: Sofie Nia Nielsen from Hydraflex nominated Viborg Talent of the Year by Business Viborg
"We are very proud to see Sofie nominated. Sofie is a clear example of the value of giving young people who may not have chosen the right education in the first place, another chance. And thereby get her into an industry where she feels much more at home, and therefore can unfold her talent and be among one of the country's most talented Industrial Technician apprentices," says Niels Rahbek, Director of Hydraflex A/S.
MEDIA COVERAGE: Intopit director enjoys the tranquility of Viborg’s city center and around the lakes
In a series of articles, the magazine zooms in on “the other side” of the director – in this edition, you can read about Magne Jakobsen from Intopit.
Motor Magasinet
Motor Magasinet
PRESS RELEASE: AC HYDRAULIC UPDATES THE PRODUCT PORTFOLIO WITH A FOOT-OPERATED AIR HYDRAULIC WORKSHOP PRESS
AC Hydraulic A/S adds a new product to its range of popular workshop presses: A world first within workshop presses that eases the work and increases safety of heavy press work.
PRESS RELEASE: HYDRAFLEX APPRENTICE IN INTERNSHIP AT LOCKHEED MARTIN
“We have a strong focus on giving our apprentices the best education, and the selection of Sofie is a huge recognition of her high professionalism and social skills, and at the same time the proof of Hydraflex's great focus on apprentices, ” says a proud factory manager Esben Kristensen at the cylinder company Hydraflex A/S.
PRESS RELEASE: THE REINS FOR TWO LEADING FUNCTIONS IN AC HYDRAULIC ARE PASSED ON
AC Hydraulic says goodbye to two employees with long seniority, who are now retiring, Knud Bisgaard and John Madsen. The two have made a positive contribution to the development of AC Hydraulic since the 1990s.
MEDIA COVERAGE: THE AUTO MECHANIC HAS BECOME FACTORY MANAGER AND HAS EVEN GREATER AMBITIONS
Esben Kristensen believes that it is wrong for young people to believe that a vocational education will close and not open doors for them.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
MEDIA COVERAGE: INTERVIEW WITH EASY ENGINEERING
Interview with Jesper Vestergaard, Export Manager at AC Hydraulic A/S
Easy Engineering
Easy Engineering
MEDIA COVERAGE: INTEND TO HIRE MORE: AUTO WORKSHOP CHANGES OWNER
From 1 July, Intopit Carservice will move to Fredericia when the workshop chain takes over Autoværkstedet at Gl. Landevej 59
Fredericia Dagblad
Fredericia Dagblad
MEDIA COVERAGE: AC Group will sell spare parts abroad: We are chasing the niches
AC Group continues its expansion and will sell spare parts abroad. - We are chasing the niches, says Executive Vice President, Claus A. Christensen in this interview.
Motormagasinet
Motormagasinet
MEDIA COVERAGE: 19 years and youngest man at the CNC machines: I was tired of school and more interested in crafts
Oliver Simonsen is 19 years old and thus the youngest apprentice at Hydraflex. When he started his apprenticeship almost two years ago, it was important for him to get started on something where he could use his hands.
Jern-Maskinindustrien
Jern-Maskinindustrien
MEDIA COVERAGE: Sofie’s new career path became industry
Sofie Nielsen, 24, is a trained sales assistant and later a web integrator. She had a hard time finding work after graduating, and today she is an apprentice as an industrial technician at the cylinder manufacturer Hydraflex in Viborg.
Jern-Maskinindustrien
Jern-Maskinindustrien
MEDIA COVERAGE: Cylinder manufacturer with uproar: Take more apprentices, it’s not that hard!
The cylinder manufacturer Hydraflex in Viborg now comes with a clear call to other companies in the industry to take more apprentices onboard.
Jern-Maskinindustrien
Jern-Maskinindustrien
PRESS RELEASE: INTOPIT CARSERVICE A/S AGAIN ON ACQUISITIONS ALONG THE DANISH MOTOR WAY
A step along the way to become a future-proof and nationwide workshop chain.
PRESS RELEASE: HYDRAULICS BUSINESS EXPANDS WITH HIGH-BAY WAREHOUSE: WE FREE UP SPACE SO THAT WE CAN GROW THE PRODUCTION
The new buildings of just over 2300 m2 will be completed in the autumn of 2021.
MEDIA COVERAGE: HYDRAULICS BUSINESS EXPANDS WITH HIGH-BAY WAREHOUSE: WE FREE UP SPACE SO THAT WE CAN GROW THE PRODUCTION
Metal Supply
PRESS RELEASE: OPEN YOUR DOORS FOR HAVING APPRENTICES! IS THE MESSAGE FROM HYDRAFLEX A/S
“We want to show other companies that it is not that difficult to have apprentices at all.”
MEDIA COVERAGE: Viborg Group satisfied with million profit, but has higher expectations this year: – We run at full steam
“We are running at full steam at the moment, and we expect that we will hit a total turnover of just under 400 million kroner this year,” says Claus A. Christensen.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
PRESS RELEASE: A/S MIDTJYSK CYLINDER-SERVICE BESOMES A PART OF AC GROUP
“We take over a fantastic well-run company ...”
MEDIA COVERAGE: SCHEWERES LEICHTER MACHEN
Our efficient and ergonomically correct lifting equipment profiled in the German magazine AGRARTECHNIK. Read the interview with our Export Manager Uwe Elbert here.
Agrar Technik
Agrar Technik
MEDIA COVERAGE: INTOPIT ON ACQUISATION IN EAST JUTLAND
Auto Test I / S in Harlev in East Jutland will be part of Intopit, which will thus have 32 workshops.
Motor Magasinet
Motor Magasinet
MEDIA COVERAGE: TWO LIFTING COMPANIES MERGE
HJ-Lift ApS will be part of AC Group in a long-term strategy to make AC Service nationwide.
Metal Supply
Metal Supply
PRESS RELEASE: HJ-LIFT APS BECOMES A PART OF AC GROUP
HJ Lift ApS will be part of the AC Group, which o.a. companies include AC Hydraulic, Hydraflex, NH Handling, intopit and AC Service.
MEDIA COVERAGE: AC GROUP ACQUIRES HJ LIFT: AN IMPORTANT STEP IN A LONG-TERM STRATEGY
HJ Lift, which services and repairs all types of lifts and compressors in Jutland and on Funen, has been acquired by the AC Group and will in future be part of the company AC Service.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
MEDIA COVERAGE: THE JOBCENTER AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER IN MENTOR SCHEME
Young people between the age of 15 and 29 are offered a vocational mentor if they have difficulty finding a job or starting an education. The scheme has already proven a success, and it has created increased mutual respect between business and the job center.
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad
Viborg Stifts Folkeblad