Our history
our history
Aleido was founded in 2023 as a spin-off from Semcon, a Swedish-based technology company. Within Semcon we operated as a business area for decades, driving the development of aftermarket information and learning solutions.
Today, fully owned by Ratos, Aleido operates as a standalone company with offerings within aftermarket information and digital learning. We are an international company with colleagues across Sweden, Germany, the UK, Hungary, and China.
Our focus is on what we do the best, i.e., bridging the gap between technology and the people who depend on it.
Milestones in our past
- 1980 Semcon is founded in Västerås, Sweden.
- 1985 The head office moves to Gothenburg, Sweden.
- 1986 Semcon offers technical documentation services.
- 1997 Semcon is listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm stock exchange.
- 1999 Semcon signs its first outsourcing contract to create product information with a customer in the automotive sector. The same year, Semcon’s product information business is organised into a separate business area.
- 2003 Semcon’s business area Product Information starts offering learning solutions.
- 2005 Semcon Product Information expands into China and the UK, where a small graphics and illustrations company (Pentech) is acquired.
- 2007 Further expansion of Semcon Product Information by starting a new office in Hungary.
- 2012 With the acquisition of Comet, Semcon Product Information enters the German market.
- 2018 Haas-Publikationen is acquired - another German product information company focusing on rail customers.
- 2020 Acquisition of Swedish digital learning company Xtractor, making Semcon Product Information the largest digital learning provider in Scandinavia.
- 2021 With the acquisition of British digital learning company Walkgrove, Semcon Product Information’s learning offering is expanded into the UK market.
- 2022 Semcon is acquired by Ratos AB (publ) and de-listed from Nasdaq Stockholm.
- 2023 The business area Semcon Product Information is separated from Semcon, and becomes Aleido, a standalone company fully owned by Ratos.