AAF Europe has acquired the Swedish Dinair Group AB as part of its plans to become the number one company in the global air filter market in all regions.

In addition, AAF Europe says the move is another clear example of its parent company, Daikin’s, long term commitment to both AAF and to the air filter business. Philip Whitaker, ceo of AAF international says that by working through Dinair the firm will offer Nordic customers more choice and better access to innovative products and services.

AAF International and Dinair say they will jointly develop the Nordic market by delivering innovative high performance filtration products to all customers interested in high value clean air.

The historical local strengths of Dinair will be reinforced with AAF’s broader product offering to satisfy all of their customers’ clean air and indoor air quality needs.

The new managing director of Dinair, Niels-Erik Kongste, who is also vp sales and marketing of AAF Europe, said that a stronger Dinair with a broad product range will be able to offer more choice to current and future customers in the Nordic region. Dinair is retaining the entire Nordic management team and the only change will be that ceo Fredrik Särnehed will move into a new role as senior adviser.

Dinair is one of the Nordic region’s largest manufacturers and suppliers of air filters. The company employs more than 350 people and operates its own manufacturing and product development. It is located in Vadstena, Sweden and has sales offices in Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmö, Oslo, Helsinki and Riga.

AAF International is a global market leader in air filtration and is owned by the Japanese company Daikin, a world leader in heating pumps and air conditioning.