History

1998 - ALMACO was founded in Kaarina (Turku), Finland. The founders were Mikael Hedberg, Ulf Hedberg, Antti Kaskinen and Lars Pellas. Mikael Hedberg was appointed President & CEO

1998 - ALMACO's first major order was a modernization project for Asian cruise ship owner

1999 - ALMACO Group, Inc. was established in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States

2003 - ALMACO participates in a pioneering project of revitalizing an entire cruise ship

2005 – ALMACO aquires MacGREGOR’s Food Handling Technology Company in Nantes France

2005 – ALMACO appoints President & CEO and Executive Vice President & COO

2005 - ALMACO Group’s German site office was established in Papenburg

2006 - ALMACO received the Born Global – Entrepreneurial Spirit of Turku Award for its successful international operations

2006 - ALMACO Group’s Italian office was opened in Venice

2007 - ALMACO received the Internationalization Award of the President of the Republic of Finland for its achievements in international business operations

2007 - ALMACO Group’s global supply representative office opened in Shanghai, China

2008 - ALMACO Pte Ltd, Singapore office was established

2009 - ALMACO delivered its first Floating Accommodation

2010 - ALMACO built and delivered the first Living Quarters for Offshore Accommodation Vessel

2011 - ALMACO expands to Brazil

2011 - ALMACO's first deliveries to the Construction Industry

2012 - ALMACO wins the first order for a newbuilding in China