Ankarsrum Kitchen Invests in Green Transport with DHL Freight

Their history stretches back 80 years. For just as long, sustainability has been on the agenda for the company Ankarsrum, where deliveries play an import part. They now send everything with DHL Freight, which with its service Skicka Grönt  - SEND IT GREEN in English – that contributes to more green deliveries.

In 1940, Electrolux launched the new kitchen machine Assistant Original which was adapted to Swedish conditions and Swedish cooking culture. The instruction manual An assistant in the kitchen that came with it presented the kitchen machine’s nine working modes; whisk, mix, knead, mash, stir, grind, grate, making sausages and strain. 

Now, 80 years later, it is still found in many homes around the world.

"It is made in Sweden, which is unique. And it has a very good reputation because of its quality. Every now and then people contact us and want to order a new accessory for a machine they bought in the 60’s. We want them to pass on from generation to generation," says Mikaela Thörn, from Ankarsrum Kitchen AB.

For the company behind the success, Ankarsrum Kitchen AB, sustainability is key.  

The machine is made of one hundred percent recycled aluminum. The mill where the machine has been made since the start, Ankarsrum mill, is powered one hundred percent by wind power.  "We work continuously to be as sustainable as possible," Thörn says.  

Part of the sustainability work is to use as deliveries as possible. That’s why they use DHL Freight´s insetting service Skicka Grönt. This is an otion where customers are offered a fossil-free1 transport alternative Delite.

When the customers choose this option, DHL Freight produces the equivalent tonne-kilometer that the shipment gives rise to with a more expensive technology somewhere in the transport network. The income goes in full to compensate the truckers for the additional cost when they invest in vehicles and fuels. 

SKICKA GRÖNT thus contributes to a faster adjustment of the Swedish transport system and that our truckers dare to take the risk that a more expensive technology entails. As a customer, you can credit the reduction².   

To learn more about the company, visit Ankarsrum Kitchen AB

¹Fossil free fuels according to Fossilfritt Sverige Fuels used for SEND IT GREEN in 2020 are electricity, biogas and ethanol.

² The reduction in carbon dioxide is reported in the emissions report. The issue report is a service that can be ordered for anyone who has a customer number at DHL Freight.