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Breytingar í eigendahópi Héðins Héðinn eignarhaldsfélag ehf. hefur keypt 93 prósent hlut í Héðni hf. Á bakvið kaupin standa Guðmundur Sveinsson, fyrrverandi stjórnarformaður og framkvæmdastjóri Héðins til áratuga, sem átti fyrir 24 prósent hlut í Héðni, Halldór Lárusson núverandi stjórnarformaður Héðins, sem hefur setið í stjórn félagsins síðan 1994, og Eðvarð Ingi Björgvinsson, framkvæmdastjóri Héðins en hann hefur starfað hjá fyrirtækinu í sextán ár. Seljendur eru RGI ehf. sem er í eigu þriggja lykilstarfsmanna Héðins, og þrír afkomendur annars stofnanda Héðins, Markúsar Ívarssonar. Eftir kaupin er Héðinn að tveimur þriðju hluta enn í eigu afkomenda Markúsar. Guðmundur er af [...]

Héðinn will reach its 100-year milestone on November 1. This occasion will be celebrated with a grand anniversary party for employees, their spouses, former staff, and other well-wishers on Saturday, October 29.

The National Gallery of Iceland has decided to hold an art exhibition at Héðinn’s premises at Gjáhella 4 on Saturday, October 1. On display will be a selection of works once owned by Markús Ívarsson, one of Héðinn’s founders, which he donated to the National Gallery of Iceland.

Héðinn was recently awarded Equal Pay Certification by the Directorate of Equality. The main objective of the certification is to combat gender-based wage gaps and promote gender equality in the labor market. Héðinn’s equal pay policy is an integral part of its overall wage policy and applies to all of the company’s employees.

The media visir.is continuted its coverage of the 100-year history of Héðinn on its website on the 27th of February 2022.

Recently, Vísir.is published a news story about Héðinn and the company’s 100-year history. Few companies in Iceland have a history spanning a century, and even fewer are a hundred years old while still having descendants of the founder among their shareholders.

A team from Héðinn has been busy installing new sorting equipment at Sorpa’s waste reception and sorting station in Gufunes. Sorpa’s role is to receive and process waste from the entire capital area, and its operations are therefore extensive.

On May 5th, the fisheries company Brim celebrated the arrival in Reykjavík of the newest member of its fleet, the 82-meter stern trawler Ilivileq GR 2-201. The vessel is equipped with an HPP protein factory and is fitted with Kongsberg Maritime systems and machinery. Ilivileq will be operated by Brim’s subsidiary in Qaqortoq, Greenland.