Founded in 1942 by the Thulin Company, Thule AB is a Swedish world leader in sports and utility transportation. It all started when Erik Thulin, a true lover of the outdoors, put the Thule name on a Pike Trap that he designed and began to sell to the fisherman of Scandinavia. It wasn’t long before they added belt buckles and other things to his manufacture.
The Thulin family sold Thule to the publicly listed company Eldon in 1979, and it continued to grow both organically and through acquisitions. Eleven new companies joined Thule in the years between 2004 and 2007 strengthening the position as world leader in sports and utility transportation.
Thule offers load carriers for vehicles such as rooftop boxes, roof rails and bike carriers. Plus, the company offers snow chains, trailers, towing systems, organization solutions and accessories for RVs as well. Thule has approximately 3,100 employees at over 30 production and sales locations in North America, Europe and Asia. Thule Group headquarters is based in Malmö, Sweden, and majority-owned by Nordic Capital since 2007.
