Välinge's Darko Pervan Awarded Founder of the Year Honorary Award

Darko Pervan — Välinge’s founder, former CEO, and industry visionary — has been announced as the recipient of the 2021 Founders Alliance Founder of the Year Honorary Award.

The Founders Alliance is a collaborative business forum established in 2002 in Stockholm, Sweden, which aims to help founders of global growth companies and large-scale corporations to form long-term relationships that inspire, develop, and enable more and better business.

“Darko is an extremely worthy winner of the Founder of the Year Honorary Award, and everyone at Välinge is very proud of his achievement,” said Niclas Håkansson, CEO, Välinge Innovation. “Our company was built on Darko’s vision and drive—and those principles guide us to this day as we continue developing our floor and furniture technologies and begin our journey to become the world’s largest, most innovative, and sustainable flooring manufacturer and distributor in our chosen categories.”