Thule has been awarded with the Achievement Award 2003 for Corporate Excellence in the “Most Sustained Successful Presence in the U.S. Market” category by the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce in New York and the Swedish Trade Council in Stockholm. The Achievement Award will be presented in the presence of Her Royal Highness Princess Victoria in conjunction with a gala banquet in New York on March 28.

“All the credit for this prestigious award goes to the Thule U.S. team for its hard work in developing great products and delivering excellent customer service,” said Fred Clark, President and CEO, Thule Inc. “By listening to our customers, paying attention to market demands, and following our long-standing Swedish principles of quality, style and performance, we have built a reputation that we are extremely proud of.”

“We are pleased and proud to have been selected to receive this Award, which we regard as acknowledgment of the intensive work underlying Thule Inc.’s growth from a marginal player to market leader with a more than 40- percent share of the US market,” says Anders Pettersson, President and CEO of the Thule Group.