Permobil

Permobil builds power wheelchairs, manual wheelchairs (TiLite, PDG) and seating and positioning products (ROHO, Comfort) configured to order for complex rehab users. Dr. Per Uddén founded the company in Sweden in 1967. The group head office is Permobil AB in Timrå, Sweden. Permobil Inc., the Americas business, is in Lebanon, Tennessee, one of the company’s two global power wheelchair plants.

Scale and ownership

Patricia Industries, part of Investor AB, has owned Permobil since 2013 and holds 91 percent of capital and votes. Its company page reports 1,920 employees, SEK 6,000 million in sales, a 22 percent EBITDA margin and sales in more than 70 countries; the page does not state the reporting year. North America supplies more than 65 percent of revenue.

Recent moves

• October 17, 2024: the first chair came off the line at the expanded Lebanon plant, part of a $15.5 million expansion announced with the State of Tennessee in 2022.
• May 20, 2025: the board named Chuck Witkowski, president of Permobil Americas since 2019, as president and CEO effective July 1, 2025. He succeeded Bengt Thorsson, who moved to an advisory role at Patricia Industries.
• March 16, 2026: launched new TiLite TR and ZR rigid manual wheelchairs.
• April 8, 2026: appointed Ana Lopez, formerly SVP of North America Foods Supply Chain at Unilever, as chief operating officer effective April 15, 2026, a newly created role covering the end-to-end supply chain.
• 2026: the press room names former Elekta CEO Tomas Puusepp chair of the board, succeeding Martin Lundstedt (release undated). It also announced the M4 Nexa compact mid-wheel power chair, available in Europe from November 1, 2026 and in the US and Canada from January 2027.