Project:

Chimney

// Sweden

“There was a lot of local markets which had no options for quality which meant they were travelling to London to complete the post.”

"We opened in July 1996, and the first time I went home to my partner was at christmas, because we massive debt to pay off in six months! We actually managed to do, and today I do not understand how we did it. When it was all paid off, we celebrated by ordering another Flame the day before christmas! Back then we were just six people in Stockholm and we were only doing commercials and pop videos." Henric Larsson

Chimney is an award winning group of full service post production houses throughout Europe. The group was founded by Henric Larsson in Stockholm in July 1996. Since then Chimney has become one of the largest and most successful post groups within Europe.

Early on Henric identified that a lot of the post production work that was available throughout eastern Europe was being taken back to London. So Henric and his team decided to create a local presence in Norway and Poland in an attempt to keep the business locally.

"There was a lot of local markets which had no options for quality which meant they were travelling to London to complete the post. So we managed to get a lot of clients from Norway and Poland to fly here to Stockholm. We then realized where this was heading and if we did not offer anything locally we would lose that client base. We then decided two years after we opened in 1998, that we should open up in Norway and in Warsaw, which we then did."

Since those humble beginnings, Chimney has become one of the leading post groups in the world. Chimney has attracted some of the most talented artists from across Europe and has expanded into five countries. With this wide base and large talent pool, Chimney has attracted brands such as Mercedes, Coke, VW, Samsung, Red Bull, Nike, Reebok, to name just a few. Through their Berlin operation, Chimney also post produces music videos for some of the biggest names in the music industry. These artists include Maroon Five, Rihanna, Britney Spears and Kylie Minogue.