In the mid-1940’s, Helmer Ranebo purchased a small piece of forestland outside of Östanå in the southern part of Sweden and soon afterwards set up his own sawmill for production of softwood lumber primarily for his own family needs. He also did some custom-sawing of logs for farmers and forest owners in the surrounding areas. His grandson, Anders Ranebo, has since grown this modest family sawmilling business into an international organization, operating its own sawmills in most of the countries in which ARTC Group is now active. None of this could have happened, however, without the dedication and hard work of the team of experienced experts that have made ARTC Group what it is today.

ARTC in its current form was established in 2009 but ARTC goes back to 1994 when Anders Ranebo started R. Woodtrade International Inc. From then on, ARTC went through a number of transitions and has been involved in several international projects. In 2006 ARTC LLC was formed and in 2009 the current form of ARTC Group, Inc. came into being. Altogether ARTC has been in existence and has played a significant role in the international wood products trade for more than 15 years.