In Brief
A few historical dates
- 1904 We find the company's roots in ESAB
- 1950 The company got the licens for the Metalock method and the name Svenska Metalock
- 1952 A/S Metalock in Copenhagen and Deutche Metalock GmbH in Hamburg was founded
- 1964 Svenska Metalock is acquired by Gränges group
- 1967 The company changes name to Gränges Metalock
- 1969 Business in Malmö is started
- 1970 Development of the on-site machine techniques begin
- 1980 Electrolux acquires the Gränges group
- 1989 Metalock (Britain) Ltd. is incorporated into the Gränges Metalock family and we establish ourselves in France
- 1990 The business in Hofors is taken over by Ovako Steel
- 1995 Midroc acquires Gränges Metalock from Electrolux
- 1996 Midroc acquires Metalock Africa in Johannesburg
- 2001 The swedish divisions form new companies and are specialised
- 2006 The company is merged under the name Metalock Sweden AB
- 2007 BEMAB and Hofors is integrated into the company
- 2008 The subsidiary Stirep is now a part of Metalock Sweden AB
- 2010 The swedish divisions form new companies and are specialised
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Develops companies directed towards services within property-, costruction-, industry- and also environment sector and has approximately 2 700 employees.
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