Konga Mekaniska Verkstad AB was founded in November 1987 by father and son, Stig and Paul Haglund.
In the beginning a variety of trolleys were produced and sold to Ansor Team AB. At that time Ansor Team AB was a leading player on the Swedish mail order market.
During the recession in the beginning of the nineties we were forced to take a decision whether we should continue to produce trolleys or if we should focus on subcontracting. At that point we took all our trolleys to a photographer and made a small catalogue. That decision has proven to be very successful for us.
Our philosophy has always been that no contract was too small or too big for us. This philosophy together with a very strong will to invest is the main reason that Konga Mekaniska has had a positive trend during the years to come.
In the late nineties we decided to take a big step by implementing both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. This contributed to our future success. At the same time we made a unique decision to make all personnel involved in the company’s management, and this is the main reason that Konga Mekaniska has been so successful in the coming years. In this period Stig choose to retire at the age of 72 years! I´m since then the sole owner of the company.
In the year of 2000 we realized that we needed more space despite the fact that we in 1999 increased our production premises. We bought some land and built a whole new warehouse, 2200 square meters. At the same time we started to trade different products from China, Italy and Denmark in order to complement our assortment. This made us even more competitive through a broader assortment of products in stock. It means that we have very short time from order to delivery. That’s our strength. The investment was right in time – during 2005 it was necessary to double the warehouse to 4500 square meters.
During 2007 we took the step towards a more professional organization, we employed a sales manager and a finance manager.
2008 we tore down our old warehouse in connection to our office and production in Dång. A new building was erected that increased the production area with 600 square meters. It was taken into use in the turn of the year 2008/2009.
In May 2009 we became a part owner to a Vietnamese production company, Fine Interior. This means that we relocated our trading from China to Vietnam. We see this as an incredible opportunity to further strengthen our position. At the same time we started the company Fine Scandinavia AB together with Tomas Engsfelt. This company handles the sales in Scandinavia and Europe for Fine Interior and also takes care of projects and special inquiries etc. This makes it possible for Konga Mekaniska to focus on developing and selling trolleys from our standard assortment.
In August 2011 we increased our warehouse once again to 9000 m². This was made in order to continue to service our customers with high punctual deliveries, and also to manage the logistics for Fine Scandinavia.
During 2014/2015 we invested heavily in automated punching machines, an automated bending centre, bar code scanning in our warehouse and PIM system.
We strengthened our position in January 2015 by acquiring Industri AB Hjalmar Johansson in Anderstorp in Sweden, www.hj-johansson.se . This acquisition gave us world class tube bending and robotised welding capabilities.
Our customers are today within the mail order business all over Europe.
Today we are approximately 85 employees at Kongamek, approximately 17 employees with Industri AB Hjalmar Johansson and FI in Vietnam we are approximately 200 employees.
Paul Haglund
CEO