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We continue to highlight companies in northern Sweden in our Companies in Focus series, where we share stories of how ideas become reality and create new business opportunities. This time, we meet Forsell Maskin in Skellefteå, which, after nearly 50 years of custom machine building, is taking the step from bespoke machinery to its own products – with ambitions to reach a global market.
Medicvent has secured two major hospital contracts in Sweden and France, with a combined value of approximately SEK 16 million. The awards follow a year of 11 percent revenue growth and mark an important step in the company’s international expansion.
“These contracts provide both an immediate financial contribution and highly valuable reference projects for our continued growth”, says Roger Folkhage, CEO of the Umeå-based company.
We continue highlighting companies in northern Sweden in our Companies in Focus article series, where we showcase innovations and solutions driving development forward. This time, we meet Logscom, a company connecting forest and industry through digital timber tagging and data-driven solutions – paving the way for a more efficient, traceable, and resource-efficient forestry sector.
How can we create more value from the resources already available? That was the common thread when companies, researchers and public sector representatives gathered in Umeå for a circular networking event focused on business opportunities. Throughout the day, concrete examples highlighted how circular solutions can reduce resource use, strengthen resilience and create new business opportunities at the same time.
The sawmill burned down in 2004. That became the starting point for what Lundqvist Trävaru is today: a company operating in Sweden, Norway, the United States, and New Zealand – with a digital tool that allows customers to design their own house and see the price instantly.
When companies renovate their premises, large amounts of fully functional furniture are often discarded. At the same time, new items are purchased – sometimes with a shorter lifespan than those being replaced. For Lotta Edlund, founder of RECY Interior outside Örnsköldsvik in northern Sweden, this became the starting point for her business.
