About Gunnebo Industries


About Gunnebo Industries

In 1764 a mr Hans Hultman got approval from the Swedish king to set up a forge to manufacture nails

and bolts for ship-making and that’s where the story of Gunnebo Industries begins. The business became

successful and soon expanded to include iron smelting with charcoal and a wrought iron factory. Today our

chain factory is still located only steps away from where it all started.

Over the years Gunnebo Industries have lead the development in the industry in a number of ways. For

an example we were one of the first in the world, in 1906, to use electric welding for chain manufacturing,

which made the chain stronger and more reliable and soon became the standard procedure world-wide.

Product- and manufacturing development has always been a corner stone in our foundation and it’s a

re-occurring theme in the company’s line of history. An example is the coupling link G – an invention by

Gunnebo Industries that revolutionized the lifting industry where welded slings had been the only option.

This opened up possibilities in the industry that had not existed before.

Other inventions by Gunnebo Industries are: the self-locking hook (BK), the electrically insulated roller

bearing swivel, the Universal Welding hook and - of course – the unique GrabiQ system. GrabiQ is a grade

10, all-inclusive system, with integrated shortening functions designed to make rigging and lifting safer,

more efficient and user-friendly. Again Gunnebo Industries changed the conditions for lifting to something

new and better that the world had not seen before.

Today we are truly global, having our head office in Sweden, manufacturing units in Sweden, Norway and

USA; sales companies in ten countries spread out on all continents. More than that, through our extensive

distributor network covering more than 50 countries, Gunnebo Industries’ products are readily available all

over the world.