Issue n. 3 - April 2005Download pdf - BLM GROUP

Weland, Sweden, production is based exclusively on laser technology
and cutting process automation
INSPIRED FOR TUBE Construction
Flexibility and Personalised
Manufacture
When Mr Welansson founded Weland AB in Smalandsstenar,
Sweden in 1947, it was immediately
successful and now the company has grown into
a group of 25 different companies employing 800
people with a turnover of 170 million last year. This
growth and marketing success has been realised
by developing products tailored to customers’ needs
and delivering them in as quickly as possible and
at a competitive cost. There are three main production
lines: staircases for both internal and external
use, metal railings, and ramps for use inside
and outdoors. The group’s main markets are in central
and northern Europe and in North America.
There has also been a significant growth in subcontract
work separate from their normal product
range in the tubular furniture, automotive and security
sectors.
product costing are a fact of their commercial life.
This is further complicated by the fact that, although
Weland are a large company operating in an industrialised
country like Sweden, there are few opportunities
for sales in their native land.
These apparently conflicting factors have actually
come together and enabled Weland to improve and
grow by using new technology with their production
now based exclusively on laser technology and
automation of the cutting process.
They currently use five ADIGE LASERTUBE cutting
systems and two combined units for sheet and tube
supplied by ADIGE SYSTEMS to achieve the match
of the necessary flexibility and tailored product that
their overall strategic plan demands.
Seven BLM Group laser systems
Weland products, by their very nature and use in
houses, apartments, urban furniture and industrial
fabrication, are hardly ever standard. Giving personalised
services, fast deliveries and economic
Standard and customer designed products
Lars Bredenfeldt, Weland’s Purchasing Director
and Rune Berndtsson, the Production Director
both confirm that the maximum time available to
them from placing the order to despatch is four
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