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

R-MAN, Sweden, celebrate their 25th
Anniversary this Year
INSPIRED FOR TUBE Contract Manufacturing
The ability to provide
unique solutions
Boris Bergkvist is celebrating the 25th anniversary
of R-MAN this year. The company has its
headquarters in Värnamo in Sweden and specialises
in contract manufacturing for tubular components.
It has developed considerable experience
in tube applications and has an unusual
capacity for solving the problems of tube forming,
however complex.
Tube working is in Mr Bergvist’s DNA; he began
his career in 1963 by working for a company producing
equipment for tube bending and endforming.
This experience forms the bedrock of R-
MAN’s activities as he has accumulated the
know-how in dealing with tube forming problems
from the inside.
ness is in the automotive industry which accounts
for some 60% of our turnover (Volvo Trucks and
Scania) ; we also supply copper components for
wall mounted heater boilers and steel parts for refrigerators,
medical equipment and mobility products
for the handicapped.”
The Swede is a major force in the market place
in which R-MAN has become an important player
and an ideal partner when tube working is required.
The company is now involved from the initial
development phase right through to product
prototyping. “ Our experience always enables us
to find the proper balance between technical solutions,
ideal production methods and economic
costing,” he continues.
An ideal partner for tube
“ R-MAN is a tube working contractor and necessarily
gets involved with many different industrial
sectors” states Mr Bergkvist. “Our core busi-
Fixed and variable radii bending
A look inside the R-MAN factory shows eleven
tube bending machines, several end forming systems
with high degrees of automation and diverse
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