Ferruform – Luleå, Sweden
In Luleå, in the very north of Sweden, you find the Scania subsidiary Ferruform AB production plant for frame members and rear axle housings as well as bumpers for the chassie assembly lines in Angers, Södertälje and Zwolle. Besides that specific components for the Scania busses are produced there.
The facility was established in 1967 and is the second biggest employer and manufacturing industry in Luleå after the Ironworks. They keep approximately 800 persons at work around the clock in five-shift except on Saturdays, the transports within the facility are handled by almost 40 forklifts.
The facility maintenance is completely taken care of by DynaMate, which is another company fully owned by Scania. DynaMate is an experienced and complete company in the facility management industry, well known for its wide competence and total facility solution concepts.
As you understand the high working intensity puts high demands in the floor maintenance and that the cleaning can be performed in an easy and effective way. Problems arose with the existing epoxy floors with burn marks from fork lifts that could not be removed and the epoxy cracked and flaked off. What could be done? Thomas Mattsson, manager at DynaMate in Luleå, that were informed about the possibilities with HTC Superfloor® contacted in corporation with HTC a local contractor, Lundquists Måleri AB and they decided to grind a test surface. The test was successful and during planned stops in the production, more surfaces were grinded and polished to HTC Superfloor™ quality.
