CARGOTEC CORPORATION, PRESS RELEASE, 24 MAY 2017 AT 5 PM (EEST)
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, broke today on may 24, 2017 officially ground on its new facility in Ljungby. The new business-, innovation – and technology centre in Ljungby will focus on strengthening Kalmar’s expertise in digital business development, research and development, prototypproduktion and testing of mobile equipment and services related to this. The new centre will also create new jobs and business opportunities in southern Sweden, especially in the digitaliseringsområdet.
Dan Pettersson, Senior Vice President, Mobile Equipment, Kalmar, said, “This is a very important day and that is the starting point of a new era for Kalmar. This long-term investment helps us to take advantage of the great opportunities that digitaliseringsområdet provides for us to be able to develop our offer further. In order to ensure that we have a leading market position in the future, we gather now our extensive expertise on a common facility, and enhances our way of working on digital business development, nollutsläppsmaskiner and automation.
Kalmar has previously launched a digital business development programs in collaboration with the Centre for Information logistics (CIL) and linnaeus university in southern Sweden. “Through open innovation and co-creation, we believe that Kalmar, just like the whole industry, will take part of both new ideas and new approaches that can help the entire value chain during the digitaliseringsresan and increase efficiency. When this facility is completed, we want to use it as our showroom where we take our clients and showcases the latest and most innovative solutions on the market,” concluded Antti Kaunonen, President, Kalmar, during the groundbreaking.
From the left in the picture, Dan Pettersson, SVP of Kalmar Mobile Equipment, Antti Kaunonen, President of Kalmar, Stefan Johansson, Program Director, Kalmar Mobile Equipment and Claes Bodén representative of the Lagans Byggnads AB
More information for the press:
Dan Pettersson, Senior Vice President, Mobile Equipment, Kalmar, tel. +46 372 37 8062 dan.pettersson@kalmarglobal.com
Maija Eklöf, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Kalmar, tel. +358 20 777 4096, maija.eklof@kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar offers the widest range of cargo handling solutions and services to ports, terminals, distribution centres and to heavy industry. Kalmar is the industry forerunner in terminal automation and in energy efficient container handling, with one in four container movements around the globe being handled by a Kalmar solution. Through its extensive product portfolio, global service network and ability to enable a seamless integration of different terminal processes, Kalmar improves the efficiency of every move. www.kalmarglobal.com
Kalmar is part of Cargotec. Cargotec’s (Nasdaq Helsinki: CGCBV) sales in 2016 totalled approximately EUR 3.5 billion and it employs over 11,000 people. www.cargotec.com
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