... från Nils Håkanssons Smidesverkstad till Aktiebolaget Åkermans Gjuteri & Mekaniska Verkstad
Nils Håkanssons Smidesverkstad
1872
Nils Håkansson started a forge in Eslöv.
1878
Håkansson sold his company to factory owner J Ljungberg and the name was changed to Ljungbergska Gjuteriet.
Ljungberska Gjuteriet
1889
Lars Åkerman acquired the company and renamed it Åkermans Gjuteri och Mekaniska Verkstad.
Åkermans Gjuteri och Mekaniska Verkstad
Lars Åkerman was a former shareholder in Hvilans Mekaniska Verkstad in Kristianstad.
1897
Lars Åkerman died on 13 October. The following year, the company was restructured as Aktiebolaget Åkermans Gjuteri och Mekaniska Verkstad.
Aktiebolaget Åkermans Gjuteri & Mekaniska Verkstad
1904
Hatmaker Ola Andersson ordered a submarine. He paid SEK 1 545 in advance plus a further SEK 345 for what was intended to be a ten-metre mini-sub. It was never more than a hull, however, and was scrapped after Ola Andersson died.
1924
Road rollers were included in the production programme.
1927
Roller-graders were included in the programme.
1934
The "Vägbitaren" road grader was introduced.
1939
Excavators were included in the programme.
1967
Aktiebolaget Åkermans Gjuteri & Mekaniska Verkstad introduced the hydraulically manoeuvred excavator.
1972
Excavator manufacture at Kockum Landsverk was transferred to Aktiebolaget Åkermans Gjuteri & Mekaniska Verkstad.
1991
The company became part of the VME Group.
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