The Mótala Mechanical Works.
of cranes, valves, steam-whistles, etc. The value of the output is 700 000 kronor,
and 225 workmen are employed.
The Göteborg' mechanical works (Götaverken), with branches in the town of
Gothenburg and in the parish of Lundby, on the island of Hisingen, near Gothenburg,
were founded in 1841, by Alexander Keiller, a manufacturer of Scotch
origin, under whose successful Management they rapidly developed and were taken
over in 1867 by the Göteborgs mekaniska yerkstads aktiebolag, which was incorporated
in 1906 in the Göteborgs nya yerkstads aktiebolag. The articles
manufactured are steamshiph, including armoured vessels, steam-engines, including
engines, of considerable size, steam boilers, cranes and elevators, radiators,
railway carriages, iron bedsteads, various cast goods, etc., of a total value of
about 3 million kronoR The 'number of workmen is 900.
The Lindholmen mechanical works, with ship-yard, slip and dry dock, on the
island of Hisingen, near Gothenburg, were established in 1851, by Th. Tranchell,
but were sold and amalgamated with the Motäla ¡r^orks in 1858. The present
company, Lindholmens verkstads aktiebolag,, was 'formed in 1894, under the
management first of Carl Norrman and later Sf Sven Almqvist. The works have
gradually grown to be a ship-yard of the first class, manufacturing passenger
and cargo steamships of all kinds, warships, steam-engines and steam boilers,
and repairing steamships. The value of the output is . about 2 million kronor,
and 800 workmen are employed..
The Ball bearing factory (Sw. abbrev. S. K. F.) at Gothenburg was established
in 1907, by the Aktiebolaget svenska kullagerfabriken (share capital 12 million
kronor). Ball bearings are manufactured, which adjust themselves to the axle
automatically, in accordance with Wingqmst’s ' patent. They are not only sold
on the Swedish market, but are also exported on a large scale. The company
has branches and warehouses at Berlin, Paris, London, Vienna, St. Petersburg,
New York, Melbourne, Buenos Aires, Yokohama, and other places. In the space,
of a few years, the production has attained enormous proportions, and its value
now amounts to more than 6 million kronor. The number of workmen employed
is 2 0 0 0 .
The Munktell Mechanical works were founded at Eskilstuna, at the beginning
of the thirties of last century, by Johan Teofron Munktell, were subsequently
developed and were completed in 1859, by the erection of the Klosterstrom
foundry. The manufactures of these works have been steam engines for large
industrial works, the first Swedish railway locomotive, the first Swedish machines
for manufacturing rifles on a large scale, machines for wood pulp manufaqture,
etc. At present the principal products are portable engines, steam boilers, threshing
mills, straw presses, steam dredging apparatus, digging machines, machine
tools and hand tools, raw oil motors, refrigerators, etc. The value of the output
is about 4 million kronor. The number of workmen amounts to 850.
The Karlstad and Kristinehnmn mechanical works, which are owned by the
Aktiebolaget Karlstads mekaniska verkstad, at Karlstad, manufacture steam launches,
lathes for iron rolling works, machinery for the wood pulp and paper industry,
portable engines, railway carriages and other railway material, turbines,
etc., with a value for both establishments of about 1 500 000 kronor. The
number of workmen is 500.
The Ludvigsberg mechanical works at Stockholm, which were founded in
the middle of the 19th century by Jacques Lamm and are now owned by the
Ludvigsbergs verkstads aktiebolag, are also very active in the manufacture of
radiators and ventilators, refrigerators, pumps, steam fire-engines, etc. The value
of the output is about 1 million kronor, and the number of workmen 500.
The Carriage and machine factory of Falun, the Siidertalje works, the Arlof
mechanical works and wagon factory, and the Swedish railway works at Tan-
nefors manufacture annually large quantities of railway coaches and tram ears.
The Jonkiiping mechanical works make a speciality of steam engines, steam
turbines, steam boilers, sulphite boilers, paper-making machinery, etc.
The Aktiebolaget Diesels motorer, Sickla, near Stockholm. The firm was
From the Mótala Mechanical Works.