Lännen Set to Shift Lundberg Production to Finland

During my recent visit to Finland, I discovered that Finnish based machinery manufacturer Lännen is transferring production of the Lundberg range of compact loader/tool carriers from Skellefteå in Sweden to Loimaa as part of LMCE Group's main factory.

According to a company spokesperson, the main reason behind the decision to transfer the manufacturing to Finland, is the increasing business volumes of these so called, ‘environmental care machine’s’.

In addition, the industrial structure of the LMCE group is being reformed. The centralization of operations will increase the production capacity of the Loimaa factory and is a direct response to the growing international demand for the group's own products as well as contract manufacturing of other products.

The transfer of the production of Lundberg machines to Loimaa will take place in stages over the next few months. After the transfer, LMCE Group will still have industrial operations in the form of subassemblies in Skellefteåå.

The demand for Lundberg environmental care machines has been growing strongly in the Nordic countries in recent years, and the order backlog for the machines is at a record high. The transfer of manufacturing to Loimaa requires investments and additional recruitment of personnel, some of which have already been done during the past winter and spring of last year. However, additional recruitments are still underway, for example in relation to production and product development.

"Since last year, we have been exploring options to meet the growing demand for our Lundberg product family on the market. We explored options for relocating our current factory in Skellefteå in the town, as well as an option for moving production to Loimaa. In this comparison, the Loimaa factory proved to be the most competitive solution. After all, we already manufacture our Lännen, Meclift and Watermaster products there," says LMCE Group CEO Timo Huttunen.

This video is a bit old now, but gives a good overview of the capabilities of these compact machines.