Peter Kastberg President of AS FORS MW

Peter Kastberg former Vice President of AS FORS MW was on Wednesday appointed President of the Fors MW Group. Peter has a long history especially in the role as financial and market- oriented president in varies companies. Peter joined the Group in January 2008 and has since worked with the daily operational management in close collaboration with the now outgoing President. Peter has over the years worked vigorously with the Company´s future development and expansion. As a comment to the appointment Peter states “It is with humility and confidence in the future as I take on this role. Fors MW is a great company to be involved in and developed with sound business principles and the new products in sight are fantastic. At the same time I also look with gratitude to Leif Fors for the choice to continue to contribute actively in the company with his expertise and long experience”.

Leif Fors the outgoing President and founder of Fors MW look confident at the shift that now is in process. In a commentary Leif says, “Peter has made an outstanding job showing his commitment to the company´s challenges and he fully shares our corporate philosophy which is the foundation in everything we do. It gives me great confidence and I look forward to seeing the company continue to develop under Peter´s leadership”. Leif Fors will assume the new role as the executive chairman and will stay on as the head of the development department.

For more information on the appointment contact our Marketing and Communication Manager
Ulrica Fors Stenmarck
Tel. + 46 11 335 289
E – mail. ulrica.fors.stenmarck@forsmw.com

An unexpected guest ...

Tiny bright black eyes, almost like pins looking at Us suspiciously .Ears like antennas constantly moving towards the direction of different sounds. Fragile yet so strong somehow. But most of all sleepy - in the full meaning of the word.

Given the circumstances in which this little fellow ended up behind Our window its perfectly understandable. We are talking about a bat in the city in broad daylight! Bats as we all know are nocturnal and active at twilight. These somewhat mystical creatures rarely choose the company of humans and tend to retreat to caves instead.

Our little friend got probaly lost on the way, decided to look shelter for the rain since rain interferes with their echo location and makes it difficult to navigate...

A bit of warmth woke him up off he went - searching for a safe place to hibernate in.

Board meeting

Yesterday it was high time for the third board meeting of the year at the premises of Fors MW in Saue, Estonia. Our owner group was all gathered for some good discussions and some friendly inputs into the challenges ahead because there are challenges ahead. We sense a change in the market. We sense that the market is once again taking one step back and more carefully reasoning about the investments that need to be done. This is especially noticed in the contractor sector.

However the forest sector seems to be up and running as before which is happy news for us and we see growth in all our markets in regards to both FARMA and NIAB. This is great fun to see since we have put huge effort into increased growth for FARMA around Europe. All the exciting news presented over the last two years is of course of importance in this success. The board received loads of information and seemed to be quite satisfied with the numbers showed and the factory tour gave as always smiling faces. We thank the board for this meeting and hope to see you all back in Estonia in December!

Belated Birthday wishes...

May time greet the Morning with warmth,

the Day with love

and the Year ahead with joy...

Happy Birthday, Tarmo!

What a visit!

We had some fantastic days with the Swedish dealers that arrived from Sweden by airplane Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Around 70 dealers from all over Sweden arrived in Tallinn Wednesday evening where the event started with some company information about Fors MW presented by our Vice President Peter Kastberg and our market and information manager Ulrica Fors Stenmarck. The dealers found especially the history of Fors MW to be interesting and an amazing journey. Afterwards the dealer enjoyed a nice dinner.

Thursday morning started bright and early since the bus left the hotel at 8 to head for the factory. At place the group was divided into three smaller groups and time was spent learning about BIGAB and some news, FARMA and the exciting factory tour. The day ended with some sightseeing of the fantastic city of Tallinn.

We would like to thank our dealers for their visit and for all the hard work they put into selling our three market leading products! At the same time we would also like to take this opportunity to thank the amazing and hard working staff of Fors MW than yet again raised to the challenge and put together a day to remember!

Tomorrow!

Tomorrow around 70 dealers from all over Sweden heads for Tallinn, Estonia by airplane. The trip is to get further acquainted with the products of Fors MW but also to get to know the people behind the scene. Our dealers will be in Estonia for one night and one day so there will be time for some social activities as well as product learning, information about our proud history and future. Further we will also introduce our latest and exciting product development but for information about that, you will have to wait but keep yourself updated here and you will soon learn more.

Would you as a dealer or agent like to visit us? Perhaps a long with your sub dealers? Send us a mail and we will start planning for the arrangement.

BIGAB in Polish available

A few days ago we updated our homepage with the BIGAB brochure in Polish. This has been done since our Polish dealers have been asking for it as a tool for BIGAB business. The FARMA brochure in Polish has been available for quite some time as the homepage in Polish.

Soon ready for take off

It is soon time to great our Swedish dealers welcome to our factory in Estonia. This time more than 70 dealers travel from all over Sweden to come here. For some of them it will be their second visit but for most their first. Anyway, since we have not had a dealer trip from Sweden in more than six years things will look quite different even for those who have been here before. Since our dealers are busy people we have put together a tight agenda that contains both a nice dinner along with a day of product training. We are very much looking forward of the visit and will be sure to tell you all about it afterwards.

Portuguese brochures available

Today we have updated our homepage with brochures in Portuguese for the market in Brazil and Portugal. The brochures that have been added are FARMA, BIGAB, NIAB and the container, z – crane and the grapple leaflet. This is the first step taken towards the translation of the entire homepage into Portuguese.

The work continues

The work of installing the 300 ton press with the power of 3000 ton has been ongoing all weekend and progress is being made. During this week we expect the press to be at place.

BIGAB now also available as a Dump trailer!

Under the name BIGAB T – 10, launches BIGAB a dump trailer in its lineup off the same fine quality as the one BIGAB is already well-known for. The dump trailer is to be seen as an alternative for users in combination with tractors, excavators and loaders in need for a quick and simple carrier of various types of materials and where one might not be able to gain from the cost – benefits that the hook lift trailer concept normally provides.

The trailer loads 10 ton and has a tipping angle of 56 °. The bridge loads 6,3 m3 with a 5 mm plate thickness at the bottom and 4 mm at the sides along with a combi - door tailgate (top/side hung) as standard. The trailer comes with 400/60*15,5 tires but other tire dimensions are available as an option. The trailer can be ordered with or without brakes.

Unique for the BIGAB dump trailer is that it is equipped with bolted drawbar which provides comfort and increased flexibility since it offers the opportunity to use different heights of the drawbar on the basis of need. For a trailer out of the ordinary, we also offer frame steering for the work that needs to be done in narrow areas, where the need for a smooth and easily maneuvered trailer often is needed.

For more information see our homepage http://www.forsmw.com/

Note! The photo is of the prototype trailer shown at fairs. Following customer feedback it has now been modified and is not fully compliant with the trailer shown. New pictures are in the pipeline.

Dear Kenth...

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

/Martin Luther King, Jr/

May You have many of those great moments!

Happy Birthday!

Heavy work taking place

Today, at this moment, we have started the process of mounting the press together which was bought in Sweden and shipped to Estonia. It is quite a unique press since it is one of very few presses of that size in Europe. It is a gigantic 3000 ton press that now is being installed. A press which we will use for loads of interesting project both existing and especially for those in pipeline.

We take what we have and we make what we need!

Here at Fors MW we never lose a dime to anyone for anything, all to protect the price to our customers. Therefore we also try to manage as much as possible in-house. If we need to repair our machinery we do it ourselves, if we need to cut the grass in front of the facilities we do it ourselves. If we need boxes for tools and other equipment…well, you see my point – we do it ourselves! There is always money to save and here at Fors MW it makes us proud to earn that last dime by saving costs!

Our guy in speedway

As some of you might be familiar with BIGAB hook lift system through our product manager Tom Belton sponsors some of the guys riding in the in the British speedway premier league. One of the guys, Thomas Jorgensen, comes from Denmark. You can read more about him on the link below and see him really showing off the BIGAB logo.

http://www.thisisscunthorpe.co.uk/Scorpions-Jorgensen-proving-star-season/story-13096660-detail/story.html

New air flight photos

As you all now there has been a lot going on at the Fors MW premises this last couple of years. Neighboring facilitates has been bought, new ones has been built. Therefore we thought that it was about time to arrange for new photos from above showing our fabulous factory from the above. Enjoy!

Meet our aftermarket guy – Johan!

During the summer we strengthened our aftermarket office in Sweden with Johan Silverhjelm that has experience from our field of business since many years. Below you can read a short introduction written to you by Johan.

Hi!

My name is Johan Silverhjelm and I am the new guy at the aftermarket office at Farma Norden AB in Sweden. I will first and foremost work with reclamations but I will also work with spare parts and technical support.

I grew up on a farm which probably played a role in me developing an interest for machinery. I educated myself in the field of agriculture and started working on a machine station and later on at a work shop of a dealership that dealt with forestry and agricultural machinery where I also managed the work shop for some years.

My interests are mainly hunting at my own farm and go for a drive with the caravan finding new interesting places. I have two daughters and leaves with my girl friend in Norrköping, Sweden.

All the best,
Johan