Monday, 28 April 2014

Maames show, Estonia!



Last weekend it was once again time for the great Estonian exhibition Maamess in Tartu region of Estonia. Our fantastic dealer Indrek Pungar från company Maskin Grupp OY took part and showed several trailers. Since the recently sold a T 16 trailer for the Estonian market it was also on display to everyone’s excitement.
We thank Indrek for a great show and wish good luck with the business!

Peter Kastberg

CEO AS FORS MW

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

GRACO visit


Today we had the privilege of receiving Mr Jeffrey Johnson, VP and General Manager of EMEA from GRACO in Belgium, together with their Finnish partner Mr Stefan Kevin and the local Graco representative Mr Indrek Ester. Graco is supplying AS FORS MW with all the technical paint equipment in our paint line and we made a considerable update and investment into this 2 years ago with new GRACO equipment. Mr Johnson was given a tour of our facilities and especially to the GRACO equipment installed 2 years ago and we had an interesting and beneficial talk about trends and experiences from  the industrial painting business. We are happy customers to GRACO and I’m sure the team from GRACO felt pleased to see our operations.

Peter Kastberg 
CEO AS FORS MW

Tuesday, 22 April 2014

Hydraulic Training days in Estonia


That there are always things to learn is something we are working on here at Fors MW. Two weeks ago we had a large number of our sales representatives but also parts of our aftermarket team over in Estonia for a few days to learn more about the characters of hydraulic. Our hydraulic expert Svante Högnert had put together two really interesting das around hydraulics. All participants were also given plenty of time to test the different controls and to have a closer look and understanding of the structure. We thank Svante for a really good set-up for training!

Monday, 21 April 2014

Appearing makes all the difference


Here at Fors MW we operate under the standard that if you are not visible you do not in fact not really exist. Fors MW has for years advertised in a number of European markets. Specifically, in 11 different countries in 9 languages. Every year we spin around about 350 ads through our advertising agency. There is a lot of work but also an integral part of the success we see for our products. For some time now our fine brands are also visible from one of Estonia´s busiest roads too. The one to Pärnu.

The picture shows one of our factory walls in Saue where large banners of our brands now adorn the wall.

Thursday, 17 April 2014

The machine show days continues!


One show after another of the machine show dealer days continues and even though one would like to visit them all that would not be possible, but we do try to attend as many as we can. During Friday to Saturday, I visited Västerås and Sunne. Both Pontus Widén and Sunne Bil & Maskin delivered really nice machine show days. It´s a bit like the feeling of Christmas Eve when all of the interested customers get the opportunity to browse around amongst the machines lined up in the yard. Interest was great as usual for our Generation 2 program. Products that invites too many long conversations. It is really nice to hear all talking about them!

Anders Svensson
Sales representative Sweden/Norway




Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Spring Machinery show at Staffans Maskiner, Kungälv Sweden



It was two really nice machine show days at Staffans Maskiner in Kungälv, Sweden last week. Lovely weather, loads of customers and a yard full with machinery all combined brought a smile on everyone’s faces. The show was frankly a success!

The picture shows a FARMA CT 8,5-12 with sliding bogie after a forest equipped Zetor tractor being driven at show the enormous range of this magnificent FARMA G2 crane.

Thanks to the staff at Staffans for two really good days!

Tomas Borg

Sales representative Sweden/Denmark

Tuesday, 15 April 2014

It is written much about Fors MW



There is hardly anyone who could miss that it is written quite a lot about Fors MW these days. We do of course think that this is really fun. We welcome these visits and the opportunity to talk about our business as well as a tour of our nice looking factory. This time it is the Finnish newspaper Urakointi but earlier in spring we had nice visits from some of the largest Swedish magazines in the field but look out because more is coming. 

Thursday, 10 April 2014

A sharp rise in sales!


It's not just our Generation 2 products that sell really well. FARMA range of accessories is also very popular. In it you will find everything from our affordable energy cutter BC 18 to our wide grapple range of the highest quality at competitive prices. Read more at;

http://www.forsmw.com/1/en/products/grapple.php

Thursday, 3 April 2014

Loads of sunshine over an excellent machine show at Maskin Väst, Karlstad Sweden!



In Sweden we have a saying that the sun always shine in Karlstad and even though not true all the time this time it really did shine from clear blue sky. All of the dealers in Karlstad have one event per year when all of them open their doors for two days with the yards filled with products.

For Maskin Väst, our dealer in Karlstad there were no difference. Their yard was full of machines on display. The interest for our Fors MW products was great. More than 3000 people visited the show during Friday and Saturday. Many thanks to Maskin Väst for a well – organized show!

The picture shows the Maskin Väst seller Anders Johnsen with the customer Jan Ove Jonsson, who just bought a CT 4,6 – 7 with winch.

Anders Svensson
Sales representative  Sweden/Norway




Nice visit of customers from Sweden at the factory


Yesterday we had a really nice visit from some of our customers in Sweden in the area of Åtvidaberg. They took contact with us a few weeks ago since they own both FARMA and BIGAB products and wanted to see the factory from where their products came. We are always delighted to meet our end users and to have the possibility to listen to their experience of using our products. Svante Högnert our purchaser and Christer Persson our head of design took them for a tour around the factory.


We thank the team from Åtvidaberg a lot for their visit and have a safe journey home!

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Machine show at Sundahls Maskin in Växjö, Sweden!


One of our long term dealers Sundahls Maskin in Växjö held their annual spring show this Sunday. It was a show that brought along thousands of visitors. For me being quite new in the company it was great to meet all of our customers who already had a BIGAB or a FARMA. Most of them also really interested in our G2 products. Our FARMA G2 trailer is a real showstopper and one that people do appreciate.

We thank Sundahl for yet another perfect show!

Tomas Borg
Sales Representative Sweden / Denmark


Spring Machinery Show at Anders Andersson Maskin, Värnamo – Sweden



Last weekend was a very sunny weekend and at the same time our great dealer Anders Andersson Maskin in Värnamo held his annual spring show. This time a bit special though since Anders Andersson celebrates 40 years in the business. We say congratulations and look forward of many more years of collaboration to come. A lot of visitors passed by and from Fors MW they could on display see our BIGAB G2 but also our FARMA bestseller CT 6,3 – 9.

We thank Anders Andersson with staff for a nice show!

Tomas Borg

Sales Representative Sweden / Denmark

Out on a road trip in Poland!


For a week I and our sales assistant Olga Irbe is out on a road trip in Poland visiting our dealers alongside this huge country. Our first stop was to meet P.P.H.U. "SAMET" where we meet with Mr. Grzegorz Dziejka himself as well as Robert Szczygielski. It was a great meeting with a lot to talk about. They enjoy working with us and our products but see of course, as do we, things to improve. A nice day in Poland in regards both of weather and dealer visit has come to an end tomorrow it is time to move on for the next visit.

Peter Kastberg

CEO AS FORS MW