GLOBAL MATERIAL
HANDLING SPECIALISTS Movomech AB and Movomech International, both headquartered in Kristianstad, Sweden, specialise in material handling solutions for a range of applications in various industry sectors. The companies’ activities complement each other perfectly, and today the Movomech Group is also increasing its overseas business in markets such as India and South America. Victoria Hattersley reports.
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ovomech AB and Movomech International are both members of Swedenbased Sunnex Group, which brings together a number of companies operating in the sectors of lighting, industry, medical systems and lifting. Established in 1986, both Movomech AB and Movomech International specialise in advanced material handling equipment although, as we shall see the former focuses more on standard solutions, with the latter being more special-project-based. In addition to the production facilities in Kristianstad, there are sister companies in France, Germany, USA and Finland which focus on sales. The products of both com104 Industry Europe
panies have applications in a wide range of industry sectors, particularly automotive but also areas such as packaging, glass production, food production and HVAC.
Standard products Movomech AB produces all the standard Movomech material handling products in-house, and sells these products internationally through local distributors. Its product portfolio includes a wide range of lifters, manipulators, cranes, rail systems, profile systems and transport systems. Kristian Paulsson, sales manager of Movomech AB, explains a little about the com-
pany’s standard range. “We have everything here in-house, from the grippers to the end effectors, but we tend to make most of the standard components here. A particularly popular product is our lightweight aluminium rail system named Mechrail, and then you have the manipulators to go with this. “We also, I think, have one of the best range of vacuum lifters on the market today, and this is something we will be focusing on more and more. We have identified that there may be an issue with meeting energy requirements in the future, as these lifters do take a lot of energy to operate. To tackle this issue head on, we have solutions such
