Lagermetall AB was founded in 1979 by Bo V: son Hellström, focusing on delivering semicast bronze-material and bronze bearings to mechanical industry in Scandinavia. The key words were quality & service, basic values that runs through our company as much then, as now. Over the years the product range has increased to a wider range of sliding elements. Our key words, quality & service remain unchanged.
Here below are some important milestones for the Company.
| 1979 – | Lagermetall AB is founded January 1st 1979. Major products are semi cast bronze material and two types of Swedish standard bronze bearings. |
| 1986 – | Lagermetall AB moves from west to south Orebro to Boskarsgatan 23. |
| 1988 – | Wrapped and rolled multi- and single-layer bearings are added to the product range. |
| 1993 – | Internal qualitymanual is introduced and traceability method of bronze and bearings is created. |
| 1998 – | First co-operation with China is initiated. Product-line is wrapped and rolled, thinwall bearings. Starsea Industrial. Co. becomes a key partner to Lagermetall AB. |
| 1998 – | Websites www.lagermetall.se / www.lagermetall.com are launched… |
| 2000 – | A co-operation is initiated with Concast Metals in the US. Leadfree bronzes are added to the product range. Lagermetall AB are among the pioneers in Europe for leadfree bronze materials. |
| 2001 – | Lagermetall AB are awarded by Kvarntorps Recycling (consisting of local governments and major private enterprises), for the work with leadfree materials (Federalloys®) |
| 2002 – | Manufacturing of turned and milled sliding elements in China starts up. |
| 2003 – | Lagermetall becomes a key player in Sweden, for bronze-parts produced acc. to drawing and/or client specifications. |
| 2004 – | LM and Starsea Ind. Co. build a new QC (Quality Center) enabling us to test parts in room temperature (20°C) in 3D-measuring machine, spectrometer, hardness testing and with a complete set of measuring equipment’s. |
| 2004 – | ISO certified for quality 9001 & environment 14001 |
| 2007 – | Appointed Gazelle-company by Dagens Industri (Sweden’s largest industrial newspaper annually appoints the most successful companies in Sweden) |
| 2008 – | Appointed Gazelle-company by Dagens Industri |
| 2009 – | Our present office and bigger warehouse facilities are built. |
| 2010 – | Expands the business through starting up a subsidiary in China– The Bronze Bearing Company Ltd., our daughter company, is born… |
| 2013 – | Builds up a quality center (QC) at the main office with 3-D measuring, hardness-testing etc. Complete calibration of all measuring equipment is done annually. |
| 2014 – | Methodical work begins with constant quality improvements (LSF). A visual graphic image is used internally for symbolizing LSF (Lagermetall’s Constant Improvements) |
| 2015 – |
We move from CAD consulting service to produce our own drawings in Iron-CAD (available in STEP format). |
| 2016 – | Premiere for our latest and present homepage on the web. |