Company History
Published
2019-03-22

Sustainable service and maintenance since 1905

Sustainability issues at SweMaint are managed as an integral part of other business issues. The overall strategic direction is set at the board level and then pursued by management. The strategic direction is governed by the company's management system and its sustainability, work environment, and quality & environmental policies in addition to SweMaint’s core values.

From a broader perspective, SweMaint’s role in sustainable development also coincides with our goal as a company – to promote rail freight as the strongest and most competitive choice. However, the benefits of rail transport over other modes of transport are not solely related to costs. The biggest winner is the environment, because we want to ensure the footprint we leave behind for future generations is as small as possible.

Politicians have realised the importance of picking up the pace in the process of increasing rail freight and passenger flow. New vital investments in rail infrastructure are being made mainly in the rest of Europe but are also here on the home front in Sweden with the modernisation of the ageing fleet of freight wagons.

Although the sustainability report distributed with last year’s Christmas greetings outlining SweMaint’s action on sustainability issues for the 2017/2018 financial year may have been the company's first, we began offering service and maintenance as far back as 1905.

If you have any questions about the big picture of SweMaint’s role, intentions and impact, please contact SweMaint Sustainability Manager Carl-Johan Widell by calling +46 736 00 50 66 (mobile) or sending an email to carljohan.widell@swemaint.com  

SweMaint AB is Northern Europe’s leading supplier of maintenance services to wagon owners and other operators of freight transport by rail. Strategically located at the major junctions – from Malmö in the south to Kiruna in the north – they offer a complete and almost nationwide range of services, which includes, among other things, preventive locomotive and wagon maintenance, wheel maintenance, damage remedial repairs and extensive material supply. The company, based in Gothenburg, has a turnover of approximately SEK 600 million and has around 300 employees.