Telesteps moves all its production from China to the newly built factory in Sweden
TRANĂ…S, Sweden – (BUSINESS WIRE) – Telestep’s new fully automatic production in Sweden provides the market with unique telescopic ladders. By shortening transports throughout the production flow, they have been able to achieve important goals to reduce environmental impact, while strengthening their position as the world’s only supplier of telescopic ladders with the patented triangular aluminum profiles.
The production cost in Sweden is the same as in China
As early as 2019, analysis showed that building a fully automated production line in Sweden would enable the company to maintain the same or better production costs as they had with production in China.
– Having our production in Sweden gives us increased flexibility and control over the entire production process and thus also smoother deliveries and safer products to our customers, says Peter Heim, CEO of Telesteps.
The entire production was mapped within a radius of 50 km
Peter says that the fact that all suppliers connected to the production processes are within a radius of 50 km from the newly built factory, which is something that has been important for Telesteps.
– Our basic philosophy throughout the planning of moving production has been to have an environmental perspective that matches our cost awareness in everything we do. We really wanted all the suppliers involved to be close to each other and preferably within a few miles radius.
Telesteps offers unique products
The fully automatic production in Sweden is the only one of its kind in the world. With the unique triangular aluminum profile, which has been developed to be stronger and safer, and the smart construction advantages in the ladders, makes them market the products as one of the world’s safest and strongest telescopic ladders.
– We are expected to have a full-scale series production of our telescopic ladders with triangular aluminum profiles from 2022. It feels unique to have the opportunity to collaborate with the fantastic Swedish business partners and companies that made the project possible and realized my dream of a Swedish telescopic ladder production – says Peter Heim .