We work together
The best thing about this job is attending to trade shows, meeting partners and customers that use our products every day. Seeing that our efforts are utilized to improve life all over the world. When we get back home we transform our impressions and all the valuable feedback into product development or new solutions.
I began my career at FEAL by working during the summers, together with my father in the metal shop. My father was one of the founders and I spent a lot of time at the factory as a kid, watching and learning how everything was made. After a short stint of salesmanship in Stockholm, I realized that I belonged in the rampbusiness and returned to Horndal.
I started out with packaging and after a while I took on the responsibility of negotiating with suppliers and meeting customers. I did a little bit of everything I suppose. Later I learned this is what the FEAL spirit is all about. Everybody that works here has well defined responsibilities, but our sense of urgency creates a readiness to contribute wherever we are needed. The atmosphere is warm and friendly and we really care about each other, and want to do our best. Everyone is prepared to walk that famous extra mile.
We constantly try to improve both products and services. Many ideas are found among the people who are using our products, but also among our skilled craftsmen. We are still a small company without staff in various positions. This enables us to react and respond very quickly. We are always striving to improve and to grow. We believe that we achieve this by working together, not only internally but also together with the most demanding customers and partners. And last but not least, by listening.
Our vision is clear; we will improve life by enabling access for all. We will keep on doing this by manufacturing the best ramp possible.
Welcome to the FEAL family!
Mats Sundstedt, CEO
I began my career at FEAL by working during the summers, together with my father in the metal shop. My father was one of the founders and I spent a lot of time at the factory as a kid, watching and learning how everything was made. After a short stint of salesmanship in Stockholm, I realized that I belonged in the rampbusiness and returned to Horndal.
I started out with packaging and after a while I took on the responsibility of negotiating with suppliers and meeting customers. I did a little bit of everything I suppose. Later I learned this is what the FEAL spirit is all about. Everybody that works here has well defined responsibilities, but our sense of urgency creates a readiness to contribute wherever we are needed. The atmosphere is warm and friendly and we really care about each other, and want to do our best. Everyone is prepared to walk that famous extra mile.
We constantly try to improve both products and services. Many ideas are found among the people who are using our products, but also among our skilled craftsmen. We are still a small company without staff in various positions. This enables us to react and respond very quickly. We are always striving to improve and to grow. We believe that we achieve this by working together, not only internally but also together with the most demanding customers and partners. And last but not least, by listening.
Our vision is clear; we will improve life by enabling access for all. We will keep on doing this by manufacturing the best ramp possible.
Welcome to the FEAL family!
Mats Sundstedt, CEO
Bergslagen's industrial history
This was once the site of the world’s largest industry.
The first miners came to Bergslagen in the Middle Ages. They encountered a forest wilderness scattered with streams and lakes and tall mountains rich in ore. They called these mountains Western Mountain and Eastern Mountain. Men, women and children worked day and night to mine the ore. It was a tough life, with long days of strenuous work in inaccessible environments.
Over time, the miners developed ways to optimally extract the natural resources. New techniques were developed: machines and chemical processes that made their jobs a bit easier. These innovative techniques made Bergslagen an international hub for the steel industry.
The little town of Horndal has a central place in this history. The ironworks next to the stream was built way back in 1652. Skilled Walloons from the Netherlands were hired to forge the iron and the town grew rapidly. In 1861, the company began to expand and in just a few short years, the production of iron and wroughtiron goods had increased from 200 to 2000 tonnes a year. By the end of the 19th century, the Horndal ironworks had become a major industry – a modern ironworks with electricity and its own railway.
Over time, the miners developed ways to optimally extract the natural resources. New techniques were developed: machines and chemical processes that made their jobs a bit easier. These innovative techniques made Bergslagen an international hub for the steel industry.
The little town of Horndal has a central place in this history. The ironworks next to the stream was built way back in 1652. Skilled Walloons from the Netherlands were hired to forge the iron and the town grew rapidly. In 1861, the company began to expand and in just a few short years, the production of iron and wroughtiron goods had increased from 200 to 2000 tonnes a year. By the end of the 19th century, the Horndal ironworks had become a major industry – a modern ironworks with electricity and its own railway.
But a century later, the world had begun to catch up with Bergslagen’s developments and competition intensified. Some of the industry could be saved by reshaping ownership structures into larger and more product-focused companies, but the majority of the companies were forced to close down. The ironworks in Horndal closed its gates in 1979. There were families in Horndal then that had been working at the ironworks for five generations.
A steel sheet company was set up in the ironworks old premises. But the business wasn’t profitable. Two of the employees broke away and started a new company specializing in ramps. They named their company FEAL AB.
A bit of the industrial history of Bergslagen lives on in FEAL. But instead of big industry, the company decided to focus on a narrow product range and a scalable production process. A new era in Bergslagen’s industrial history had begun.
A steel sheet company was set up in the ironworks old premises. But the business wasn’t profitable. Two of the employees broke away and started a new company specializing in ramps. They named their company FEAL AB.
A bit of the industrial history of Bergslagen lives on in FEAL. But instead of big industry, the company decided to focus on a narrow product range and a scalable production process. A new era in Bergslagen’s industrial history had begun.
