Konga for a long time was synonymous with one thing – The mill. For a period of 250 years different types of products was manufactured by the mill. This would change, as a newcomer with drive and passion grew and became big.
Already in the middle of the 18th century, blast furnace blowing and casting was carried out at the mill in Konga. Later, paper pulp was produced on the same site before wooden house manufacturing took over in the 1940’s. Industrial activity in Konga then continued to flourish during the 60’s and 70’s, first under the ownership of Svenska Stålpressnings AB and then Volvo Cars. Kongamek’s founder Paul Haglund remembers.
– For the first 20 years we were almost invisible for most people in the region. It was Volvo and the Mill that was Konga. Nobody knew who and what we were.
However time and the circumstances would change things. Parallel with the decline of the business at the mill in the 90’s and forward, Konga Mekaniska slowly but surely grew as the orders increased.
New Era, new premises
In the year of 2013 the once small family business could now state that they had become the biggest employer in the region. The year before the warehouse had been extended. Further investments were made with both office and production extensions.