Motala Verkstad
Managing director: Rolf Polbratt
Turnover: NOK 189 million
Scana´s ownership: 37.50 per cent
Motala Verkstad constructs, prepares and installs complex mechanical systems for customers within marine
transport, industry, infrastructure, electrical, energy and the processing industry.
Motala Verkstad was founded in 1822 by Baltzar von Platen in order to bring about a large amount of iron parts, tools,
sluice gates and bridges for the construction of Göta Kanal – leading from the east coast to the west coast of Sweden.
When the channel was completed in the 1840’s, the company took a new direction under new leadership.
Motala Verkstad gained international fame under Otto Edvard Carlsund from 1843-1870, won several awards, also
at the World Expo, and was praised as the world’s most competent production company, in a class of its own. The
famous writer Jules Verne also esteemed the company in his classic “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”, as the
prow of the fictitious submarine “Nautilus” was supposed to have been built at Motala.
Products and services
Today the company constructs, prepares and installs complex mechanical systems for customers within marine
transport, industry, infrastructure, electrical, energy and the processing industry. From the outset, the attitude has always
been to stay in the technological forefront and make the impossible possible.
Activities are divided into the following areas: contract production, component manufacture, shafts, and bridges
and industrial service. The single product the company has had in its portfolio since the beginning is moveable bridges,
to which we now mostly do service and maintenance.
Well-working collaboration between Motala and Scana Group
Today, Scana is one of Motala Verkstad’s most important prospective customers. The company is in every way
affected by Scana’s actions, through their ownership, as a large customer and also a large supplier to Motala. Since
the cooperation between the companies is wide, both parties can offer a large array of products. Together, Scana
and Motala Verkstad can deliver complete products from a to z, something that renders Motala Verkstad a large
competitive advantage. To be able to offer a totality today is competitively sound, because this increases the degree
of processing and creating value. This, again, creates more opportunities and increased profitability for both companies.
Motala Verkstad’s collaboration with Scana is of long standing, and the company looks towards a bright future.
Today Motala Verkstad works chiefly with Scana Steel Björneborg AB, but a number of Scana companies
also utilises Motala Verkstad’s services. The owners at Motala Verkstad have always felt positive about Scana’s
involvement in the company’s development and strategies. The companies give each other mutual encouragement and
constructive criticism, something that creates a positive development for both parties.
