Increased sustainable construction in Sweden is raising demand for concrete frames, particularly in Stockholm, Uppsala and the Mälardalen regions, where the political ambition is to rapidly accelerate housing construction. To meet this growing market need, Thomas Concrete Group is now investing 80 million SEK (€8.5 million) in an all-new factory outside Uppsala, north of Stockholm, for the production of pre-cast, reinforced double-walls and slabs. Customer deliveries are scheduled to commence early autum
Increased sustainable construction in Sweden is raising demand for concrete frames, particularly in Stockholm, Uppsala and the Mälardalen regions, where the political ambition is to rapidly accelerate housing construction.
To meet this growing market need, Thomas Concrete Group is now investing 80 million SEK (€8.5 million) in an all-new factory outside Uppsala, north of Stockholm, for the production of pre-cast, reinforced double-walls and slabs. Customer deliveries are scheduled to commence early autumn 2017.
Earlier this year, Thomas Concrete announced for the Swedish market a special system under its Thomas Miljöstomme brand, featuring innovative products for use in site-cast frames. They are said to enable a significantly reduced CO2 footprint, compared to conventional frames, and will be produced at the new factory.
Thomas Miljöstomme is a product line based on pre-cast double-walls, pre-cast slabs and pre-cast balconies, delivered directly to the construction site and erected with three different products of ready-mixed concrete. This logical and rapid construction method reduces the operation’s CO2 footprint by up to 30%, as well as shortening the construction time compared to conventionally built structures.
Over the last two years, Thomas Concrete Group has invested in several new concrete plants in the United States, and more recently the company also strengthened its position in south of Stockholm and Gothenburg regions by acquiring a number of additional concrete plants.
“We are a Swedish family-owned company and it is natural for us to further develop our domestic operations,” says Hans Karlander, president and CEO of the Thomas Concrete Group.
“The Group’s ambition is to be the best in the industry, with a strategy based on growth and an increased customer focus. Our growing home market is vitally important to us.”
Carina Edblad, CEO of Thomas Betong, the group’s Swedish subsidiary, says: “This investment is an essential next step in the group’s efforts to broaden its customer offering. The new factory outside Uppsala is in harmony with society’s high ambitions for increased sustainable construction.”
