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Many years ago, to be specific in the early 1945, two skilled metalworkers and foremen were laid off their work at a factory in Gävle. The factory had gone bankrupt and now as a last effort it paid out a reasonable end salary to the best foremen they had. The men were Hilmer Granlund and Börje Gyllhamn. They were now thinking of what to do next. Johan Nordström, a friend of theirs had bought a factory building in Eskilstuna and suggested them to start business, the three of them. Said and done, they moved to Eskilstuna and started GNG (Granlund, Nordström and Gyllhamn). Business was picking up and they had work 24/7 due to the infinite demand after the war. Unfortunately, Granlund passed away only one year later at the age of 37. Gyllhamn then bought Granlund’s GNG shares from his mother. They also changed the name to H. Granlund & Co in honour of Granlund.
In 1948 Gyllhamn acquired the shares from Nordström, (who a couple of years later founded the company Johan Nordström Verktygsmaskiner AB). In the coming years, the tool business was developing rapidly, and the export accelerated.
Today the export stands for more than 70% of the business. Since 1948 the company has been a fully family-owned business, and now the third generation operates the business.