page_title: Gimo, Sweden
section_title: Industrial heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Gimo, Sweden / Industrial heritage
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Skäfthammars kyrka i Gimo med klockstapeln i bakgrunden.
context_page_description: Gimo is a small town situated in Östhammar Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 2,765 inhabitants in 2017. The town is located about 20 km west of the Baltic Sea coast and 50 km north of Uppsala. Gimo is best known for the production plant of Sandvik Coromant with 1,500 employees.
context_section_description: Gimo has a long industrial heritage that is usually taken to date from 1615 when the Swedish Crown built a foundry here. After being ennobled, Louis de Geer was then given permission to purchase the Gimo works, which he had originally leased. Under de Geer's direction, the facility in Gimo was developed into an ironworks with both a blast furnace and hammer. The de Geer family owned the works until 1756 when it was acquired by the businessmen John Jennings and Robert Finlay.
  The ironworks was founded by the Swedish Crown and operated from 1615–1945 under the ownership of the Reuterskiöld family. It was restructured into a joint-stock company in the early 1900s and finished operating around 1920. In the 1940s Wilhelm Haglund became responsible for developing the manufacture of hard metal tools at Sandvikens Jernverks (the equivalent of today's Sandvik). Under his direction, a suitable location for a new factory was sought and Gimo was chosen. In 1951 the facility was established here and has since developed into the world leader in the industry that it is today. Today (2017) there are 1500 employees producing metal cutting tools for industrial purposes.
  Gimo Mansion, which was built in the 1700s, is currently used as a hotel and conference centre and is a popular place to visit.
caption: The Skäfthammar church in Gimo
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