HOME COMPANY QUALITY/ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTS CONTACTS List of Equipment ARVIKA Press equipment Press 3150-ton: Weight range 5-20 kg Press 2500-ton: Weight range 5-12 kg Press 1600-ton: Weight range 1-7 kg Press 2 x 1000-ton: Weight range 0,2-3 kg Heat treatment High temperature annealing and normalization Other Friction welding Crack testing line Shot blasting VIRSBO Press equipment Farina Press 3150-ton, isothermal annealing ”in line”. Rotation symmetrical details: Weight range 5-17 kg Extrusion press 1000-ton, quenching and tempering ”in line”: Weight range 5-40 kg Counter blow hammers 13-ton, 20-ton: Weight range 4-60 kg Upsetter - max.diameter 900-ton - Ø 150 mm Heat treatment Isothermal annealing Quenching and tempering High temperature annealing and normalization Tempering and controlled cooling Other Crack testing line Forgex Sweden AB, Box 985, SE-671 29 Arvika Org no. 559119-9475 Vat no. SE559119947501 Mail: info@forgex.se © Copyright 2020 ForgeX Sweden. All rights reserved. .st0{fill:#FFFFFF;} I_S_Neg_RGB

HOME COMPANY QUALITY/ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTS CONTACTS Heat treatment of case hardening steel Forgex Sweden AB, Box 985, SE-671 29 Arvika Org no. 559119-9475 Vat no. SE559119947501 Mail: info@forgex.se © Copyright 2020 ForgeX Sweden. All rights reserved. .st0{fill:#FFFFFF;} I_S_Neg_RGB

HOME COMPANY QUALITY/ENVIRONMENT PRODUCTION PROCESS PRODUCTS CONTACTS History Arvika plant 1967 Volvo establishes Arvika Smide 1988 Ovako Steel acquires Arvika Smide 1997 SKF Forgings & Rings acquires Arvika Smide 1999 Novaterra B.V acquires Arvika Smide 2001 Bengt Lank acquires Arvika Smide 2012 Componenta Wirsbo AB acquires Arvika Smide Wirsbo AB 2017 Forgex acquires Componenta Wirsbo (new name Forgex Sweden AB) Virsbo plant 1620 The first hammer built 1897 H. Lagerkrantz buys the factory from King Oscar II 1930 Forging and machining dominiates. Steeel tube production develops (now SSAB) 1960 Plastic tube production develops (now Uponor). Wirsbo Bruks AB consists of 3 divisions; Forging, Steel tubes and Plastic tubes 1986 Wirsbo Bruks AB acquires Kolsva production 1989 The forging division becomes a separate company, Wirsbo Smide AB with 2 units (Virsbo and Kolsva) 1990 Wirbo Smide acquires Hero’s production 1997 Componenta acquires Wirsbo Smide, part of ASKO Components and becomes Componenta Wirsbo AB 2007 Componenta Wirsbo acquires AB Hejarsmide (Smedjebacken) (and Hero's production moves here) 2009 Kolsva plant closes due to volume losses 2012 Componenta Wirsbo acquires Arvika Smide AB 2015 Completion of Smedjebacken forge close down 2017 Forgex acquires Componenta Wirsbo (new name Forgex Sweden AB) Forgex Sweden AB, Box 985, SE-671 29 Arvika Org no. 559119-9475 Vat no. SE559119947501 Mail: info@forgex.se © Copyright 2020 ForgeX Sweden. All rights reserved. .st0{fill:#FFFFFF;} I_S_Neg_RGB