HOME PAGE THE COMPANY AVAILABLE POSITIONS LINKS PLUG THE COMPANY A haulage company for five generations The transport company W. Johannissons Åkeri in Åseda is one of the oldest in the industry. The business was started as early as 1904 by Johannis Johansson, great-grandfather of the co-owner Fredrik Johannisson. Then they drove a taxi with a horse and carriage between different inns and one or two moving loads. Johanni's son Verner emigrated to America in the early 1920s and there he had a son William. In America, Verner saw the big and nice trucks with trailers that were then starting to become popular. In 1931 he returned to Sweden with his family to continue running the company. But here were not the big trailer cars he had seen in America, but what does an enterprising Smålander do then? Well he builds himself! He bought an old truck, slaughtered it in suitable parts and rebuilt it into a trailer, which became one of the first in Sweden. The first Scania came to the haulage company in 1936 and since then we have had almost exclusively Scania cars. Eventually, Verner, together with a number of hauliers in the area, formed Åseda Lastbilscentral, which mainly drove for the then Bilspedition. Verner's son William - better known as Billy - started driving a truck with a driver 's license in 1949 and in 1957 he took over the company, which then consisted of two trucks. Billy drove mainly towards the west coast with Gothenburg and Borås and that is how it looks in principle even today. In 1990, Billy formed a limited company together with his son Tony Johannisson and son-in-law Roland Svensson Verner's son William - better known as Billy - started driving a truck with a driver 's license in 1949 and in 1957 he took over the company, which then consisted of two trucks. Billy drove mainly towards the west coast with Gothenburg and Borås and that is how it still looks today. In 1990, Billy formed a limited company together with his son Tony Johannisson and son-in-law Roland Svensson Verner's son William - better known as Billy - started driving a truck with a driver 's license in 1949 and in 1957 he took over the company, which then consisted of two trucks. Billy drove mainly towards the west coast with Gothenburg and Borås and that is how it still looks today. In 1990, Billy formed a limited company together with his son Tony Johannisson and son-in-law Roland Svensson The company today År 2010 övertog Tony och Roland företaget från William som då varit verksam i åkeriet i över 60 år, då fanns 7 lastbilar. Åkeriet är också delägare i ÅGL Logistik som har bl.a. lastbilar och hjullastare som svarar för lagerhållning, avfallshanhantering och logistik åt olika företag i Småland. 2011 ökade antalet ägare i företaget med ytterligare en delägare, Fredrik Johannisson som är Tonys son. Februari 2017 övertar vi Hilma Johanssons åkeri AB och då har vi 15 lastbilar (13 fjärrbilar och 2 distributionsbilar) och är 24 anställda. Några är stationerade i Åseda och några i Växjö samt 3 budbilar för snabba leveranser. Vi är även delägare i OG bolaget i Oskarshamn som bedriver fjärrtrafik åt Schenker, samt medlem i Uppvidinge LBC. Tillsammans med Stema transport äger vi Åseda transport som är inriktade på specialtransporter som kranbilar, bredlaster och kundspecade lastbilar med ex påhängstruck. W. Johannissons Åkeri AB | Järnvägsgatan 20 | 364 31 ÅSEDA | Sweden