CEO DIARIES
Although small, Åkerströms has an outsized impact on its clients’ needs.
from how we design our systems, to how we support customers long after installation. First, it’s our robustness and application knowledge. We build radio remote control solutions for both industrial and mobile applications, and we understand the reality of heavy industry: dust, vibration, temperature shifts, interference and the operational pressure of keeping production running. Our heritage is rooted in solving real problems in tough conditions, and we carry that into today’s portfolio – whether it’s our Remotus product line for safety critical applications like cranes and machinery, Sesam for flexible control of non safety critical uses like doors, gates and winches, or Access_Ctrl, our connected services for access management and logging production data.
Second, it’s our customer-centric approach in complex situations. Many suppliers can deliver a standard product. Our specialty is being the customer’s best option when it’s complex and difficult – when systems need to be adapted, integrated or configured for a unique process. We work closely with customers to create tailored, sustainable solutions that fit their specific setting, rather than forcing the setting to fit the product. And finally, there’s our long view. Founded in 1918 and still based in Björbo, we’ve learned that trust is built over decades – one installation, one service call, one improvement at a time.
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What do you like about the industry? From a technology perspective, it’s an exciting time. The industry is evolving from ‘hardware-only’ solutions towards connected ecosystems – remote monitoring, access management, data logging and more structured ways of proving compliance and competence. That shift creates a real opportunity to reduce incidents, shorten troubleshooting time and turn operational data into smarter decision-making. For us, that’s exactly where solutions like Access_Ctrl become meaningful: not as an add on, but as a way to help customers make safety systematic and measurable.
Why should people want to join and work in this industry?
In the spirit of GLAD, I’d point to growth, learning and purpose. In terms of growth, industrial operations are modernising fast – radio remote control, safety requirements and connected services are becoming standard. That creates long-term demand for people who can combine engineering with a safety mindset and customer understanding.
As for learning, you learn something new all the time: how robust radio systems are built to perform in harsh environments, how safety critical solutions like our Remotus differ from flexible everyday control like Sesam, and how connected services like Access_Ctrl
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