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A family of brands which can trace its origins back to 1856

Within Gonvarri Material Handling we cover the storage market needs with our well recognised brands Constructor, Kasten, Dexion, Stålteknik and Kredit.

Dexion

Formed in London UK in 1937 by 50-year-old Greek-Australian, Demetrius Comino. Comino developed the ‘Dexion Slotted-Angle’ (1947), which introduced the world to adjustable storage and would go on to blaze the trail for Dexion’s purpose-built pallet racking and shelving systems. It became part of the Group in 1999.

Constructor

Originally founded as Høvik Verk in 1856, a glassworks at Høvik, Norway part of Christiania Glasmagasinas. In 1944, Constructor started in Sweden within Electrolux factory, Motala, to later run a separate factory as racking and shelving business grew significantly over time.

Between 1951 - 2000, through mergers and acquisitions of Høvik Stål, Electrolux Constructor, Kasten, Krammer & Zeuten, ETH and MTH, business developed to become Scandinavia’s leading company within storage, archive and logistics solutions. The Constructor name was adopted in the late 1980s.

Kasten

Started 1886 by Hjalmar Henrik Kasten who established a metal works company in Helsinki Finland. They manufactured their first shelves in 1951 and today they are market leaders in Finland.

Stålteknik

Gonvarri Stålteknik AB has its closest origin in Canrena System AB. The company has been active since the 80's and has over time expanded through active product development as well as company mergers with, among others former Stålteknik in Fellingsbro.

Gonvarri Stålteknik AB are experts in selected products and customizations in material handling like pull-out units, cantilever and mezzanine solutions. Products are mainly found in retailers in Scandinavia, but we are also represented in Germany & France. Sales are made to partners and resellers (B2B).

Kredit

Kredit is a well-known brand in the European material handling industry and beyond, being one of the key players within the mobile racking segment. The company has been founded by Petr Ševčík in 1991 and is headquartered in the Czech Republic, where their entire product line is developed and manufactured.

Towards the end of 2019, Gonvarri Material Handling announces an agreement for acquiring 100% of the shares of Kredit.