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vii. manufacturing industries.
known manufactories owned respectively by G. W. Linderoth and F. W.
Tornberg. Including factories for the manufacture of clock parts Sweden
has 7 watch and clock factories, employing 137 workmen and with an
output of the value of 220 000 kronor. The imports and exports are shown
in Tables 95 and 97. While on the subject of watch and clock
manufacture it may be stated, in conclusion, that the higly esteemed chronometer
manufacturer in London, V. Kullberg, is a Swede.
11. OTHER INDUSTRIES.
Of the industries comprehended statistics under this heading in the
official factory (embracing, in 1912, a total of 814 factories with 11 929
employees and a production value of 59 650 000 kronor), the greater
number are of inconsiderable extent. In this category are included,
however, establishments for electric lighting as well as the graphic industry,
which deserve a more detailed treatment.
Electro-technical Industry.
Whilst, not more than some ten years ago, a considerable part of the
electrical machinery and apparatus in use in Sweden was imported,
nowadays the home production exhibits a gratifying improvement, with
the result that there is now only a very inconsiderable import of electrical
machinery; though apparatus, instruments, and installation-material are
still imported in rather large quantities. On the whole, there was an excess
of imports of about 5-7 million kronor in 1913.
Allmänna svenska elektriska aktiebolaget, in Västerås, is the oldest and
largest factory in the country for the production of electrical machines, transformers,
and apparatus. The undertaking, which dates from 1883, began its
development by taking up and manufacturing the dynamos invented and patented by
Jonas Wenström, and it has subsequently continued to expand. Electric lifts
and cranes, trams, and locomotives are also produced there. In 1913, electrical
machines amounting to about 11 000 in number and 460 000 h. p. capacity were
constructed there, and the number of hands employed was 3 287. The total
turnover was 25’6 million kronor. The company carries on an extensive export
trade with the Scandinavian countries, Russia, England, Spain, Canada, South
America, and other countries.
Other firms that manufacture all types of electrical machines are Luth och
Roséns elektriska aktiebolag, of Stockholm (founded 1897) and Nya förenade
elektriska aktiebolaget, of Ludvika, (founded 1900). In 1912, the latter firm
turned out 2 914 electrical machines, with a generating-capacity of 126 390
h. p. The total number of employees amounted to 850. The production of
small motors on a large scale has been taken up by Motorfabriken Eck, of
Gothenburg, who have reached a high standard of perfection with this
speciality.
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