Gränges is a global leader in aluminium engineering, manufacturing and innovation

Gränges gets top score in investor relations ranking

Gränges is ranked third Best Company of the listed companies in Sweden, and CFO Oskar Hellström is ranked second best CFO, according to IR Nordic Market 2018.

How can you minimise brazing failures?

Meeting increasing customer demands for more advanced products without compromising performance or quality, is a challenge. So, finding brazing techniques and materials that generate fast, high-quality results regardless of application, is crucial....

How advanced can you make a heat exchanger?

Customer demands for more advanced products lead to increasingly complex designs that require intricate brazing capabilities. TRILLIUM® by Gränges is a composite clad brazing sheet with the optimal amount of flux built in, which means that brazing...

Can a new material really revolutionize my brazing process?

Imagine achieving excellent brazing results and not having to perform demanding procedures like degreasing, fluxing, drying or cleaning. TRILLIUM® by Gränges is a composite clad brazing sheet with the optimal amount of flux built in, which means...

Can you braze with sustainable environmental concern?

Our focus on the environment impact and health & safety, is manifested through the continuous streamlining of production processes, and environmentally-conscious product development. As part of this work, we have developed TRILLIUM®, a composite...

How can you invest less and gain more?

Customer demands for more sophisticated and advanced products need to be weighed against the associated increase in production costs. TRILLIUM® by Gränges is a composite clad brazing sheet with the optimal amount of flux built in, enabling the...

Innovation and new technologies in focus at Gränges’ 10th Technical Seminar in Xiamen

Gränges' 10th Technical Seminar, which is held in Xiamen, China, 20-22 September 2018, is focusing on innovations and new technologies for the heat exchanger industry. About 350 customers and other leading industry representatives are attending the...

An eye on sourcing

An efficient and sustainable supply chain is essential for Gränges’ long-term success. To manage social and environmental impacts from its supply chain, Gränges has routines and guidelines for sourcing metals and other materials and services.

Bringing a smile to work

Work efficiency and business process optimization – and bringing a smile to work. These are the things that make IT Application Engineer Ellie Tian tick.

Happy Housekeeping

Like many companies, Gränges has been inspired by the Toyota Production System. Here’s a look at the guiding principles of the company’s lean approach to manufacturing, and how employees are adding value to the organization.

Glad about unclad

Gränges Americas has won the company’s innovation award for its new unclad products for the automotive industry. GM is suitably impressed, and the financial results prove it.

Scrap happy

The process of making aluminium is only as environmentally sound as the materials thrown into the smelting pot, so it’s important to make sure they’re “clean”. Gränges Americas have figured out a winning solution that is both planet-friendly and...

Tailwind for a new sector

Meeting customer needs in a neglected sector has helped Gränges Shanghai increase sales of brazed aluminium material – and win the 2018 Gränges Commercial Performance Award.

Full swing at the rolling mill

Clear goals, employee involvement and a focus on problem solving – here’s how the team at tandem cold mill 2751 in Finspång won the category “Continuous improvements according to GPS” at the 2018 Gränges Company Awards ceremony.

Data dynamo

Big data… dirty data… These are valuable assets for any company today – but only if you understand how to reveal their hidden meaning. Financial Analyst Ryan Shukis knows what he’s doing.

Billets for the future

The latest addition to the Gränges Group is called Getek. “It’s a strategic project that will enable us to ensure the future and the development of our new product, Trillium,” says Stefan Wass, head of product innovation in Finspång.

Fighting pricing pressure with innovation

When pricing pressure from competitors increases, Gränges responds by intensifying its focus on quality and product development. Kent Schölin, previously CEO at Finspång, is leading a major research and innovation initiative that will culminate in...

Connecting sustainability to business value

With the arrival of its new VP Sustainability, Gränges is stepping up its efforts to strenghten the company’s longterm competitive edge. Meet Sofia Hedevåg who is leading the group towards a more sustainable path to business value.

Eye on expansion

Half a century after it opened, the aluminium plant in Huntingdon, Tennessee, is undergoing a major expansion. Chad Pinson, a 22-year company veteran, is in charge of overseeing the project.

Great interest in new Trillium generation

Gränges’ customers can say goodbye to flux. A cost-optimized and newly developed successor to Trillium will revolutionize the industry. “Interest is strong all over the world,” says Mikael Pettersson, VP marketing & sales at Gränges in Finspång.

Fifth generation takes over

From a 19th-century master founder to a young 21st-century process operator. For 120 years, working at Gränges has been a way of life for the Carlström family.

Innovation – everyone can contribute

Gränges has added “Innovative” to its core values, to help achieve long-term development and profitability. The aim is that all employees should be able to participate in the development of tomorrow’s Gränges.

An academic twist on production

Two Swedish engineering students, Amanda Rosén and Louise Lindberg, split their time between their studies and mapping out production flow at Gränges in Finspång, Sweden. The goal is to help Gränges minimize disruptions when production comes to a...

A faster shift to aluminium

Gränges is poised to take a major step forward in the field of stationary heat exchangers, with a new machine for folded tubes soon to come online in Shanghai. The company hopes the new product line will increase the speed at which customers shift...

Cool savings from recovered heat

The recovery of heat from exhaust gases in the hot rolling mill and new LED lighting in the rolling-mill complex. These are two of the measures that have reduced energy consumption in Finspång over the past year, helping to cut the energy bill by...

Technical seminars give customers new insights

Gränges technical seminars keep customers abreast of advances in materials and techniques, strengthening their relationship with the company. The recent seminar in Chennai, India, attracted a strong crowd, despite major challenges presented by the...

Energy consumption halved thanks to oxyfuel combustion

A halving of energy consumption, temperatures that are more even, and a better working environment. These are just a few of the results achieved at Finspång by using oxyfuel combustion rather than air combustion in the blast furnaces.

3 quick questions to Lucy Wang

Lucy Wang are Deputy Managing Director – Marketing and Sales, Gränges Shanghai.