2025-06-02

The Nordic region’s leading provider of rail freight wagon maintenance is gearing up

– From 1 June 2025, locomotive maintenance will also be part of SweMaint’s regular service offering

SweMaint is a Nordic leader in rail freight wagon repair and maintenance services. With its own workshops in twelve locations from Malmö in the south to Kiruna in the north, it meets the needs of rail freight operators at strategically important hubs.

Through Kockums Industrier’s strategic acquisition of Midwaggon in 2023, the subsidiary SweMaint also added maintenance of electric locomotives to an already well-known competent service offering for rail freight transport.

When Locomotive becomes a separate business area as of 1 June 2025 and is added organisationally to the company’s existing range consisting of the areas of Wagon Maintenance, Wheel Maintenance, Wheel Pool, Clearing/Salvage and Material Supply, the Group's basic idea from 2007 of industrial logic and breadth will also become 100% reality.

The organisation, whose viability has been tested since February 2023 and implemented in parallel with the new business system, designed to maximise customer benefit and better exploit synergies, is thus now formally in place. The overall objective is to further broaden and strengthen customer engagement with existing clients and to approach new ones in the same way.

– With a new business system and with Locomotive as a separate business area, we are further refining our service offering and customer focus – something that benefits rail freight, its competitiveness against the fossil lobby and the future of the railway,’ says Peter Overup, CEO, SweMaint.

For further comments please contact:
Björn Widell, CEO Kockums Industrier, tel +46 705-39 25 60
Peter Overup, CEO SweMaint, tel +46 705-45 87 24

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SweMaint AB is Northern Europe’s leading supplier of maintenance services to wagon owners and other operators of freight transport by rail. Strategically located at the major junctions – from Malmö in the south to Kiruna in the north – they offer a complete and almost nationwide range of services, which includes, among other things, preventive locomotive and wagon maintenance, wheel maintenance, damage remedial repairs and extensive material supply. The company, based in Gothenburg, has a turnover of approximately SEK 600 million and has around 300 employees.

SweMaint AB is Northern Europe’s leading supplier of maintenance and repair services for wagon owners and other rail freight operators. Strategically located at Sweden’s major nodes, from Malmö in the south to Kiruna in the north, we offer a complete and nearly nationwide service offering that includes preventive wagon maintenance, wheel maintenance, corrective repairs and a comprehensive supply of materials.

Our very own wheel supply programme has you got you covered at 30 unique locations – in addition, we have 40 mobile workshops on standby for urgent corrective maintenance out on the rails and effective 24/7 rerailing and clearance. Altogether, this ensures fast lead times according to our motto, “Less downtime = more profit for our customers”.

Our extensive experience – we have been in business since 1905 – combined with our systematic development of our offering with a focus on adding value for customers gives us a unique position and platform to promote rail freight as the strongest and most competitive choice.

Based in Gothenburg, the company boasts sales of around SEK 400 million and has around 250 employees in 12 workshops at Sweden’s major rail nodes. SweMaint AB has been owned by Malmö-based Kockums Industrier since 2007.