Lack-Ollé believes in the strength of local manufacturing

Lack-Ollé is an owner-managed company with extensive experience in machining and special-purpose tools. The company develops and manufactures customised cutting tools, often entirely from scratch based on the component to be produced and the customer’s specific requirements.

– A large part of our strength lies in our ability to combine our own manufacturing with products from our suppliers, enabling us to find the solution that works best for the customer, says Richard Larsen, Managing Director of Lack-Ollé.

The company’s work ranges from initial ideas and problem-solving to finished tools and optimised machining processes. Lack-Ollé also regrinds and refurbishes existing tools.

Giving tools a longer life

Making better use of what already exists is an important part of the business. By regrinding and reusing tools, their service life can be extended while reducing both material consumption and costs.

– For us, sustainability is not only about materials and energy. It is also about creating long-term, robust supply chains.

This perspective also shapes the company’s approach to where production takes place. As far as possible, Lack-Ollé aims to work locally and collaborate with Swedish companies.

– We strongly believe in Swedish manufacturing and in the value of keeping expertise, development and production close to our customers. Local production means shorter transport distances, greater flexibility and increased resilience.

Problems can be the starting point for new solutions

When Lack-Ollé takes part in Elmia Subcontractor for the second year, it is precisely this proximity to Swedish manufacturing that makes the fair attractive. Many of the company’s customers and partners are there – as well as opportunities to meet new ones.

And a new solution often starts not with a ready-made offering, but with a problem.

– Many of the solutions we work with begin with a conversation about a problem or a component that the customer wants to improve. At a trade fair, you can discuss specific applications and sometimes find solutions together right there on the show floor.

That is also why face-to-face meetings remain important, even as more parts of business can be handled digitally.

– When you stand together discussing a component, a tool or a machining challenge, you often have a very different conversation than you would by email or Teams. For us, digital and face-to-face interactions are not competing alternatives – they complement each other.

Resilience is built close to home

This year’s theme for Elmia Subcontractor is Resilience powered by industry. For Lack-Ollé, there is a clear connection between resilience and the ability to retain manufacturing, knowledge and expertise in Sweden.

– Our ambition is to continue developing together with our customers and partners, and to demonstrate that even as a smaller, owner-managed company, it is possible to combine a high level of technical expertise, flexibility, sustainability and modern manufacturing.

You can find Lack Ollé in stand C01:20, as a part of IUC Swedens stand.