IFK Göteborg evened its record with a 2-1 win over Åtvidaberg A trio of familiar faces lifted IFK Göteborg to its second-consecutive victory a 2-1 decision over Åtvidaberg April 29 at Gamla Ullevi Stadium in Round 6 of the Allsvenskan a starter last season but relegated to the bench early in the season celebrated making his first start for Göteborg (2-2-2 8 pts) by scoring twice to lead IFK past a slumping Åtvidaberg (3-0-3 Stiller was a regular starter last year but found himself on the bench after IFK’s million dollar makeover during the offseason Stiller hooked up with Stefan Selakovic in the 41st minute to put IFK up 1-0 Selakovic was also making his first start of the season Tobias Hysén set up Stiller for a second goal and the 34-year-old midfielder easily headed the ball home Stiller’s performance was simply proof of how much quality IFK has in its team “We’re really built to play in Europe,” Hysén said “We have 21 players on the first team and any of them can start plus we always have a couple of guys up from the youth team Göteborg once more held possession for nearly 70 percent of the match—the sixth game in row in which the Angels have limited their opposition to a possession percentage of 30 or less The difference is IFK is now scoring and not allowing its opponents to long-ball its way back into a match “I think the difference now is everyone is starting to step up We’re not just looking for one or two guys to do everything.” The Angels gave Åtvidaberg a chance to get back into the match a quarter of an hour into the second half when defender Kjetil Waehler received a red card in the 68th minute after his second bookable offense Jesper Arvidsson made Göteborg pay when he beat goalkeeper John Alvbåge off a free kick a minute after Waehler’s expulsion The goal was all Göteborg would concede as Philip Haglund moved into Waehler’s center defender spot and the Angels clamped down in the midfield controlling the ball for the remainder of the match It was the third straight loss for Åtvidaberg since it won three straight matches at the start of the season In 1966 Pelé walked the streets of tiny Swedish town Åtvidaberg as part of a global marketing campaign for the local multinational company Facit But just six years later Facit was no more swept away by a disruption in the market: electronic pocket calculators a tiny Swedish town with just 7,000 inhabitants How did the world's best football player of all time end up spending three weeks here The Brazilian national football team had their training camp there before the FIFA World Cup in England The answer lies in a local Åtvidaberg company they employed 14,000 people in 140 countries Bringing Brazil’s national football team there was perfect worldwide marketing for their biggest product: mechanical calculators Just six years later the company was fighting for its life in what has been known as the Facit crisis A new product had emerged that swept away the market for Facit’s products: electronic calculators People have been asking themselves ever since: How could they have been caught unaware of the impact of electronic calculators Facit went under because they didn’t know the answer and couldn’t find a solution For decades people have marveled over their stupidity but lately researchers have dug into company documents and revealed a more complicated story Facit actually understood that a big change was coming For a short while in the 1950s the world’s fastest supercomputer was found in Sweden. It was called BESK (bitter in English so many ironic names!) Binary Electronic Sequence Calculator In 1956 Facit recruited the people that built that computer and strengthened its image as a cutting-edge and technology-oriented company They founded Facit Electronics and tried to become the IBM of Scandinavia making mainframe computers but only sold eleven computers and soon gave up The endeavor had strengthened their belief in research and development and in 1962 it created an R&D division it became increasingly clear to the company that electronic calculators were the future but Facit’s profits still lay in the mechanical calculators The company was also divided over when the electronic calculators would have their big breakthrough The progress for mechanical calculators was slow and evolutionary And the peril of exponential growth is that it at first looks really slow In 1961 the smallest electronic calculator covered a whole desk and cost $20,000 Who would have thought that it only ten years later would fit in a pocket and cost 98 percent less Most likely Facit was fooled by this exponential growth Before the coronavirus pandemic I used to tell stories of Indian emperors rice and chess boards to explain exponential growth Now you just need to mention the spread of a virus and everyone gets it 256 – 20 doublings later you have one million infected people And just ten doublings after that you have one billion infected It probably would have helped if people at Facit had read the 1965 April edition of the magazine Electronics Gordon Moore described what has become known as Moore’s law he showed that the number of transistors in an integrated circuit had doubled every year from 1959 to 1965 He also predicted that the doubling would continue for at least ten more years That would mean 65,000 transistors per circuit in 1975 This rule states that whenever the total production of a product doubles the cost of producing the product drops 20 percent The exact percentage differs between different products but is often very close to 20 percent When the total production of electronic calculators went from 1000 to 2000 the cost of calculator 2000 was 20 percent less than calculator 1000 And calculator 4000 cost 20 percent less than the number 2000 The exponential growth made them better and cheaper which led to increased sales and increased production Suddenly they had turned into cheap pocket calculators That took Facit from a successful global company to nothing stopped existing when it was sold to Electrolux the company spent considerable time figuring out how and when to make the transition They wanted to keep the profits from the mechanical calculators as long as possible Some people in the organization said the big shift would occur in 1971 and 1972 When the shift came there wasn’t enough time for Facit to make the transition  They probably should have gone all-in in the early 1960s and used their profits to develop an electronic calculator Facit could still be around as an even bigger multinational company And maybe Messi would have walked the streets of Åtvidaberg The lesson from the Facit story is this: It is better to create the future than to wait for the future you help in the creation and sharing of fact-based optimistic news all over the world AI-generated images have taken a huge step forward and previous problems are now almost completely resolved Are you hearing-impaired after years of music listening Do you even recall all the problems we were supposedly facing in the iPod society Fairer the sound of the string that snapped By subscribing, I confirm that I've read and agree to the Cookies & Privacy Policy. SatNews RESA – ReQuTech Electronically Scanned Antenna (ESA) is a state-of-the-art SATCOM terminal for multi-orbit applications The RESA terminal is developed to operate on-the-move and on-the-pause. ReQuTech and Scanfil worked together to ramp-up production of RESA Ku- and Ka-band terminals during Q4 2023 and early 2024 the companies signed a framework agreement for final assembly and they will further enhance their cooperation for long term production “We are very pleased that ReQuTech has chosen Scanfil as a manufacturing partner to enable its growth journey It feels great to enter into production phase and sign a new long-term partnership agreement with ReQuTech as a market leader in antenna applications.” — Steve Creutz “The strategic production partnership and securing long term volume production is of utmost importance for ReQuTech Partners at this moment We value our cooperation with Scanfil and our engineering and production work with our different teams working together over the past years have been a great success The goal is to initiate in 2024 and gradually reach a production of a few hundred RESA M Ku and Ka Multi-Orbit terminals per month by the first quarter of 2025.” — Omid Sotoudeh Nord-Lock Group has made a large investment in its pivot business to better serve the needs of its global customer base has increased by 130% to 3,500m² – making room for modern manufacturing Expander is the original solution for expanding pivot axles – supplying both ’first fit’ and aftermarket The innovative pivot solutions are installed directly into the existing machine mounting without the need for welding or line boring – providing a permanent solution to lug wear The company’s production flow is completely digitised enabling high quantities of customer unique orders to leave the factory within 48 hours Nord-Lock points out Expander System has over 35 years of knowledge and experience as the original inventor of pivot pins with expanded sleeves These pivot pioneers have now delivered over 1.5 million Expander Systems worldwide “Taking our market leading position to the next level requires us to invest heavily in production to meet customer demands Over the years we have continued to build on our ability to provide tailor-made solutions quickly and efficiently Our R&D department designs over 3,000 new systems every year and our webshop includes over 80,000 pivot positions for different machine makes and models,” explained Thomas Persson The factory expansion will also allow Expander to increase its order volume by eight and the new Pivot Performance Technical Centre will further accelerate product development and support customer needs The site will also become more sustainable due to the factory’s reduced energy consumption improved worker environment and lower carbon footprint “This unique Swedish innovation has had highly favourable sales development since joining Nord-Lock Group in 2016 We are now ready for the next chapter on its journey and the enlarged and upgraded Åtvidaberg facility enables us to make that happen and sustainable manner,” commented Fredrik Meuller CEO of Expander System ”I am very proud of what we have achieved – to manage an investment of this magnitude together with two other factory expansion projects in other parts of our Group is nothing but impressive and a sign of strength Nord-Lock Group now enjoys a very solid operational platform from which we can continue our profitable growth development and offer a better service to our customers.”  www.nord-lock.com Will joined Fastener + Fixing Magazine in 2007 and over the last 15 years has experienced every facet of the fastener sector - interviewing key figures within the industry and visiting leading companies and exhibitions around the globe Will manages the content strategy across all platforms and is the guardian for the high editorial standards that the Magazine is renowned Receive our weekly Newsletterand set tailored daily news alerts The Coloreel technology enables high-quality instant colouring of textile thread while the thread is being used in textile production Clothing/​Footwear, Interiors an inventor of instant thread colouring for the textiles industry has signed a partnership agreement with Scanfil an international contract manufacturer and system supplier for the electronics industry The company will be building the Coloreel Embroline in Åtvidaberg Sweden and production will begin this autumn The cooperation between Coloreel and Scanfil started in the summer of 2017 Scanfil is a contract manufacturer with 3,500 employees Its services to Coloreel include manufacturing product development and sourcing activities Scanfil will also support with all the logistics around the machines “We have been working many years with technology development and Scanfil has a high level of competence in production we have an efficient organisation for producing good products,” commented Mattias Nordin The first product to be launched based on this technology is Embroline a thread colouring attachment that can be used with any existing embroidery machine By instantly colouring a white base thread during the embroidery production Embroline enables complete freedom to create unique embroideries without any limitations in the use of colours Colour changes along the thread can be made rapidly from one solid colour to another or gradually to make smooth transitions or any colouring effect desired “It was important that Scanfil participated in the final phase of the development project It has been a very good way to get to know each other and learn what our strengths are Coloreel is in the final phase of negotiations with other international players,” said Mattias Nordin “It’s very exciting that we together in this cooperation a tech company and a production company can lead the development of the textile industry in Sweden.” The Coloreel technology received the 2017 Texprocess Innovation Award for outstanding new technology European Commission awarded Coloreel funding of EUR 2.1 million from its Horizon framework programme for research and innovation Scanfil has grown from a Finnish manufacturer of sheet metal mechanics for the electronics industry into an international contract manufacturer and system supplier it is a market leader in the Nordic countries and among the largest companies in its sector in Europe “We are very pleased that Coloreel chooses Scanfil as its strategic partner We have extensive experience working on developing and manufacturing technically advanced systems Another advantage is our industrial structure where our local units enable close dialogue with the customer regarding while at the same time our global factory network can provide alternative production options throughout the product lifecycle,” said Steve Creutz Managing Director of Scanfil Åtvidaberg AB www.coloreel.com Award-winning Embroline makes waves at Texprocess Coloreel appoints Vice President of Supply Chain Nobel peace prize winner showcases unique embroideries by Coloreel Japanese tech giant enters partnership with Coloreel – Partnership between Coloreel and Scanfil The global contract manufacturer Scanfil will build the Coloreel Embroline that will revolutionize the textile industry Sweden with the goal to completely disrupt the market with this innovation Coloreel who has invented instant thread coloring for the textile industry has recently signed  a partnership agreement with Scanfil in Åtvidaberg Scanfil is a global contract manufacturer with 3500 employees of which 240 works in Åtvidaberg The manufacturing will take place in Sweden during the first years of the production "We have been working many years with technology development Together we have an efficient organization for producing good products they are the market leader in the Nordic countries among the largest companies in their sector in Europe and a household name in the global market "We are very pleased that Coloreel chooses Scanfil as its strategic partner while at the same time our global factory network can provide alternative production options throughout the product lifecycle," said Steve Creutz Managing Director of Scanfil Åtvidaberg AB Scanfil’s services to Coloreel include manufacturing Scanfil also makes sure that their suppliers meet or exceed all environmental requirements "It was important that Scanfil participated in the final phase of the development project Coloreel is in the final phase of negotiations with other international players," says Mattias Nordin The Coloreel technology enables a high-quality instant coloring of textile thread while it is in textile production The first product to be launched based on this technology is the groundbreaking thread coloring attachment Coloreel Embroline that works with any existing embroidery machine By instantly coloring a white base thread during the embroidery production Coloreel enables complete freedom to create unique embroideries without any limitations in the use of colors fashion and sportswear are standing in line to use this revolutionary product For more information about Coloreel, visit www.coloreel.com or contact:   Mattias Nordin, CEO at Coloreel, mattias.nordin at coloreel.com Steve Creutz, Managing Director at Scanfil Åtvidaberg, steve.creutz at scanfil.com About Coloreel: Coloreel is a Swedish technology innovation company within the textile industry Since 2009 the company has developed the Coloreel technology a ground-breaking innovation that enables high-quality coloring of textile thread on demand The technology can be used for industrial embroidery Coloreel’s first product based on the technology is “Coloreel Embroline,” which is created to be used with industrial embroidery machines About Scanfil: Scanfil is an international contract manufacturer and system supplier for the electronics industry with 40 years of experience in demanding contract manufacturing Scanfil provides its customers with an extensive array of services ranging from product design to product manufacturing material procurement and logistics solutions Vertically integrated production and a comprehensive supply chain are the foundation of Scanfil’s competitive advantages: speed Typical Scanfil products include mobile and communications network devices and devices related to medical technology and meteorology Scanfil services are used by numerous international automation as well as companies operating in the field of urbanizsation Scanfil’s network of factories consists of 10 production units in Europe Elfsborg took home its first Allsvenskan title since 2006 The 2012 Allsvenskan championship came down to the final day and it was Elfsborg that eked out the title at the final whistle The 2012 champions went into last day of the season holding a two-point lead over Malmö FF which just three days earlier sat in first place could only muster a 1-1 draw with Örebro Nov 1 while Elfsborg pulled out a 3-2 win over Mjällby the same day setting the stage for the final day of the season Every team was in action simultaneously on Nov and Elfsborg certainly had the easier time taking on Åtvidaberg while Malmö had to travel to Solna to face AIK in the final Allsvenskan match at Rasunda Stadium players spent nearly as much time watching the scoreboard as they did their opponents “We knew AIK was winning,” said Elfsborg midfielder Oscar Hiljemark “Right after (Åtvidaberg) made (our game) 1-1 AIK was winning 2-0 and we knew all we had to do was not lose.” Elfsborg finished with 59 points while Malmö slid to third place after remaining on 56 points BK Häcken completed its best season in the Allsvenskan with a win over Sundsvall to finished in second place Häcken for an excellent season and AIK for its 2-0 win,” said Malmö manager Rikard Norling “We did our best this season but came up short.” Elfsborg took the lead in its gold-medal match when Stefan Ishizaki scored on a free kick in the 30th minute The 16,156 fans at Borås were still celebrating the goal three minutes later when the scoreboard flashed the news from Råsunda that Mohammed Bangura had put AIK on top The news brought a raucous cheer from the stands AIK moved Elfsborg closer to the title slightly less than a hour later Viktor Lundberg gave AIK a 2-0 lead in its match with Malmö in the 62nd minute and even when Victor Prodell scored in the 76th minute to equalize for Åtvidaberg Elfsborg knew the championship was in its hands “We had a little talk when they made it 1-1,” Hiljemark said “We knew AIK was winning 2-0 so we decided to just play for the tie We didn’t want to open the game for them and we kept control of things for the last minutes.” BK Häcken finished its best-ever Allsvenskan season with a 2-1 win over Sundsvall to finish in second place Waris Majeed scored his league-best 23rd goal of the season to put Häcken in front after 48 minutes Fredrik Holster tied the game for Sundsvall at the 69-minute mark Tom Soderberg headed home the silver-medal winning goal for Häcken seven minutes from Häcken had no shot at taking its first-ever title after it dropped four points back in the race in Round 28 the gold medal clinching result with Åtvidaberg was exactly how the season was supposed to end—with the Lennart Johansson trophy returning to Borås for the first time since 2006 “We like to be on top and we have been on top in 23 of 30 innings So I think we are damn worthy champions," said Elfsborg head coach Jörgen Lennartsson “I am very proud that we lived up to everything all the expectations we had built up in the spring When there was a little downturn in the autumn It is the hallmark of winners: how to handle adversity.” Örebro and GAIS drop down to the Superettan next season Östers and Brommapojkarna return to the Allsvenskan as the top two teams in the Superettan Sundsvall faces Halmstad in the relegation/promotion playoff Many cities in Sweden turn 600 this year thanks to 'Erik' These two cities have Erik av Pommern (Eric of Pomerania) to thank for their existence Born in Darlowo in today’s Poland in 1381 or 1382 Erik was the first king of the Nordic Kalmar Union succeeding his adoptive mother Margaret I of Denmark “It was a way for the state to strengthen its power,” says Thomas Lindkvist professor in history at Göteborg University These privileges gave the state control over commerce and income and in the end the king (Erik) got both money and power The Swedish cities at the time were for the most part located along the east coast and the shores of Lake Mälaren In Hjo (located inland in Västra Götaland) it was trade that triggered growth; in the village of Åtvidaberg it was copper; and for the Danes having a harbor in Landskrona became a great source of income It should be added that the word “city” didn’t mean what it means today There were in those days “cities” with no more than 20 households since in 1413 the population in all of Sweden totaled 350,000.