It is also this floor that is the reason for our visit to Flygvapenmuseum.
At Flygvapenmuseum
which in 1952 under mysterious circumstances was shot down over the Baltic Sea
The DC-3 exhibition is also the reason for the major renovation but the museum also offers several other interesting exhibits
Visitors can also learn the principles of aero-dynamics
try to be a pilot for a day in the museum’s flight simulator and much more
our interest was focused primarily on the exhibition hall with the new concrete floor
The exhibition hall houses a large number of aircrafts from the last 100 years
or from the pioneers of aviation to today’s JAS 39 Gripen as said on the museum website
The aircrafts are arranged and presented on a 5100 m² high gloss HTC Superfloor™ that provides a powerful first impression
Kjell Pettersson på Stångå Clean AB who was responsible for grinding the floor and Patricia Kastberg
Project Manager at the museum meet us to show us around
Patricia tells us that during the first two months since the re-opening the museum has had more visitors than it previously had in a year and that they are very pleased with the floor
In the beginning however they were a bit worried that the shiny floor would steal too much of the attention from the aircrafts and they therefore considered a less shiny version of HTC Superfloor™
with everything in place you can see that instead of stealing attention the floor strengthens the overall impression and give the aircraft the luster they deserve
Before the renovation the concrete surface was covered with a thick layer of green epoxy so it is not hard to grasp the enormous difference the floor has done. Kjell tells us that they had two HTC 950 RX when grinding the floor
“In total it was between 28-30 tonnes of grinding dust
or 6 kg grinding dust per square meter”
With a HTC 650 HDX Stångå Clean AB also grinded the 900 m² parquet floor in the restaurant and library
something we decided to return another day for
We left the Flygvapenmuseum knowing that an interesting environment now had the floor it deserves
Email: jonas.landh@htc.se www.htc-floorsystems.com
About HTC Sweden ABSöderköping company HTC Sweden AB is a rapidly-growing gazelle company
founded in 1987 by Håkan and Gunn Thysell
The company is a contractor within floor care and concrete grinding
A patented-grinding system was launched in 1992 and HTC is currently an international market leader within floor grinding systems based on diamond technology and patented technical solutions
HTC has also developed unique floor solutions recommended by SNF within
polished concrete under the brand name HTC Superfloor™ and has recently introduced the unique diamond-based cleaning and maintenance system Twister™ internationally
The head office with product development and production is located in Söderköping
There is also specialised production in the USA
British company 3i Group has been a minority shareholder in HTC Sweden
3i is the global leader within private equity and focuses
on minority investments in organic rapidly-growing companies and organisations that are expanding rapidly through company acquisitions