Originally a furniture manufacturing company, it diversified into the construction of buses, railway rolling stock, airplanes, hydraulic motors, military vehicles, cranes and mining machinery.
[1] The company was founded by the furniture maker Johan Hägglund [sv] in 1898.
The Hägglund & Söner company was wound up in 1993, but many of the company's businesses still survive, in varied ownership: BAE Systems Hägglunds, Bosch Rexroth and Cargotec all maintain manufacturing facilities in Örnsköldsvik.
[1][5] The Hägglund & Söner company designed and built a wide range of products, including: Other products were created using the Hägglunds name by successor organisations, but are not listed here.
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