The Scotsman William Gibson, who had immigrated to Sweden in his youth, founded a textile mill in 1832 in Jonsered.

By the 1880s it was producing and exporting woodworking machines along with its textiles, with one notable production being canvas.

The Jonsered sailing canvas was very well known in the 1800s in Sweden and gave the company a good reputation.

In the 1950s Jonsereds Fabrikers AB started producing the chain saw model "Raket" (Rocket) which, along with its successors, became a major success and Jonsereds started exporting chain saws worldwide with the biggest export market being North America.

Asken came in financial difficulties and parts of Jonsereds AB were shut down and others sold.