Motala Verkstad

AB Motala Verkstad is one of the oldest engineering companies in Sweden.

During the 1970s the company was the world's largest exporter of kitchen sinks and during the 1980s they built landing gear for Swedish-built aircraft.

Motala Verkstad was started in 1822 on Baltzar von Platen's initiative.

Von Platen realized the importance of having local technical knowledge during the construction of the channel.

In the 1870 science fiction novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas by Jules Verne, the spur of the submarine Nautilus is said to have been built at Motala Verkstad.