Carl Håkan Holmström

Åkerströms Björbo AB develops, produces, markets, and services products for remote control of industrial cranes, doors and mobile applications. Its radio systems are used in particular mining, paper, steel, utility, and nuclear power plants. The firm's products include Remotus, which is a radio remote control of safety critical industrial and mobile applications; Sesam, for applications such as door opening systems, opening and closing boom gates, switching on and off fans and floodlights, forest machines, and tail lifts; and Locomote, which is designed to meet specific safety needs for radio remote control of locomotives. The company was founded by Anders Åkerström in 1918 and is headquartered in Bjorbo, Sweden.