Thirty years ago Axelent was founded by two brothers and their sons with a strong vision, Swedish entrepreneurial spirit and a great measure of speed. Today, Axelent is one of the market leaders in safety industries and warehouses. We know Safety!
For three decades, Axelent has grown to become a world-leading company when it comes to protecting people in production and warehouse environments. We are now releasing a book which describes Axelent’s history and the company’s expansive development, and shows how values such as speed, accuracy and fearlessness have taken the company to where it is today.
It has been a long journey for Christian and Axelent. Long and exciting, according to Christian.
Today Axelent Group consists of four companies: Axelent AB, Axelent Engineering, Axelent Software and Axelent Safe-X. Four companies making the industry sector competitive, safe and profitable.
Carl Becquet gets out of bed at 6 am every day. He lives near the office and always arrives at work an hour before everyone else. During that hour, he does things he would not otherwise be able to: concentrates on finding prospects, puts together offers, places orders to Sweden...
Studies show that every penny a company invests in health and safety in the workplace generates a return of 2,2 times more.
Since 2015, Axelent’s entire power needs come exclusively from its own wind turbines. The majority of the company’s energy consumption occurs in the production facilities in Hillerstorp - which is powered by 100% renewable energy. And the excess heat from the production line is used to heat Axelent’s other premises.
Let’s address the question first. In the relatively short history of industrial robots, guard fencing was primarily – if not exclusively – considered a means to keep people out of the hazard zone. And rightly so. The accident history of robots shows that people are hit or otherwise injured by robots almost exclusively when they enter the hazard zone, in which the robot operates. This occurs either accidentally, because there are no suitable protection measures, or deliberately when people bypass or manipulate safeguards.
Thirty years ago Axelent was founded by two brothers and their sons with a strong vision, Swedish entrepreneurial spirit and a great measure of speed. Today, Axelent is one of the market leaders in safety industries and warehouses. We know Safety!
Already 16 years ago, when Sven-Erik had his first meeting with Axelent, speed was well established in the company. The job interview was done on Monday and already on Wednesday morning Svalle, as he is called, stepped inside the warehouse doors.
8000 m2 of warehouses and offices has been built up and will be ready to move into during the fall of 2020. Axelent has for several years invested in wind turbines that have made us self-sufficient in energy. The new building will also be equipped with around 800 solar panels, which is yet another step in a sustainable energy supply.
When the need for safe storeroomwalls, Axelent can offer the best solutions in the market, whether if it’s in a new premises or a renovation. Our overall concept helps you all the way from drawing to a mounted storage solution tailored for your needs.
With us you will have an easy and quick process - From your need to a safety solution in place! Here is 5 short steps to show how easy it is.
A fully automated assembly line with interoperable robots built in modules for flexible production and adaptable for future needs. The machine is designed and developed by our special machinery department at Axelent Engineering in collaboration with KUKA.
What makes Axelent products such safe and reliable choices? Listen to sales manager Lisa Brandelius reveal the answers.
Many things changes in the world and also here at Axelent, but there is one thing that continues to stay the same. Axelent's culture, or the "Axelent spirit" as we call it, is one of our most important competitive advantages. It defines who we are as a company and how we manage our business relationships. Our culture is the basis for all our actions, how we take care of each other as a team and how we give back to the society.
In August 2020, Emil will step into the role of warehouse manager at Axelent Safe-X. Meet Emil, who’s followed an exciting career path here at Axelent!
New automation equipment meets increased production and quality requirements through Swedish modern welding and servo technology.
Globalisation and more international operations is the order of the day. Swedish-owned Axelent will soon be represented everywhere, from its base in the deep forests of Hillerstorp in Sweden the company has expanded all the way to Australia, almost as far away from Sweden as you can get, Axelent has become a given player in industrial safety.
For the second year running, Axelent AB can call itself a “Super Company”. A number of strict criteria must be met to receive the award. This means increasing both sales and profits at the company while also exhibiting stability and a long-term approach.
A workplace accident can have disastrous financial consequences for a company.
We guide you in machine standards
You cannot tell the difference by just looking on the outside. The difference is that before you had to do a deliberate action and turn the key to be able to lock the door. With the new lock you can close the door while the key is inserted and the door / or it automatically locks.
Pedestrians’ safety in focus. Axelents pedestrian barrier absorbs impact with the help of flexible poles.
We guide you in how to get a safe warehouse!
“Are your fences robot-proof?” Many have asked that question during the last three to five years. A little daringly the answer could be a counterquestion, “Do they have to be?” Almost everyone appears to think so; but as is so often the case, the answer should depend on the circumstances.
X-Guard is our complete machine guard series compliant with the Machinery Directive’s (2006/42/EC) requirements for fixed guards. With its wide range of standardcomponents and accessories, our X-Guard series is guaranteed to cover all possible machine guard needs.
Axelent Safe-X offers a wide range of bicycle racks; from simple to more advanced. Bicycle racks are available from 2 up to 16 places and are adapted for both indoor and outdoor use.
Watch it now! Easy to assemble, flexible and cost-effective. X-Tray keeps track of your cables and is a perfect match to the X-Guard machine guard.
Issues concerning sustainability, the environment and occupational health and safety are an integral part of Axelent’s operations. Management by objectives ensures continuous improvements in these areas.
Are you in need of a smart shelf system that optimises your storage and facilitates your operations? Axelent ShelfStore mesh shelf panels is a safe and stable choice for warehouses of all sizes.
In a warehouse, unstable pallets and falling objects or goods are hazardous threats that may cause serious injuries and damage. But these accidents can be prevented with a smart solution. Here is the new and improved SafeStore.
You might think machine safety is difficult? Here are some tools to help you to cope and progress. By keeping it short and simple you can improve your machine safety.
At times it feels like we are being haunted by new or updated safety standards. And you may wonder: why are they so important? And how can I find the right standard? Axelent will guide you through it.
Safety is important and should be easy to order from Axelent. It should be quick too! Our quote will land in your inbox within four hours and you could have your order in place the next day.
Axelent and Finn-Power Oy have been in business together for more than a decade, and when we talk to Jarkko Kettula, head of purchasing for logistics and real estate, he considers our collaboration a partnership.
An interview with Axelent’s safety expert Mattias Schultz, who is also the author of our guidebook to machine safety, the Safety Book. Hear his thoughts about safety awareness and the importance of the knowledge.
Create and customize your projects with all Axelent’s products in the user friendly SnapperWorks. Here is a quick guide to the smart application.
Axelent offers a flexible system when you need to divide spaces or people; room dividers, walkways, office landscape, production environments etc.
He describes himself as a proactive and curious motor fanatic that loves travelling and creating links with new clients. Meet our Area Manager in Spain, the 34-year old Argentinian Guillermo Magretti.
Here at Axelent, we’re passionate about helping promising sportspeople to reach their goals. And talented golfer Lina Boqvist is one of them.
It's a time to take care of each other. Our mission, since our inception in 1990, has been to protect people. In the situation we are in today, this has never felt more important.
We met up with the Axelent Safety group’s members in Copenhagen to get a sneak peek into what they are working on at the moment. But to also get a personal view on what safety means to them.
Compering different products is always challenging. What are the key values? We list what to look for when you invest in machine guarding. Make sure you don’t compare apples and pears.
Safety agent Axel visits the chocolate factory on his quest to find things to improve with the help of Axelent products.
Better and safer storage environments comprise an ambition shared by EAB and Axelent. Here we reveal more of the details behind the enduring partnership enjoyed by the two companies.
With over 25 years within Axelent our Production Manager Dejan Elezovic knows a thing or two about the company. Read more about his journey and what he believes, is the best thing about his job.
How is it to work for Axelent in Germany? Arno Purtzki knows, and he describes a trusting and collaborative workplace.
We are proud to present the new generation of X-Store 2.0. In this video, Mikael Ström, Head of Product Management, will walk you through our updates and new features.
Sustainability is an important part of Axelent’s operations. Smart energy solutions and long-term, continual improvement reduce the company’s environmental impact and climate footprint.
Maintaining good knowledge of and strengthened efforts in machine safety are two of the goals of the new Axelent Safety Group. Find out how the group plans to help Axelent to remain at the forefront.
If you love Christmas as much as our safety agent Axel, then you should check out his very own Christmas playlist. Perfect while waiting for Santa!
Axelent is a proud official sponsor of the reigning Swedish champions and the world’s biggest handball club, IK Sävehof. Here we reveal more about our partnership.
Vietnam’s first carmaker is investing in Swedish safety solutions. Find out why VinFast chose Axelent.
After 19 years at Axelent, Christophe Levacher knows what it takes to succeed. Meet the company’s area sales manager from the French commune of Saint Romain de Colbosc.
Our safety agent Axel is still at the chocolate factory and his quest to find areas for improvement continues. See the exciting continuation of his adventure.
What do you need to consider when choosing a lock and which safety class is right for your business? Here’s a guide that answers these and other questions.
Sustainability and safety are important to one of Europe’s largest forestry companies. See how collision guards from Axelent help to create a safer workplace at one of their plants.
Communication skills, flexibility and perseverance are key to being a successful specification sales manager. Someone who knows this is Daniel Maxwell at Axelent Ltd in Swindon.
The Axelent Safety Book 2.0 is here. Now with updated content and brand-new chapters. A reliable and indispensable guide to laws, regulations and directives.
Single sliding door or triple leaf telescopic sliding door? The doors in Axelent’s X-Guard series are sure to fulfil your needs.
The Axelent X-Guard range includes several practical door solutions. Here’s an article about our sliding doors.
At the sports hall in Hillerstorp, Axelent employees can play football, floorball and badminton, join a spinning class or even enjoy a circuit training session. Check out this film to experience the joy of doing things together.
Mountain biker Sandra Salinger’s athletic endeavours are sponsored by Axelent. In this film, she talks about her career and her sponsor, Axelent.
Single or double hinged door: which is best for your company? Here’s a guide to finding the right hinged door based on your needs.
The Axelent X-Guard range includes several practical door solutions. Here’s an article about our hinged doors.
Camaraderie is important to the Axelent family. This summer, several members of staff took part in Cykelvasan, a demanding but extremely fun bike race!
German Johannes Rydzek is a notable Olympic and World Championship gold medallist in Nordic combined and also one of Axelent’s sponsored athletes.
Axelent and Evomatic have developed a successful partnership. In this article, we take a closer look at the robotic factory they built together.
What do you get if you cross our X-Tray barbecue with the chefs at The Barn in Gothenburg? A tasty summer treat, of course. Enjoy your meal!
Magical Småland has countless places of interest. Hillerstorp and surrounds offer many fun day trips, with a great deal of history to entertain adults and children alike. Here’s a list of seven places worth a visit!
Our Agent Axel is soon off on his holidays. So to truly celebrate sun and sea season, we’ve created a classic spot the difference puzzle.
Axel’s playlist – Spotify’s summer hits for Axelent.
Axelent Academy is our onboarding programme, used to introduce new employees to the world of Axelent.
Get an exclusive look at the new Axelent products coming this autumn.
Meet the athletes Axelent chooses to sponsor. Psst! You just have to see Ferry Svan swing an axe like no one before.
Our videoguide to all our locks continues. In part 2 you can learn everything you need to know about X-Guard hitch lock.
Are you planning a new warehouse? Here are the most important paragraphs to consider in order to create a safe and efficient warehouse environment.
EAB has helped logistics firm Nowaste to improve its storage facilities. Using Axelent products, they've created a smarter and safer working environment.
Here is part one in our guide to all the locks we provide. Learn everything about the X-IT lock under one minute.
Since the start in 1990, Axelent has strived for a global expansion. This places demands on both market awareness and internal and external training.
With half his life spent in Axelent’s service, Marcel Darroch-Davies is ready for his next challenge within the company. Meet the ice hockey-mad Englishman whose career is a prime example of our Grow with us mantra.
The rapid globalisation and digitisation of our society impose demands on smartness, speed and productivity. How does this affect the world’s logistics flows?
The right person in the right job with the opportunity to grow along with the company, that is the Axelent model.
From Hillerstorp to Sälen to Mora – Axelent is taking part in Cykelvasan 2019. Ninety kilometres of mountain bike for workers and Axelent-sponsored athletes.
X-Tray is the cable tray that handles just about anything. Not only is it smart, smooth and strong, it is also so heat resistant that it makes the perfect barbecue grid.
Axelent’s customers have high demands, and so do their customers. Electrical company Solotec works a great deal in the food industry and uses only X-Tray.
A quick and smart guide to the Snapperworks program. Download it and start to build a safer workplace today – anyone can do it.
Protect premises and machinery with Axelents crash barrier and rack end protector.
Axelent’s product manager Daniel Filipsson shows the advantages of the Z-design of the Z-Tray. A cable tray with a closed design to meet the requirements of the food industry.
How to choose the right cable tray for your business. With X-Tray you get a cable routing system that is both smart, cost efficient and easy to install.
X-Tray is developed and produced for industries that demand the highest standards, making it the perfect choice for the food industry.
Axelent’s Z-Tray is specially designed to comply with the high hygiene standards of the food industry. Watch our video to see how
Axelent’s sales manager Andreas Gotmark walks us through our order process, from first contact to the delivery of products.
X-Tray in all shapes and forms. Durable, smart, adaptable with the right look for your business.
Active and committed environmental work is central to Axelent. Two investments in recent years are self-produced green electricity and an efficient packaging system.
Axel loves to listen to music through his earphones at work. You can download his three latest playlists here: Swedish Bonanza, where Axel takes listeners on a journey through the Swedish music hall of fame, Songs about Food, which Axel usually plays just before lunch, and Axel’s Got Soul – music with that punch-in-the-gut emotion.
Axelent meets the required safety and hygiene standards for the food-industry.
Axelents modular and shock-absorbing column guard protects premises, machinery and truck drivers from collisions. Easy installation and low maintenance. Watch the video here.
X-Tray is the cable tray that copes with tough environments. Fewer fixing brackets and fewer parts makes it not only cost-effective but easy to install.
The Swedish Work Environment Authority compiles statistics over industrial accidents and has taken action over truck driving, something that has led to fewer accidents. You will find the regulations for truck driving here.
One of the world’s largest companies within the infrastructure sector has improved its safety. Alstom engineer, Thierry Gueant, talks about the partnership with Axelent Benelux at their testing plant in France.
Pedestrians’ safety in focus. Axelents pedestrian barrier absorbs impact with the help of flexible poles.
X-Guard Tool Panel is the perfect complement to your machine guard setup to enable fast access to tools and equipment for operating the machinery.
Axelent X-Tra is a range of smart products that add that little extra to your company’s safety. Russel Harris, Sales Manager Europe, talks about the X-Tra product range and customer benefits.
Somebody with a passion for safety to equal ours at Axelent is Peter Winding from our business partner, Windings. Windings specialises in safety training courses aimed at improving forklift, lift, overhead crane safety and workplace efficiency. These are his best tips.
X-Guard and X-Tray is the perfect combination of machine guard and cable routing system. We naturally ensure that they are bundle-packed and delivered together.
Machinery/installation designers have to take into account the intended application and a risk assessment in order to achieve the required level of safety.
How does the largest facility for robotic automation solutions in the Nordics work with safety? Cecilia Benze and Dan Gunnarsson from Yaskawa Nordic AB talk about their work and their partnership with Axelent.
Morion Warning Tape Posts provide a stable barrier and traffic guidance system in a matter of minutes. Their robust design make them ideal for industry and warehousing, and a host of other environments. Watch the video here.
The forklift is as indispensable as it is life-threatening. We have compiled statistics over forklift accidents around the world and the results of actively working to reduce accidents. Climb aboard!
Axel, our safety expert, is on his travels again, this time within the automated manufacturing industry. Using the very latest protective equipment, this action movie takes you on an instructive journey through the many risks within the industry. Watch it here
Axel loves to work to music and to share his favourite songs, a mix of Italian ballads, Eurovision Song Contest standouts and American folksongs.
One of the biggest safety hazards is protective equipment with locks that can be manipulated. Axelent has addressed this problem with a lock that cannot be manipulated. The lock will help to prevent many accidents and stoppages.
A quick test with seven multiple choice questions on safety at your workplace. You get an immediate response along with tips on how to improve your workplace safety.
About the lack of protective equipment, stoppages, the breach of health and safety regulations, fines and workplace injuries.
Watch it now! Easy to assemble, flexible and cost-effective. X-Tray keeps track of your cables and is a perfect match to the X-Guard machine guard.
Watch it now! Robust and powerful, but flexible when it comes to assembly. Learn more about the 70x70 post!
Watch it now! Post prepared for up to five pushbuttons – stylish and simple to assemble!
A safer world! Axelent is found on all continents with the exception of Antarctica. From Hillerstorp with love – welcome to a safe world!
Manufacted in Småland, Hillerstorp, the whole globe as a recipient. Swedish safety on export –welcome to a safe world!
A partnership could begin locally then grow into something global. The partnership between Axelent and the Beumer Group is one of those.
Axel controls how your luggage travels behind the scenes at the airport.
Axelent has had the privilege of equipping and creating safe airports around the world. See the whole list here!
They are straight, winding, long, short and are found in a variety of industries. One thing they all have in common is that they help to shift things from A to B. We are talking of course about conveyor belts. Another thing they have in common is Axelent, the company that supplies machine guards and smart cable routing products.
Axelent makes airports safer everywhere. From Hillerstorp to the world.
Ten years ago a lifechanging event took place at Axelent – X-Guard saw the light of day! Today, X-Guard stretches this far from Hillerstorp in Småland, Sweden.
Axel as a superhero in his overalls or in his suit – you decide. Download our template with Axel as a paper doll, just cut out and get started, just like the good old days!
At the airport, everything is about safety. Axel at the airport shows how Axelent keeps everybody that works with or around the luggage safe – and your bags as well, of course. Axel at the airport is an action-packed movie with a safe and cleaver ending – watch it now!
Test your geographic knowledge in Axel on Tour. Axel, our security agent, is travelling the world visiting all the Axelent offices. For a few days he will be putting up pictures with a question for you to answer. See how you get on. Share the quiz with your friends!
Test your geographic knowledge in Axel on Tour. Axel, our security agent, is travelling the world visiting all the Axelent offices. For a few days he will be putting up pictures with a question for you to answer. See how you get on. Share the quiz with your friends!
Test your geographic knowledge in Axel on Tour. Axel, our security agent, is travelling the world visiting all the Axelent offices. For a few days he will be putting up pictures with a question for you to answer. See how you get on. Share the quiz with your friends!
Globalisation and more international operations is the order of the day. Swedish-owned Axelent will soon be represented everywhere, from its base in the deep forests of Hillerstorp in Sweden the company has expanded all the way to Australia.
Six quick questions, choose an answer and get a response immediately.
Read more about Axelent’s sponsorship of Ferry Svan on his way to becoming World Champion in Timbersport.
Smart, easy and fast mounting of X-Guard. With X-Key you change or switch panels. »
Nexans produce cabel systems for energy and communication. In their production facilities they use Axelent products for safety. »
We sat down for a talk with Axelent’s Export Manager Stefan Axelsson. »
Meet Matthias Schulz! Safety expert and the author of the Safety Book. »
First episode of Axelent TV with safety expert Matthias Schulz and Export & Marketing Manager, Stefan Axelsson. »
Axelent’s safety agent Axel turns a sawmill into a safe place by using products from Axelent. Learn more about how Axelent products can make your workplace safe(r). »
Coloring templates of Axel for kid (and grown up kids)! Print and bring the crayons out. »
Anders Martinsson tells the story of how Axel came to life »
Welcome to a safe world - Welcome to Hillerstorp
We present vital statistics on accidents at workplaces in the European Union (EU). The statistics are summarised and illustrated with explanatory graphics »
We have compiled a checklist to help you in your efforts to create a safer workplace. Download your PDF now! »
We have put together a test that gives an indication of how safe your workplace is. Answer 20 questions and get your result immediately. »
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