Innovation Development Award

In 1987 Expander was honored with the Innovation Development Award in memory of Alfred Nobel, presented by the Swedish Minister of Industry. The Expander System was equaled in its significance to the invention of the ball bearing.

Company information

It started in the 1950s, when twin brothers Everth and Gerhard Svensson built roads across the Swedish countryside.

They had become frustrated with the recurring problem of pivot wear. One day when a pivot pin was, yet again coming loose, Everth tried stabilizing the pin by wedging a rusty nail in the worn bores. The solution worked! Only temporary of course; but the idea was born and Svenska Expander AB was started.

The innovation was patented and later received the Alfred Nobel Development Award. Expander System Sweden AB, was founded in 1986 by Everth’s son Roger.

The Expander Group is headquartered in Åtvidaberg, Sweden and has subsidiaries in the United States, Germany and Britain. The Expander System is manufactured and inventoried in United States, Sweden and Germany. Our products are marketed and distributed through a global network.