New opportunities opened up in the USA

LINDEMANN was sold for the first time to Svedala Industries AB from Sweden in 1997. The company name was changed to Svedala Lindemann GmbH. This gave the company financial reinforcement and helped it to secure and further expand its market position. New opportunities opened up in the USA during the same period: Svedala Universal Engineering from Cedar Rapids, which manufactured the Hammersmill shredders, was already part of the Svedala Group, something that was an advantage for the future shredder business. Svedala also contributed valuable expertise in wear casting technology thanks to the construction of mineral processing machines.