Saab Kockums

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Saab cockums AB
Saab AB
SubsidiariesDockstavarvet

Saab Kockums

Karlskrona
. While having a history of civil vessel construction, Kockums' most renowned activity is the fabrication of military corvettes and submarines.

Kockums worked with

Skjold class (part of a Raytheon
led group).

History

The Gängtappen [sv] (formerly Kockumshuset) building in Malmö, used as Kockums' HQ from 1958 to 2015. Since 2019 occupied by Länsförsäkringar Skåne.

Kockums during the 19th century

During the 1820s the Kockums family established themselves as businesspeople in Malmö. Frans Henrik Kockum built a large fortune through an investment in tobacco production. Thanks to this he was able to purchase a large part of land 1838 south of Malmö, and between 1840 and 1841 he erected a forge and a mechanical workshop which initially primarily manufactured farming equipment, stoves, portable engines, incubators, spittoons, and various other castings.[2] From 1859 they even constructed railway carriages. This workshop was situated near the current area of Davidshall. In the year 1866, the company went public and changed their name to Kockums Mekaniska Werkstad.

The first railway carriage was delivered in 1859, the first sleeper car 1877, the first Bogie carriage in 1885, and the first dining car in 1896.[3]

Kockum bought Kallinge kvarn (near Ronneby) along with two business partners in the year 1849. They built a copper refinery. Kockum's business partners were bought out of the country in 1852, and the company continued to expand during the next century. in 1858, the production changed from copper refinery to being an iron mill. This company continued to grow until it eventually became Kockums Jernverks AB, in 1875. The company had its foundations in Blekinge and Småland.[4]

List of Kockums-built ships as of 1873.

Structural change

In the years preceding the First World War, the Kockum-owned companies underwent a structural change. Kockums Mekaniska Verkstad AB shifted focus to primarily constructing ships, railway carriages, and bridges. Kockums Jernverk och Emaljerverk (with primary operations in Kallinge and Ronneby) specialized in steel and steel products, galvanizing, and enameling.

The shipyard and bridge production expanded heavily during the post-war period. During the years 1899 - 1913 a total of 16 new ships were constructed, six of which for the Swedish Navy. Namely the coastal battleships Tapperheten and Manligheten, the destroyers Wale, Munin, Vidar, Ragnar, as well as the steam ferry Malmö. Following that the shipyard had continued success, delivering the coastal battleships Gustav V, the destroyers Ehrensköld and Klas Horn, the icebreaker Ymer, some 25 submarines, and several motor torpedo boats. A large amount of tankers were also built starting in 1927. Production of bridges, cranes, sugar refinery machinery, and steam engines continued.[4]

In the 1950s the shipyard in Malmö had grown to be one of the largest in the world, primarily constructing large cargo vessels. In 1952 and 1953 Kockum delivered the largest amount of tonnage out of all shipyards, internationally. Parallel with the shipbuilding a shipping line was also operated.[citation needed]

After acquiring AB Landsverk in 1948, a miscellaneous workshop industry developed out of the shipyard.[citation needed]

The submarine conflict

As a result of the

A26 submarine. On the German side, the A26 project was said to be regarded as a high-risk project that could lead to uncontrollably growing costs.[6] Superficially, the major source of conflict seemed[according to whom?] to be that neither ThyssenKrupp nor FMV would accept carrying unforeseen development costs. As several technical innovations to be implemented in the A26 were kept in classified status at the FMV, ThyssenKrupp argued that the implied costs were too difficult to predict. This deadlock persisted for months until the FMV decided to cancel the order of the A26 submarines.[citation needed
]

Globally, the conflict also concerned its general business strategy. ThyssenKrupp insisted that Kockums ought to discontinue large submarine construction and to focus on the development of small submarines. Meanwhile, anonymous sources from inside Kockums claimed that ThyssenKrupp's goal in acquiring Kockums was never to reach synergies with HDW, but only to eliminate its main competitor.[5]

When the

Swedish parliament's Standing Committee on Defense (SCD), Peter Hultquist:[7]

The wheels have turned. The government, possibly in response to Russia's aggression in Crimea and the Ukraine, has decided that a strong industrial defense capacity that is Swedish-controlled will be the cornerstone that underpins defense policy and future capability.

In the search for a partner to develop the next generation of submarines, the FMV approached the SAAB Group. During autumn 2013, Saab tried to reach an agreement to buy Kockums from ThyssenKrupp. ThyssenKrupp demanded to keep its monopoly position in the A26 deal, which Saab refused to accept, causing the negotiations to fail. Saab responded by approaching Kockums' engineers, offering them employment at Saab Naval Systems. Thyssen Krupp tried in vain to keep its engineers at Kockums, proposing an extra month's salary.[6]

The hostility towards ThyssenKrupp reached a new level during the Kockums equipment repossession incident on 8 April 2014. As per protocol, two military trucks accompanied by armed soldiers entered the Kockums shipyard in Malmö to reclaim all materiel and equipment belonging to the

Defence Materiel Administration (Sweden), FMV, as well as all secret blueprints and images. By orders from a manager, Kockums staff tried to sabotage the repossession by locking the gates with the repossession crew and escort still inside.[8] According to a spokesperson for FMV, this is the first time they have had to forcefully repossess equipment.[8]

Shortly after, ThyssenKrupp initiated discussions to sell Kockums to Saab. The deal was finalized on 22 July 2014, making Saab the new owner of Kockums.[9]

Exports

Shortfin Barracuda submarines to replace the Australian Collins class, though this deal was later rescinded
.

In December 2014 it was announced that leading global Dutch shipbuilder

The Royal Netherlands Navy.[15]

The Kockums Crane

Main article: Kockums Crane
The crane in February 2000.

The shipyard formerly possessed a 138-metre high crane, known as the

Oresund Bridge
.

The crane was sold the first time in the early 1990s to the Danish company

Hyundai Heavy Industries. The crane was a landmark of Malmö from its time of construction until its dismantling before being shipped to Ulsan in South Korea in the summer of 2002.[16]

Ships built by Kockums

Ships built with Kockums technology

Future ships

References

  1. ^ "Saab Completes Acquisition of TKMS AB (Kockums)". Saab (Press release). 22 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ^ "314 (Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok / 4. I-Lindner)". runeberg.org (in Swedish). Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  3. ^ Carlquist, Gunnar, red (1933). Svensk uppslagsbok. Bd 15. Malmö: Svensk Uppslagsbok AB. sid. 705
  4. ^ a b Gegerfelt, Erik Wilhelm von (1945). Svenska storföretag: kort historik över deras tillkomst och utveckling. D. 1. Stockholm: Seelig i distr. sid. 119-138. Libris 8205760
  5. ^ a b "Sanningen om den hemliga gryningsräden mot Kockums" [The truth about the secret dawn raid on Kockums]. Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). SE. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  6. ^ a b Kleja, Monica. "Spelet som fick Thyssen Krupp att ge upp Sverige" [The game that got Thyssen Krupp to give up Sweden]. Ny Teknik (in Swedish). SE. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Sweden's Goals Fuel Saab's Acquisitions". Defense News. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b Sköld, Josefin (5 May 2014). "Sanningen om den hemliga gryningsräden mot Kockums". Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  9. ^ Abrahamson, Håkan. "Klart att Saab köper Kockums" [Clearly Saab buying Kockums]. Ny Teknik (in Swedish). SE. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  10. ^ McPhedran, Ian (8 November 2014). "Australian jobs promise as Sweden's Saab Group bids for Navy's $20 billion plus submarine project". news.com.au. News Corp Australia Network. Archived from the original on 24 January 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  11. ^ McPhedran, Ian (8 September 2014). "New Japanese submarines to cost Abbott Government $20 billion". news.com.au. News Corp Australia Network. Archived from the original on 26 March 2016. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  12. ^ McDonald, Matt (10 November 2014). "Swedish bid to build Australia's submarines". Manufacturers' Monthly. Ferret. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  13. ^ Yaxley, Louise (16 October 2014). "Some Liberals lobbying for new submarines to be built in Australia". AM. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Japan submarine deal risks SA ties with China: SA Minister Martin Hamilton-Smith". Yahoo! 7 News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 October 2014. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  15. ^ "Saab offers four Expeditionary Submarines to the Netherlands". Saab. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  16. ^ a b Larsson, Mats. "Kockums AB". Nationalencyklopedin (in Swedish). SE. Retrieved 12 September 2010. (subscription required)

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