{"id":870,"date":"2018-06-11T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2018-06-11T08:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sterners.se\/about-sterners\/our-history\/"},"modified":"2018-06-11T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T08:52:59","slug":"our-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sterners.se\/en\/about-sterners\/our-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"870\" class=\"elementor elementor-870 elementor-37 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-111f04e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"111f04e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-28382b0\" data-id=\"28382b0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87a6de1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"87a6de1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-edab103 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"edab103\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Everything has a history<\/h3>\n<h6>A common denominator runs through our history \u2013 of seeing needs and developing solutions that make everyday life simpler<\/h6>\n<p>The key to success is often having the drive, dedication and determination to find solutions and think outside the box. When Erik U Sterner acquired the company in 1946, production consisted of various forms of iron working and the time was ripe for a rethink. Sterner had seen a photograph of a vending machine from America. He saw a business opportunity in self-service vending machines and vowed:<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m going to make this kind of product at our factory here in Sweden.\u201d<br \/>\nNew machinery was procured and new know-how started to be developed. In the early 1950s, the Swedish postal service announced a competition to manufacture stamp vending machines.<br \/>\nSterners developed an ideal product for this application and won the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The first stamp vending machine was manufactured in 1952 and following its initial sales success in Sweden, also soon became a major export product. The stamp vending machine remained in production until the early 1980s, with 80 percent exported.<br \/>\nOther machines were developed in parallel with the stamp machine. A great many. Coin-operated systems started being manufactured in the late 1950s, systems that remain in use today, for applications such as camp site showers, tanning booths and public WCs. These were followed by change machines, ticket machines, shoe shine machines, cash dispensers, vending machines and screenwash filling machines. The technology behind all these machines is now being adapted for our modern cashless society.<br \/>\nIn 2013, the company acquired Indauto, a company with complementary know-how within the production of equipment enclosures and sheet metal working. Mercur was acquired in 2016 and, together with the screenwash pump developed by Sterners, can now offer a complete range of service station forecourt services.<br \/>\nAs a family company, Sterners \u2013 now in the third generation \u2013 has retained the inventiveness that has always been part of the company\u2019s DNA. 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