“We not only survived the financial crisis, we have never manufactured the number of windows we are presently making. Cautiously calculated, we’ve budgeted for a ten per cent growth in 2011 and will need to hire new employees as a result,” says Johan Grahn, MD of window manufacturer SSC Snidex.

Also SSC Klingan, which manufacturers glass and entrance partitions, has enjoyed impressive development and growth despite the recession.

“Since the middle of the new millennium’s first decade, we’ve updated our entire machine park and expanded our workforce by more than 60 per cent. Our workload is robust, our technology is state of the art, and our expertise is high. Many of our employees have college degrees, something that in all likelihood is unique for companies of our size operating in our sector,” says SSC Klingan’s MD Staffan Hällgren.

Both Snidex and Klingan agree that the model of using a common SSC brand has produced, and continues to produce significant competitive advantages.

“The SSC brand is enormously valuable because it is so well known throughout the construction industry. An active, talented sales organisation keeps us up to date on the latest market trends. This kind of intelligence gives us a huge advantage in our product development activities,” comments Klingan's Staffan Hällgren.

“Snidex reaps extra benefits from SSC’s broad sphere of expertise, and the internal jargon we have in dialogues with the sales organisation prompts us to keep excelling,” emphasises Johan Grahn. 

The achievements of the individual manufacturing companies are significant in several ways for SSC from a common, overall perspective.

“It is proof that our joint action philosophy is effective when it comes to dealing with business cycle fluctuations. Plus, it's an added reinforcement for all of SSC when taking important and strategic decisions regarding the future — like the large-scale project we recently launched for export in Nordic countries,” says SSC’s CEO Peter Forsséll in summation.