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Teknikföretagen is currently the only employer organization certified by the Swedish Migration Board to apply for a work permit on behalf of member companies. The certification means that the permit application process is much faster and smoother than an application that an employer and a third-country national themselves make to the Swedish Migration Board. Member companies in Teknikföretagen are covered by collective agreements, which means that they, […]

The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning has published a letter (2018-07-04) on its website describing the problem and the risks that exist with the existing technical solution for primarily older elevators with shaft doors and a folding gate in the car opening. The Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning urges all property owners to make an inventory and assess whether the described design is present in their own elevator stock. Do the elevators have a […]

The vehicle inspection industry is part of Swetic, which is the trade association for companies that work with testing, inspection, control and certification of vehicles. Vehicle inspectors are reacting strongly to the Swedish Transport Agency's new rules. - Environmental controls are already inadequate today. The Swedish Transport Agency and the government have had the opportunity to improve them, but now the authority is instead coming forward with proposals that strongly oppose Sweden's […]

Read the full article from Mediaplanet about quality assurance in the inspection area Lyft.  

Here you can read the full article that Tord Fornander, together with IVL and Gröna Bilister, wrote in Ny Teknik. https://www.nyteknik.se/opinion/lat-inte-de-smutsiga-bilarna-slippa-undan-6887416

SWETIC Vehicle Inspection Section has now released the Industry Report 2017. Download and read the full SWETIC Vehicle Inspection Section Industry Report 2017  

Swetic is the trade association for companies that work with testing, inspection, control and certification of vehicles. In the report, Swetic writes that a prerequisite for achieving the transport policy goals of reduced environmental impact and fewer fatal accidents is flexible and modern vehicle inspection. – Today, environmental controls are insufficient and for cars to maintain an acceptable environmental performance, […]

The Business Academy for Growth gives growth companies with 0-49 employees the opportunity to develop their staff's skills without having to pay for it themselves. Companies only pay an initial fee to participate in the project and then receive training per employee financed by the European Social Fund. Three out of four jobs are created in smaller companies and 99.4 % of all companies in Sweden […]

Paragraph 1a is added to Chapter 6, see here http://rkrattsdb.gov.se/SFSdoc/17/170840.PDF. This means that vehicles may have a control inspection outside their inspection period during the period 1 January – 19 May 2018. The Swedish Transport Agency will communicate the transitional rules this autumn and until then mention it on www.transportstyrelsen.se/fordonsbesiktning

Download the Swedish Transport Agency's fact sheet about the new inspection rules.

The Swedish Lift Association is awarded the prize in 2016 based on the solid and successful work the association and its members have done in connection with the implementation of the new lift directive in Sweden. When the Swedish Lift Association realized that the introduction of the new lift directive was at risk of being delayed, extensive work was done with the parties concerned to ensure that the introduction of the new directive could […]