In our new series of articles, we will adress collaborations, projects, events or things that we just think deserves some extra attention. We have, appropriately, chosen to give the articles the title "We turn the spotlight on…”.

The first article is about our factory, located next to the head office in Varberg. Linus Berggren joined Belid 26 years ago, and has been working in the factory ever since. Together with approx. 130 coworkers, Linus manage the workshop, painting and the production. We decided to accompany Linus on a tour to take a closer look at the development taking place in the factory, which in many ways has made Belid's brand to what it is today. A heritage and pride where Swedish craftsmanship is just as tangible as it was 50 years ago.

Belid's factory and headquarter are located in Tångaberg, just north of Varberg. About 200,000 lamps are manufactured here each year - most of them designed and developed by Belid's design team. Some lighting are also made to order from other brands and some are produced in collaboration with external designers, such as most recently with Thomas Sandell - one of Scandinavia's leading architects and designers. It's been more than 50 years since the factory was completed and the first machine started. In 1969, Belid was founded with the vision to develop and manufacture Swedish lighting of high quality. A vision that is fundamentally the same even today. So is the focus on metalworking, which has been distinguishing for Belid's lamps since the start. The processes have been refined and progressed in step with new tools and technological development - but the craftsmanship remains and so does the keywords quality and design. Firmly anchored in the company's DNA.

How would you say the factory has changed since you started 26 years ago?

- In addition to the fact that we have more employees and that the environment is more pleasant and up to date, there is actually a lot that is the same. Of course, machines have been updated and some new ones have been added, but in general the production is reminiscent of the past. Nowadays we build our own tools and the efficiency has clearly improved. But we take pride in the craftsmanshipand still hand paint several products.

Linus continues to talk about the factory's various departments taking the designer's idea into a final lamp. Depending on the material and the design, the process can vary, but there is no doubt that the possibilities always are plenty and with a high degree of innovation. The factory consists of a design department, a prototype workshop, a tool-workshop, a sewing studio and a machine park for metalworking plus departments for painting, assembly and storage.

- With our own factory, we have great opportunities to adapt to certain ideas or requests fromcustomers. Not least during the pandemic, we saw enormous advantages having our own production using a lot of Swedish-made material.