Later on Torbjörn came in contact with the company “Bispgården Svets och Smide” and Knut Nilsson. Together they both went to the Hannover Fair in 1969 to find inspiration. With impressions from the fair they decided that they would engage in the pallet handling business, which was becoming increasingly common in Sweden, the need to lift pallets was a new market! First and foremost you had to get on and off pallets of the trucks that was carrying them. Torbjörn therefore took upon himself a royalty assignment to design a solution to this. (Something Torbjörn also believes that more designers should make even today!) The Workshop really needed jobs and the result was a tail lift who could both lift and tilt, which was unique at that time. The tail lift was a complete unit and could be mounted directly on the trucks which made it very successful. Sales took off and after only four years the company had an annual production of about: 125pcs/year. Torbjörn continued as a consultant and he still had he’s own production of lifting table on the side. The company that produces these tail lifts today is named ZEPRO and has an annual production of approximately: 12 000 pieces per year.
After a journey to the United States in 1976 Torbjörn had a brilliant new idea, a Sky lift that runs all by itself. At that time you couldn’t find such a solution in Sweden. Torbjörn was spending many hours in drawing and construction, but the project came to an abrupt end. During a test the Sky lift fell over and Torbjörn, who was in the basket when it tumbled to the ground, suffered serious injuries.
The risks were much lower with a lift table so Torbjörn focused more on that. Sales of lift tables continued and in the early ‘70s they were distributed by two former employees of Nordic Vacuum, under the name Translyft, from a house in Stockholm. Business was going pretty well and to keep up with the pace of production, Torbjörn had to invest heavily in his own premises and the right equipment. This risk exposure forced Torbjörn to start looking for a sales organization that could start selling the lift tables, ensure control over the whole production chain and achieve vertical integration.
In the corresponding time it was very turbulent at Z-Lyften due to a change in ownership structure and Torbjörn came in contact with Bengt Moström, Magnus Wistrand and Anders Wahlqvist who were at that time employees of the company management. They had an open discussion meeting from which mutual interest arose and a new meeting was booked to continue the discussions.
This meeting took place at the Stockholm International Fairs in April 1989. Anders, who had recently become a father, had some cigars with him; in the cigar fog, these gentlemen formed the outline for what was later to become EdmoLift Sales AB.