Lars Fredriksson has been described as “the most enthusiastic man in lifting”. He has been with Gunnebo for many years but his foremost claim to fame is inventing Gunnebo’s GrabiQ system for crane rigging. Introduced in 2000, the GrabiQ system has the twin virtues of being simpler and safer than previous lifting tackle. A four-leg sling with a shortening function, which previously required up to 15 separate components, can be handled by GrabiQ with just three. “There are hundreds of clever inventors all over the world who have presented smart solutions for our industry,” says Jan Sandberg, manager of Gunnebo Industrier in Gemla and project manager for GrabIQ. “But I reckon that Lars Fredriksson is in a class of his own when it comes to finding optimal solutions which are also commercially successful.”
