Proton Finishing Eskilstuna is investing in a sustainable working environment

Climate, customers and employees – everyone wins with the new investments at Proton Finishing in Eskilstuna.

By Amelie Bergman /

Martin Johansson

Over many years now, Proton Finishing been pursuing a sustainability project to make the company a leader in the surface treatment industry. Proton Finishing in Eskilstuna is the latest step in the project, investing in three upgrades that will result in major improvements, says Sandra Vatn, sustainability developer:

“Above all, our employees will benefit from these investments because we will have a much better working environment, but we will also be able to reduce our climate impact and reduce our carbon footprint by 87 tonnes.”

Marcus Anderberg, Site Manager in Eskilstuna, is pleased with the investments.

“Being able to offer a good workplace environment means a lot for our employee brand and our ability to recruit new skills.”

But it is also a matter of developing the business. Proton Finishing will continue its high rate of investment with a focus on automation, processes and new technology that can contribute to increased sustainability.

“It’s extremely important to our customers that we are proactive in sustainability. Several of our major customers are very impressed with our initiatives and think we’re well ahead of the game. The fact that our investments will make us more efficient at what we do is also a plus with them from a pure business perspective. We see this as the beginning of an exciting growth journey – of course it’s great that the group sees the possibilities of our business and invests in it!”