CIDAN Machinery – Americas was born in 2007 in a suburb nestled to the south of Atlanta, GA called Peachtree City. Now, that would make us a fairly young company. But our real story begins exactly 100 years prior in Göteneds Mekaniska Verkstad in Götene, Sweden. That’s pronounced “goot-en-eds”.

GLOBAL EXPERIENCE THAT MATTERS

Our parent company was born, raised, and still resides in Götene, Sweden. Since our birth in 2007, we have been given the great honor of serving both North and South America. We have a sister company in Shanghai that services the entire continent of Asia, and that’s a lot of continent!

So, when we say “worldwide,” we don’t mean that people may have heard of us around the world. We mean that we ARE around the world and service the whole thing.

CIDAN HISTORY

Most companies can’t say they’ve been in business for over 100 years, but we have – 111 years to be exact. Some say that might make us old, but luckily, our machines and values don’t get wrinkles. So what you’re left with is the wisdom and knowledge that comes along side withstanding the test of time.

Being that we can trace our lineage and rich history back to more than a century ago, our story is extremely long and tedious. Instead of going through the past 111 years in detail, we’ll give you some of the highlights. Why? Because where we came from is the foundation of who we are, the root of our values, and can give some insight in regards to where we are headed.

So, just sit back and enjoy the story of CIDAN Machinery, one of the oldest and most well-established companies in the sheet metal business.

FOUNDED IN SWEDEN – SINCE 1907

This story begins in the quaint municipality of Götene, Sweden, situated between the third and sixth largest lakes in all of Europe, Vänern and Vättern. The year is 1907 and our focus is the founding of a company named Göteneds Mekaniska Verkstad – we’re going to go with Göteneds for short.

Göteneds manufactured industrial equipment and was founded on the core values that we still observe today – innovation, safety, speed, reliability and flexibility. Over the next forty years, Göteneds evolved and adapted to new industry and technological trends – designing and manufacturing high quality machines for sheet metal processing. In 1947, when it produced the very first sheet metal shearing machine, Göteneds went down in the chronicles of history a complete game changer. That spark ignited a flame that still burns brightly today.