Henrik, head of technology at WFI

Henrik, founder and head of technology: “Since we started WFI in 2004, growth has always been our driving force”

From two persons to a company with 25 employees. That is the short version of what has happened in the last, almost, 20 years. The whole journey does of course hold more to the story. In 2004, Henrik Johansson and Johan Svensson founded WFI AB, and initially rented a space of 100 m2 at a sheet metal supplier in Gnosjö. After about six months, they moved to Lidängsvägen 5 where the business is still running up to date, in a building that has been extended three times since then. WFI has expanded continuously together with both customers and products – and growth has always been the driving force.

–   When we started in 2004, me as 28 years old and Johan as 23, we had one office each and a small showroom where we displayed our products. Back then, we offered a wide range of classic workshop interior, which has become narrower and more focused on workplaces over time. But the first delivery that we ever made was a complete workshop cabinet with interior in blue RAL 5005. Around the same time as we hired our first employee, we also moved to the building where we are located today. At that time, we only rented the top floor and 900 m2 of warehouse space. Two years later, in 2006, we bought the entire property and since then everything has moved and evolved quite naturally, Henrik (Henke) begins.

Before Henke began his journey with WFI, he studied mechanical engineering in Växjö, worked as a design engineer in a consulting role, and worked with workplace solutions elsewhere for five years.

–   I have always been the one to work more with products and the technical parts, while Johan has been more focused on sales and finance. But of course, you naturally become involved with sales as well as we work a lot with customer projects. My working days mainly consists of me getting involved in technical details, usually when it comes to customizations and specific adaptations. In addition to that, there is a lot of customer contact, Henke continues.

–   Our ambition has always been to continue building what we stand for and to be the best at what we offer, workplace solutions with focus on logistics and industries. We have managed to achieve growth almost every year since we started, and that has always been our driving force behind the work. We want to grow, and we want to move forward. That is the main goal which is with us subconsciously in everything we do. The business has grown in pace with both customers and products, but we would never be able to succeed with that if we did not have such loyal and dedicated employees, Henke concludes.

Three fast questions with Henke!

Your favourite memory from WFI if you could only choose one?
–   A lot of fun has happened during the years, but the best memory is probably when we moved to this building and became a company for reel.

What do you prefer to do in your free time?
–   Mostly play padel and spend time with my family!

What do you appreciate the most with your work?
–   That I get to have fun at work every day. The biggest driving force in WFI is to do it together with everyone who works here and that we are such a great group of people.