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Overum, located 35 km north of Vastervik in the province of Smaland, has a long tradition of iron handling. The enterprise was founded by the Walloons in 1655. The presence of flowing water, plentiful timber for charcoal production and iron ore were the determining factors in establishing a manufacturing facility in Overum. The production was initially dominated by cannons and cannon balls, but also pig iron and bar iron were produced. In the early 1800s the foreman named CP Spangberg created the first Overum horse plough and Overum started up serial production of horse ploughs, which went on for 108 years until 1958. In 1918 Overum was purchased by the Match Company. This led to a new production boost, and the manufacturing of tractor ploughs began in 1928. In 1944 the first fully mounted plough was launched and one decade later, the worlds first plough with a fully automatic stone release system came along. As early as 1959 Overum launched the first fully mounted reversib...