"Hot Screen is a company that wants to invent things!"

Swedol has been a customer of Hot Screen since 1998. Our collaboration has deepened over the years, not least since Swedol’s fusion with Grolls and later also Tools, when Alligo was formed. In 2020, Sara Nygren Jönsson became product development manager at Alligo – and she sees greater cooperation with us in the future.

Shares the same view on sustainability and recycling

Alligo gathers Swedol, Grolls, Tools and Univern under its umbrella and is a leading player on the Nordic workwear, personal protection, tools and supplies market. Their view on sustainability and efforts to reuse garments is consistent with ours – to let sustainability work permeate the business to be at the forefront and the best partner.
– We have rushed into our sustainability work, Sara Nygren Jönsson says. And Hot Screen keeps pace. Among other things, I have visited you to talk about how we can make the system more efficient and it’s fun! Hot Screen is a company that wants to invent things!
Something Sara has been interested in is being able to upload garments from their own range into our system, which in turn allows them to help their customers always get the logos where they want them. It also makes it easier to see the garment’s limitations in terms of printing, for example if seams get in the way, and that the information about each garment and application becomes clear to the staff.
– It is important that everything looks the same for everyone, Sara says. Then you don’t have to worry about the results varying when new staff start – it’s easy for them to learn.

Cares for customers' lives – every day

Alligo’s head office is in Stockholm, while the Product Development Clothing department is in Gothenburg. It was a new world for Sara when she started as product development manager – previously from MQ.
– I loved fashion! Sara says. But I reached a point where there was no longer relevant – why fashion? Compare with work clothes: these garments should last a long time and also protect the lives of our customers. Fit, ergonomics, durability – it’s value driven and then I can stand behind it.
Sara has four product developers and two pattern designers under her, a strong team with mixed and heavy skills that complement each other. Important for both the team and Alligo is to make choices that have a big impact instead of individual parts – to constantly focus on sustainability. Here, Sara sees an even greater collaboration between Alligo and Hot Screen in the future: how to work more circularly and, for example, reprint garments?
– It is big and relevant for us, Sara says. How can we help our customers circulate garments within their company? Here, I think we can move forward together.

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