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THUESEN JENSEN
AND F&H JOIN FORCES
INTERNATIONALLY
Thuesen Jensen A /S and
F&H A /S have established
a new jointly owned
holding company, F&H
Group A /S.
F&H Group A /S
represents a large
portfolio of Scandinavian
and international brands.
PILLIVUYT
BY HELLE MATHIESEN
Both Danish companies will continue consolidation that has taken place in the while retaining our own DNA, culture and
also continue with Jens Peter Thuesen sing behaviour which are leading to greater Ambition to intensify exports
unchanged as independent companies in
Glostrup and Viborg respectively, and will
Jensen and Knud Lomborg as CEOs of the
two companies.
The involved parties underline that the two
companies stay totally separate with each
of their individualities. The individuality
together with the new financial strength is
the essential idea behind the new company.
Consequently, the new company structure
will have no impact on the employees of
the two companies. This also means that
contacts and sales executives, etc. in the
two companies will not change in terms of
customer and supplier cooperation.
This cooperation comes as a result of the
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industry in recent years and the major
structural changes in consumer purcha-
demands on the entire value chain – chal-
passion for the very best of the industry,
says CEO Jens Peter Thuesen Jensen.
lenges that the parties consider best met as The new jointly owned company F&H
mily-owned companies with a large con- becomes a significant player in the home
united in a strong common set-up.
- Thuesen Jensen and Canica are both fa-
formity in values and long-term strategy.
At Thuesen Jensen, we are facing a genera-
tional handover in the coming years, and
the family is very pleased that Frederikke
Thuesen Jensen is currently ready to join
the company when the time is ripe. The
generational handover has been strengthe-
ned by this cooperation, and I am pleased
that we will be part of something larger,
Group A/S represents a portfolio of fine
Scandinavian and international brands. It
interior, kitchenware, tabletop and SDA
business - not only in the current markets
in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland,
but also with a clear ambition to intensify
efforts on exports to several other markets
both within and outside Europe – including
to the Baltic states.
- It’s been a good and constructive process
to collaborate with Jens Peter Thuesen