|
Inter Primo
Inter Primo A/S is a Danish multinational plastic extrusion company headquartered in central Copenhagen, Denmark, with 14 production facilities in eight countries[3] and an additional office in Norway. Inter Primo is controlled by Primo Holding A/S. Inter Primo manufactures plastic profiles for a range of industries, including medico, offshore, building, transport, and lighting. Inter Primo employs 894 people in Europe and China and markets its products globally. The corporation is a result of more than 20 mergers and acquisitions since Inter Primo was established in 1959 in Tistrup, Denmark. The company is owned by Primo Holding A/S, which is owned by three other holding companies, D. Grunnet Holding A/S, F. Grunnet Holding A/S, and M. Grunnet Holding A/S,[4] owned by the chairman of the board Fleming Grunnet and his two daughters Mette and Dorthe.[5] History1959Primo is established in Tistrup Denmark by entrepreneur Chresten Jensen. The company's plastic profiles were sold to hardware stores and lumber yards.[6] 1977Chresten Jensen sells his share of the company to Fleming Grunnet. Primo takes over the two companies Ureflex and Krone Plast, both located in Denmark.[7] 1984Primo takes over Swedish Kontraplast AB – Primo's first investment abroad – and establishes Primo Sweden AB. In the following years, Primo buys the Swedish plastic manufacturer Sondex and the Finnish OY WH Profil AB – a subsidiary to KWH Group – and thus establishes OY Primo Finland AB with Roger Häggblom as managing director.[7] 1986Inter Primo is founded.[8] Primo UK is established the next year in Manchester, England. 1990Primo buys two German profile manufacturers and establishes Primo Profile GmbH in Germany.[7] 1995OY Primo Finland acquires a competing company and becomes Finland's dominating profile manufacturers in the coming years. The same year Primo UK shuts down all activities due to a lack of success on the British market.[7] 1996Primo Sweden buys Smålandslisten AB, which produces silicone mouldings. Primo builds a new factory in Zory, Poland – Primo's first factory built from scratch. The Polish subsidiary Primo Profile Sp. Z o.o. is established and takes over the profile production from Spyra-Primo.[7] 1997Primo takes over Vefi Profiler AS in Norway.[9] 2000Inter Primo establish headquarters in Vestergade in Copenhagen, Denmark. Primo Danmark acquires the plastic division for windows from Rationel Vinduer A/S. 2004Primo Profile GmbH opens a new factory in Berlin, Germany, and establishes a joint venture with German Profilex and buys a 25 pct. share of Profilex China in Zhuhai, Kina. The year before Primo acquired the Danish extrusion company OTV Plast A/S.[10] 2005Primo Finland initiates production in St. Petersburg, Russia. Swedish production is gathered in a new factory in Limmared in Västra Götaland.[7] 2019Primo buys Essentra Extrusion in Buitenpost, the Netherlands for 16.2 million euros[11][12] and establishes itself in the Netherlands under the name of Enitor Primo.[13] The company celebrates its 60 years anniversary.[14] References
External links |
||||||||||||||||||||
