Successful Kick-Off of New Facility Location

K.D. Feddersen Norden AB open new office and training centre in Värnamo, Sweden

The new 850 square-metre building in the Swedish city of Värnamo was inaugurated with an open house on 2 and 3 September 2010. Many international guests, from the Feddersen Group and partner firms alike, gave interesting talks and machine demonstrations, making the event entertaining and instructional.

Even the chairman of the boarder of county of Jönköping, Göran Lindell, took the opportunity to make a personal appearance at the event. Together with Mr Volker Scheel, Managing Director of Hamburg-based K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH, he took part in the symbolic opening of the new facility. Attendees were impressed with the results of just 13 weeks of construction work. In addition to 300 square metres of office space spread over two storeys, a total of 150 square metres of space has been reserved for training classrooms. The state-of-the-art facility offers a direct perspective on the adjacent 200 square-metre showroom, in which two Negri Bossi injection moulding machines and peripheral equipment from Piovan and WEMO could be seen in operation.

During the event, the 200 square-metre warehouse for machines and spare parts also served as a presentation and representation area for a number of suppliers of raw materials and peripheral equipment.

On both days of the exhibition, visitors were able to gain an overview of the product ranges in plastics, processing machines and peripherals which K.D. Feddersen Norden AB market and sell in Scandinavia and the Baltic states. A hands-on knowledge exchange was made possible through a number of technical discussions following presentations given by international representatives of manufacturer partners Ticona, LyondellBasell, AKRO-PLASTIC, Bekum, CTS, DSM, EVONIK, FEDDEM, Negri Bossi, Piovan, Rapid and Wemo, who had made the trip to participate in the event.

“Our open house was a complete success,” declared Torbjörn Egerhag, Managing Director of K.D. Feddersen Norden AB. “We were able to offer our customers and business partners not only a state-of-the-art building fitting for the requirements of our services, but also insight into our international Group of companies, thereby presenting ourselves as a strong, forward-looking partner for anything having to do with plastics,” Egerhag added.

Göran Lindell, chairman of the boarder of county of Jönköping (left) and Volker Scheel, Managing Director of K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH (right), at the ceremonial opening of the new facility.