About BJØRN THORSEN

WHO WE ARE

Bjørn Thorsen A/S is an expanding group of companies (Bjørn Thorsen Group or BTG) aiming to achieve long-term sustainability and profitability, while anchored on competitive distribution of specialty raw materials with additional customized own product solutions. Our core activity is distribution of raw materials from leading chemical manufactures to customers in different industries. 

Today, we are covering the following distribution areas: Nordics, Baltics, UK, Ireland, and France. In addition, we have set up an active presence in China by launching the joint venture BT Solutions Zhuhai Co., Ltd. (BT Solutions) in 2019. Our warehouses are strategically located in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, the United Kingdom, France, the United States and China. 

We are known in the market for our capabilities to develop new market segments and opportunities for our principals. This is done by excellent market research, providing customized solutions and technical support. 

To support our distribution business and sustainable growth, we offer technologies, R&D expertise and technical support of our affiliates Nordic Formulation Technology A/S (NFT), Customized Compound Solutions A/S (CCS), Nordic Grafting Company A/S (NGC) and Digital Serigraphic Technologies A/S (DST). 

They complement our offering with their own ranges of customized alloys, compounds, reactive polymers, dispersions, and innovative solutions for traditional screenprinting and digital hybrid systems. These affiliates help us work as a complex solution provider, giving us additional technical competences and new opportunities to create more sustainable products for our customers. 

Our group employs approx. 50 people and has its head office in Hellerup, a part of greater Copenhagen Area, Denmark. The company has its head office in an old and protected house in Copenhagen area, a true city landmark to this day – Søholm. To read more about the building, click here to see our dedicated page. 

Bjørn Thorsen office in Hellerup, Denmark
Our office is located in Hellerup, part of the Copenhagen area

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Fundamentals of our Corporate Strategy

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Added Value, Certainty and Solutions

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Company
history

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WORKING AT BJØRN THORSEN

At Bjørn Thorsen, we believe that our employees are our greatest asset. Therefore, we strive to provide an open, inclusive, and inspiring corporate culture, as well as good working conditions. We are a diverse company with different talents, backgrounds, and expertise, and believe that embracing diversity and a global mindset is the key to success. 

Bjørn Thorsen culture

We want to create a working environment where everyone is heard. A place where people can be themselves, enjoy what they do, are allowed to voice their opinions, and are pushed to continuously learn and develop new skills. To achieve this, we encourage our employees to get involved, ask questions, and to give and accept feedback. We prosper as a company when our employees have fun at work and develop through the great responsibilities shared with them. Mutual trust, open communication, teamwork and integrity are some of the elements of our company culture.

Our workplace culture is reinforced in Bjørn Thorsen’s Employee Code of Conduct, which provides guidance on what we stand for as a company, sets standards for our behavior and governs how each employee within BTG engages with suppliers, customers, colleagues, authorities, and other stakeholders.

Bjorn Thorsen employees

SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainable practices are an important part in the daily business operations of BTG. Having full management attention, this key function has become an important part in building an environmentally and economically sustainable cooperation. Our sustainability agenda comprises not only the distribution business, but also our manufacturing affiliates and our joint ventures. BTG Sustainability Report for financial year 2023/24 is available here.

For us, sustainability is the process of planning, implementing, and controlling the development, pricing, marketing and distribution of our products and services, while ensuring that customer needs are met and organizational goals are reached without any adverse impacts on environment, people and society. We strive to act with due diligence!

ISO certifications

Our company is ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 certified. To read more about our focus on Quality & Environment, click here.

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Contact information

Bjørn Thorsen A/S
Søholm Park 1
2900 Hellerup
Denmark

Direct number:
+45 35 43 88 43