With the aim to be nearer to its customers in Denmark and Germany, Danish-based agribusiness firm DLG Group is to move its headquarters from Copenhagen to Fredericia in eastern Jutland.
A number of functions and 300 jobs in DLG Group will be brought together by the move, which will start as early as next year and is scheduled to be completed in 2020.
Sales, logistics, operations, trade and staff functions — around 200 jobs — will be transferred from the current head office in the Axelborg area of central Copenhagen to the new site. They will be joined by about 100 employees from DLG's three retail stores in South Jutland, East Jutland and on Funen, DLG's Customer Center and the subsidiaries, Vitfoss/Vilofoss.
Kristian Hundebøll, DLG’s CEO, explained that the move was prompted by the firm’s recent expansion and merger in Sydsjælland (South Zealand), and supported by the benefits to be gained by customers from the gathering of DLG’s personnel at one main location.
“The location of the new headquarters in Fredericia will increase integration into the Danish retail organization, as well as between DLG in Denmark and our subsidiaries in northern Germany, HaGe and Team,” he said.
Last year, DLG Group reported a 12 percent increase in net earnings compared with 2015, which was attributed to strong growth by its German subsidiaries. DLG Group is among Europe’s top exporters of feed and milling grain, malting barley, oilseed rape and seed, and its associated companies process these crops.
