Vechta-Calveslage, Germany – The worldwide leading manufacturer of pig and poultry housing equipment, Big Dutchman, receives prominent support on the Finnish market: as of 15 March, 2006, Kesko Agro Ltd. took over the distribution of pig housing equipment as the exclusive Big Dutchman distributor in the “Country of a Thousand Lakes“.
Kesko Agro is a 100% subsidiary company of the market leader in the Finnish trading sector, the listed Kesko Oyj, that achieved a turnover of 8.3 billion Euros in the past year. “Kesko Agro is a big name in the agricultural machinery industry with several branch offices throughout the country. The company with its 1100 employees has a turnover of 1 billion Euros. We are looking at brilliant possibilities in our trade”, says Area Sales Manager Josef Kordes, responsible for sales in the Finnish market at Big Dutchman Pig Equipment GmbH located in Vechta-Calveslage, Germany.
Kesko Agro Group Director Eero Pajulahti is also very optimistic: “Innovative technology, unsurpassed know-how and fast service: we have already been working together with Big Dutchman in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania closely and successfully for several years now. This is a very good foundation for a fruitful co-operation, as well as in our home country.”
Photo The Kesko headquarters in Helsinki. Kesko Agro, subsidiary company of the leading trading group in Finland, has become the exclusive distributor for Big Dutchman pig housing and feeding equipment on the Finnish market.
16 March 2006
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For more information please contact:
Andreas Böske
Publicity Department Manager
Big Dutchman International GmbH
E-mail: aboeske@bigdutchman.de
Phone: +49(0) 4447-801-118
Fax: +49(0) 4447-801-5-118
www.bigdutchman.de
Promising co-operation in Finland