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progressed so far that Frode Laursen had agreed
to pay Nielsen & Sörensen’s diesel bill and other
essential expenses.
EMPLOYEES FEARED FOR THEIR JOBS
Workers at Nielsen & Sörensen were well
aware that their employer was in financial
difficulties, and they were afraid that no one
would be willing to purchase their trucks,
trailers and warehouses and keep the company
going. So the feelings among employees were
generally positive when Frode Laursen appeared as a potential new owner. Nevertheless,
there was also some scepticism. Aer all, no
one knew whether the new owners would end
up closing the business a few months down
the line.
However, the positive mood quickly took
over as Frode Laursen showed a willingness to
take the company forward. Thorkil regularly
travelled down to Flensburg to ask questions
about working procedures. He put a lot of
energy into optimising the business from an
ailing company to a healthy and integrated part
of Frode Laursen.
The operation was successful, and Frode
Laursen gained a foothold south of the border.
A NEW TAKEOVER AND A NEW BUILDING
In 2014, Anders Balle received a new enquiry
about a bankrupt logistics company in Flensburg that was ready to be taken over. It was
called Steckhann & Peters and had a huge
warehouse filled with customers. Steckhann
& Peters did not own the buildings but rented
them from a British company. To complicate
maers further, the British landlords had also
gone bankrupt.
It took many difficult
and complex negotiations
before Frode Laursen
could finally take over the
trucks and the buildings
from Steckhann & Peters.
Together with the fleet
of trucks and 64,000 m² of
warehouses on Husumer
Strasse in Flensburg, the
company also took over
the warehouse’s customers, which included the
German sausage factory
Böklunder. The sausages
still make up a large part
of the stock at Husumer
Strasse, and two Frode Laursen trucks are
constantly driving back and forth between the
factory in Böklund and Frode Laursen’s storage
facility.
In addition, border merchant Fleggaard had
and still has its warehouse on Husumer Strasse,
and over the years, Frode Laursen has expanded
its business with them.
THE THIRD LOCATION
Frode Laursen had already bought a plot of land
in the Flensburg suburb of Handewi in 2013.
When Frode Laursen landed Mitsubishi Papers
as a new customer in 2018, a new warehouse
was built on the site. In addition to the warehouses on Husumer Strasse, Wienberger Weg
and in Handewi, Frode Laursen also rents
25,000 m² from the company Carstensen.
In total, Frode Laursen currently has more
than 130,000 m² of warehouse space at its
disposal in Flensburg and the surrounding
area.
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