Home » About us About BJØRN THORSEN Privately-owned distributor & affiliates with own products We are built around the privately-owned Bjørn Thorsen A/S distributor. Our core team focuses on sales of a wide range of products from leading chemical manufacturers to Northern European & French customers. Go to Products page to view the product categories we provide. In recent years, we have increasingly acted as true solution provider, leveraging our considerable application and processing technology know-how. In addition, we benefit from capabilities and development expertise of our affiliates, Customized Compound Solutions A/S (CCS), Nordic Grafting Company A/S (NGC) and Nordic Formulation Technology A/S (NFT). These daughter companies complement our offering with their own ranges of customized alloys, compounds, reactive polymers, dispersions and solutions. Their offerings are available globally in response to individual needs. Through its recent acquisition of Digital Serigraphic Technologies A/S (DST), the group is also engaged in the development and commercialization of innovative and flexible solutions for the heat transfer industry. DST provides their matched component system, which is a unique combination of materials used in digital printing. Find out more about each affiliate on their websites: www.ccs-nordic.com, www.ngc-nordic.com and www.dst-digital.com. Broader solutions through proprietary developments As stated in our vision, we aim to close gaps between commercially available polymers and compounds with demanding market requirements. In order to do that, we decided to expand our product offering by making the best out of existing technologies and enhancing them. We do that using our extensive experience in formulation tailoring. In recent years, our company signed two license agreements with ExxonMobil. This enabled the creation of two producing subsidiaries: CCS for enhanced TPVs and NGC for grafted performance polymers as compatibilizers. To be able to provide added value and innovative solutions to our customers, we now have access to an in-house lab facility. We also continuously invest in highly skilled employees to ensure our development programs adequately respond to our customer needs. Company history Our company was established in Denmark in 1952 as a traditional agency/distributor company of chemical products. Through the seventies, our portfolio was gradually extended to include a very large cross-section of raw materials sought by a wide variety of industries. By early 1990, it was becoming clear that target markets in Nordic countries were expecting more specialization and consolidation from its chosen suppliers. Consequently, we chose to fully leverage the more specialized parts of our product range from BYK, Santoprene™ TPV from ExxonMobil and Estane® TPU from Lubrizol. We also decided to focus on fewer areas of activity where our competence and market access is most advanced. Our company today Today, we are covering following distribution areas: Nordic countries, Baltic countries, UK, Ireland and France. Our company currently employs close to 45 people and has the office in Hellerup, Copenhagen area. Our warehouses are strategically located in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, UK and France. Geographical expansion In addition to our ongoing focus on Nordic markets, we felt the need to expand our presence in new territories. By doing so, we are able to support global material needs of our international accounts and realize the full potential of our affiliates. Western Europe Starting from September 2020, we have expanded our geographical distribution territory and solution provider services in France. We are bringing to France our innovative distribution approach, as well as our solution provider concept shaped around the unique solutions and tailored products, provided by our affiliates CCS, NGS & NFT. The activities on the French market will be supported by Bjørn Thorsen SAS, the subsidiary created in 2019 and based in Lyon. This reinforced presence in France will allow us to support our international accounts, pursue new distribution opportunities and leverage the full potential of our daughter companies. As of January 1, 2020, Bjørn Thorsen is the official distributor for Santoprene TPV and Geolast TPV from ExxonMobil Chemical in the United Kingdom & Ireland. Asia-Pacific We have set-up an active presence in China by launching a new joint venture (JV), BT Solutions Zhuhai Co., Ltd. (BT Solutions) on February 20, 2019. BT Solutions is JV with key innovative local players, Chongqing Techxanadu Industrial Co., Ltd. (TechXanadu) and Wuhan Creworld Technology Co., Ltd (Creworld Tech.). The JV will focus on Chinese demands for enhanced post-consumer and post-industrial recyclates. It will leverage the unique benefits of the Acti-Tech™ compatibilizers range, developed by BT’s NGC affiliate. Moreover, it will serve as a platform for commercialization in China of the entire BTG portfolio of specialty polymers and chemicals, as well as proprietary thermoplastic and functionalized compounds. In Q4 2019, our affiliates CCS and NGC together with TechXanadu – affiliate of Good Mark Industrial Limited – have announced the creation of a production and commercialization JV in China, Nordic Grafting & Compound Solutions Co., Ltd. (NGCS). NGCS will produce advanced specialty compounds and compatibilizers targeted at replacing non-recyclable thermoset solutions with recycled thermoplastic solutions. Americas We are also in the process of establishing a regional footprint in the USA to expand our reach and solution offering to this important market. Send us a message SUBMIT MESSAGE Contact information Bjørn Thorsen A/S Søholm Park 1 2900 Hellerup Denmark Direct number: +45 35 43 88 43 Safety advisor: +45 24 95 82 83 Shortcuts: HOME ABOUT US PRODUCTS CONTACT NEWS QUALITY FUNDAMENTALS Adhesive Solutions Coating Solutions Advanced Polymer Solutions Bitumen & Roadmark Solutions Instruments Bjørn Thorsen A/S has following VAT no.: DK 89810418 SE 502064489301 FI 27680982 GB 339813476 COPYRIGHT © 2020 BJØRN THORSEN A/S. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. LEGAL & PRIVACY POLICY