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Hans Kristian Torgersen (63) produces everything from helmets to skibokser, and sells to 50 countries.
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I sewed together with the ladies in konfeksjonsfabrikken. In a business are all equally important, ” says Hans Kristian Torgersen.
the 63-year-old from Krøderen in Buskerud is grown up in a family business which his grandfather of the same name established for almost 100 years ago.
- Age: 63
- Position: president and Ceo of HTS (Hans Torgersen & Son ltd).
- Education: Niårig schooling as well as markedsutdannelse at evening classes.
- Experience: Created an international group of security products with the development of new products and acquisitions.
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He founded the company in 1919. The business was originally a harness and sadelmakeri. But then came the cars and took over the hestetransporten. Then began the grandfather with setetrekking and remodeling of the cars.
the Production was eventually moved from Oslo to Krøderen in Buskerud.
“I have dyslexia”
the Ceo and business owner has learned the business through the family business and has no education he can fan with.
- Established: 1919
- Business: Manufacture and supplier of safety equipment.
- Number of employees: 562 employees at the year end, of which 370 at the group’s factory in China.
- Headquarters: Krøderen.
- Number 2015: had a Turnover of 610 million and achieved a profit before tax of 17.4 million.
- Ceo: Hans Kristian Torgersen (63).
- Chairman: Bear Hartz (67).
- Owners: Family Torgersen distributed through their companies. Hans Kristian Torgersen (30%), Kristian Torgersen (35%) and Therese Torgersen Bigseth (35%).
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I have dyslexia, ” says Torgersen to DN, and find that the letters jump when he reads.
He is critical to the academic requirements of the corporate world often asks of the leaders.
– We are all alike, all together.
But the numbers have Torgersen control over. At the same time, he has a nose for special products and is active buyer of nisjebedrifter that produce everything from barneposer to skibokser.
After that Torgersen took over parts of the family business in 1984 the company has concentrated on safety equipment.
In 1999, the turnover in group HTS for the almost 83 million. In 2015, total sales revenues of 610 million.
– In the year budsjetterer we with a turnover of 780 million, ” says Torgersen.
the Group has in all the years earned the money and has, since 1999, had a combined profit before tax of nok 235 million.
Bought sykkelprodukter
New products started with the rear-facing child seats with the product “BeSafe”.
We have been producing child seats for over 26 years. As far as I know has no children died in our products, ” says Torgersen.
Eventually have its product portfolio increased with the purchase of bilinnredningsselskapet Loyds Industry, a skiboksprodusent that HTS has developed under the brand “Packline”, the Swedish manufacturer of cycling helmets Net and the acquisition of the Norwegian barnepose-player “Voksi”.
In 2010 bought Torgersen plastprodusenten Hamax in the Moss which brought to the HTS sykkelseter, sykkelvogner and sledges in the product range.
‘Sells to over 50 countries”
When sykkelentusiasten Torgersen takes on sportsbrillen “Swisseye”, is it a product of his group’s owner.
We sell products to over 50 countries in the world, ” says Torgersen that have a own factory in China.
In the year will HTS wind up montasjeproduksjonen of the child seat “Besafe” on the Krøderen, because it one product that can be installed in Norway has had a salgssvikt, while the other products increases.
– the Group still has some production left on the Krøderen, ” says Torgersen that does not put hide the fact that he can once again surprise after the betting on the electric vehicle.
the Entrepreneur in me likes to create new things, ” he says.
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