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Nordisk Fjer, formerly named Nordisk Fjerfabrik A/S (Nordic Feather Factory), was a Danish company established in 1901 and existing until 1991. It was founded in Svendborg by Hans Ove Lange, but moved to Copenhagen during its rapid expansion in the interwar period. During its existence, it traded and cleaned feathers for use in the duvet and furniture industries. The company peaked economically in 1989 with a revenue of 400 million USD, employing 4300 people i 12 countries.〔http://borsen.dk/nyheder/avisen/artikel/12/877655/artikel.html?hl=Tm9yZGlzayBGamVy〕 ==History== From its start, Nordisk Fjer imported feather from primarily China and Russia, processing it for the European market. From 1917 the company started exporting to the United States, and from the 1920s to the United Kingdom, Germany, China and Japan. It was introduced on the stock exchange in 1928. During the interwar period, subsidiaries was started in Sweden, United Kingdom and the Netherlands to support the growing European sales operations. After a production decrease during the Second World War, production increased again from 1945, establishing production and trading companies in Malaya, Canada and Japan. In the 1970s the company faced new challenges as its debt rose from approximately 8 million USD in 1970 to around 200 million USD in 1984. Its profits did not rise due to investment failures in the decade. During the 1980s, a series of revaluations of the company's assets was made to disguise its critical economic challenges. In 1978 Nordisk Fjer CEO Johannes Petersen decided to focus on introducing feather-duvets on the American market. Although it did not pay off initially, Petersen decided to expand and establish new production facilities in the U.S., Australia and Japan. In 1988, the company acquired the American textile company Chatham Manufacturing Company as part of a strategy to grow in the American market. With its 2500 employees, the acquisition doubled the company's size. In 1990, the strategy was named "Project Southern Comfort", gathering all subsidiaries, production sites and activities in the Dutch company Northern Feather International N.V. of which the listed company Nordisk Fjerfabrik Holding A/S would own 48 %. The remaining 52% were to be sold off to three international partners for a price of 80 million USD. The Danish holding company transformed to an investment company only. The corporation founded the dorm Nordisk Kollegium in Copenhagen in 1942. During the corporation's existence it supported the dorm financially. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nordisk Fjer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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