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STENCA ON THE LOOK-OUT FOR GROWTH By setting up an offce in Esbjerg Stenca Trading has established a bridgehead for getting involved in major projects and cooperation with new partners. The message from Stenca is not to be missed. The arrival at Esbjerg is to be followed up by further expansion headed by Steen Hansen. Almost three decades working for Danbor Services before moving on to Stenca Trading, makes him a man of experience ready to be heading the ambitious company. “We set up an offce here in Esbjerg to be closer to our customers. Esbjerg is the center of Danish oil and gas, so being present here provides for a better and more qualifed dialogue with present as well as future clients. Naturally, we are looking beyond the Danish bor- ders, too, but we want a solid base here in Esbjerg where we have a chance to work with mayor players, like for instance Semco,” states Steen Hansen, who is focusing on several ways of achieving the desired growth. “We would prefer to grow from the inside, but purchasing other companies is not ruled out. Now that we are here, we are looking at all that may be of inter- Stenca Trading and Steen Hansen est, and that goes for activities similar to our primary have established a bridgehead in Esbjerg. business, too. We are considering several opportunities,” states Steen Hansen who is joined by the second staff member of the new offce, indicating that it is the com- pany’s intention to take on more and more major jobs. “Even if at the moment we are a small company we WE WOULD PREFER TO GROW FROM THE FACTS – STENCA TRADING INSIDE, BUT PURCHAS- / ESTABLISHED IN 1997. / HEAD OFFICE IN AALBORG, DENMARK, AND OFFICES ING OTHER COMPA- IN ESBJERG AND STAVANGER. AGENTS IN VIETNAM, SINGAPORE AND KOREA. NIES IS NOT RULED OUT / STENCA TRADING IS OFFERING PROFESSIONAL LIFE CYCLE SOLUTIONS WITHIN INSULATION, OUTFITTING OF ACCOMMODATIONS, FIRE PREVENTION SYSTEMS FOR THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY AS WELL AS FOR are not scared away by major projects. We once man- MARINE AND ONSHORE INSTALLATIONS. aged overnight to provide 480 qualifed persons for a project, and we want to go full speed ahead. If the / STENCA TRADING PARTICIPATES IN THE DEVELOP- goods on the shelf is not in the best possible condition MENT OF NEW PRODUCTS AND SOLUTIONS TO THESE you do not land a project of such a size, and we are pre- BRANCHES. pared to repeat that success,” states Steen Hansen from his new offce in Esbjerg. ■ 53 / STENCA ON THELOOK-OUT FOR GROWTH