The history of the company

Back in the days

* in 1896 Jørgensen & Stilling and Petersen & Matzen decided to merge their firms together and founded the Aarhus Trælasthandel April 23.

* 1908 Aarhus Trælasthandel added its first subsidiary establishment Odder Trælasthandel.

* 1918 Ten years later The group opens a department in Copenhagen and changes its name to DDT A/S

* 1968 First Silvan opens in Slagelse.

* 1989 Expansion to Sweden with the acquisition of Beijer Byggmaterial.

* 1996 The group is renamed to Danske Trælast A/S

* 1997 Expansion to Norway with the acquisition of Neumann Bygg.

* 2000 Expansion to Finland with the acquisition of Starkki.

* 2006 Danske Trælast A/S changes its name to DT Group A/S.


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Organisation

DT Group
Danske Trælast Group - Danish Lumberyard


The Group's activities are organised in two main areas.

* The first is builders' merchants and DIY stores. such as Cheapy in Sweden (DIY Store) and Stark in Denmark. (Builders merchants)

* The second area in which DT Group operates is the plumbing and heating industry in the Central European market.

DT Group has 431 Stores with 8.321 employees in 14 countries 2011.


Wolseley

DT Group is a part of Wolseley plc, which is the world's largest specialist trade distributor of plumbing and heating products to professional contractors and a leading supplier of building materials to the professional market.

The Group distributes and supplies products in four main categories:

• Plumbing, heating and air conditioning
• Building materials
• Electrical
• Civils/waterworks, industrial and commercial

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Values

Ambitions -

Improve and pursue new goals and to improve our performance.

Service -

The strive to serve to increase our customers competitive advantage.

Efficiency -

Solutions and knowledge sharing through best practice.

Respect -

Respect for each person to develop. Professionally and personality.

Reliability -

That their business is honored and have honest business.

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Private Labels

What is a "privat label?"

A special brand that is made for one store or a company, and to be sold at that store or company only.
Comprised of products, which are marked with a company's own brand names.

Here is a list of DT Groups own private labels







Here is some example of what Cheapy in Sweden sells.



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