The Founder
ege was founded by Mads Eg Damgaard in 1938. Today, ege is one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of textile flooring. Mads Eg Damgaard was a visionary. His philosophy was uncompromising: he used only the latest and most advanced technology in carpet production and he was not afraid to challenge convention. His philosophy survives at ege.
Activities
In 1985, ege was listed for the first time as a public limited company in Denmark: egetæpper a/s. The group's primary activities are production and sales of tufted carpets for the contract and domestic markets. ege produces more than 30 different standard carpet products for the contract market and just under 30 standard domestic products, and we use advanced technologies to produce these in a multitude of colours and patterns. On an annual basis, we produce about 5 million m2 of carpets.
The carpet production takes place at our two factories in Denmark.
- Herning: Production and sale of patterned, tufted and flat-woven carpets.
- Gram: Production of tufted and flat-woven carpets
ege also purchases undyed flat-woven ground tissue from Bentzon Carpets. We dye and add backing to the ground tissue, which we then resell.
Markets
In addition to our factories in Denmark, the ege carpets group owns subsidiaries in Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the UK and China, and a sales office in the United Arab Emirates. These are ege's key markets. ege also has a network of agents and distributors in 48 different countries.
Segments
ege focuses primarily on the contract market, where the company sells to five different segments:
- Hotels
- Offices
- Healthcare
- Institutions
- Transport
In the domestic carpets market, ege concentrates its efforts in Denmark and Sweden. Our customers are primarily retail chains and independent retail stores.
Sales
The ege sales organisation takes care of carpet sales from the main office in Herning and through our subsidiary companies and agents/distributors. The sales department in Vejle takes care of yarn sales.
Group Management
ege is managed by CEO Svend Aage Færch Nielsen and SEO John Vestergaard.
The Board of Directors is:
- Director Ebbe Malte Iversen (Chairman)
- Director Anne Mette Zachariassen
- Director Egon Damgaard
- Director Frank Uhrenholt
- Director Peder Fisker Knudsen
- Convenor Niels Clausen (since August 2011)
- Freight Assistant Maja Lorenzen (since August 2011)
Employees
In 2006, we embarked on implementation of the occupational health and safety management system, DS/OHSAS 18001, the objective of which is to manage and minimise safety and health risks in the workplace. The group also offers employees a benefits package, including healthy food in the staff canteen and physiotherapy, which helps make ege carpets an attractive workplace.
In Herning, we employ 222 people, of whom 108 are monthly-paid and 114 are hourly-paid employees. In Gram, there is a total of 57 employees, of whom 10 are monthly-paid and 47 hourly-paid. In addition, there are 10 monthly-paid employees at ege contract. The overall total is 328 employees in Denmark.
Mission and Values
The ege mission:We design carpets with respect for people and the environment.
Openness
In general, ege has a declared intention to maintain a high level of information to the world around us. We therefore publish quarterly, half-yearly and annual reports. We also publish an annual environmental report, an annual CSR report and annual greenhouse gas accounts. As a supplement to these reports, we also publish our "Green Environmental Profile", a report that covers all our environmental initiatives and labelling schemes, including focus on specific cases.
eges headoffice, Herning
The factory in Gram
Bentzon Carpets
