Kivi-Tex Explained

Kivi-Tex
Type:	Private limited company
Foundation:	1958
Founder:	K.P. Thorgaard
Location City:	Ballerup, Copenhagen
Location Country:	Denmark
Key People:	Eikemo Thorgård (CEO), Kristian Peter Thorgaard (chairman)
Industry:	Service
Services:	B-to-B laundry, textile rentale
Revenue:	DKK 1.472 billion (2015)^[1]
Num Employees:	2,660^[2]
Homepage:	http://www.dfd.dk/

Kivi-Tex is a services company headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the holding company of the textile services company De Forenede Dampvaskerier (DFD) and Elite Miljø.

History

De Forenede Dampvaskerier was founded by Kristian Peter Thorgaard when he Lunds Lunds Kitteldepot in 1958.^[3] In 1961, he acquired another company, Kivi. The name of his company was changed to Kivi Kittel and later to Kivi-Tex.

Kivi-Tex acquired Danish service company Elite Miljø in 2004. In 2017, it acquired Swedish textile services company Textilia from Accent Equity.^[4]

Operations

De Forenede Dampvaskerier operates 20 laundries in Scandinavia.^[5]

External links

• De Forenede Dampvaskerier

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guld 1000 2016. Danish. Berlingske Business. 13 September 2017.
2. Web site: Kuvu-tex. Danish. Berlingske Business. 13 September 2017.
3. Web site: 53 Familien Eikemo Thorgaard: Omsætning rundede 1,5 mia. kr.. Berlingske. 13 September 2017.
4. Web site: Lavare Holding gets a new owner – Accent Equity divests to De Forenede Dampvaskerier. dfd.dk. 13 September 2017. 20 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170920191258/http://www.dfd.dk/om-dfd/textilia. dead.
5. Web site: Dansk vaskerikonge i svensk gigantopkøb. Danish. finans.dk. 13 September 2017.