GLOBALscandinavia expands with subsidiary in Norway
As at 1 May 2010, we have acquired the
translation agency, "Tysk Språkservice", in
Norway. The acquisition of the Norwegian agency is the last piece
in our strategy of being represented in all Scandinavian countries,
and it further consolidates our position on the Scandinavian
market.
The previous owners and translators will
continue in the new GLOBALscandinavia AS, and we look forward to
the future cooperation with Berit, Jan, Magnus and Bjørn.
We still deliver professional and well-sounding
translations which are so highly adapted to the
individual languages as to not being considered
translations but rather new original texts.
Like many other industries, the translation
industry has been hard hit by the financial crisis. Several
agencies in Scandinavia have had to close down, and others have had
to drastically reduce their activities. But GLOBALscandinavia has
taken a different approach and has expanded its business instead of
reducing it.
"With this acquisition, we have obtained the final piece in our
strategy of being represented in all Scandinavian countries. We
have aimed at creating an organisation capable of generating orders
transnationally and reciprocally in our focal countries, and we
have now achieved this objective," says Ralf Hohle Hansen, CEO of
GLOBALscandinavia.
GLOBALscandinavia is currently seeing a high intake of customers
and in 2010 has hired several translators and
administrative employees on the Danish, Swedish and Finnish
markets. With the newly added department in Norway, the number of
permanently employed translators will exceed most
competitors in the market, who use freelancers to a greater
degree.
"The demand for translation services delivered
across Scandinavia has increased noticeably. Wise from the crisis,
the customers have become even more critical and require competence
and consistency from their suppliers. We are even more geared to
meeting these demands and requirements with our new, Norwegian
department of GLOBALscandinavia," Ralf Hohle Hansen explains.
