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The CALDAN Team in Bad Hersfeld - year 2020
Anniversaries in the Caldan Group
In 2020 CALDAN, the Danish
supplier of overhead & floor
conveyor systems, is proud to
celebrate two anniversaries
within the Group:
CALDAN Germany
- established in Bad Hersfeld, in the middle
of Germany in 2000 with the objective of
getting a strategic, local base in the most
important export market for CALDAN. The
sales office in Bad Hersfeld started out with
two former colleagues from a German
engineering company: Frank Berg, today’s
Managing Director and Marco
Guth, Sales Engineer & Project
Manager.
Today the subsidiary has developed
into the largest in CALDAN Group
employing 20 local persons in a
300 m2 office in Bad Hersfeld.
Furthermore, CALDAN Service
GmbH has been founded (2002)
supplying service, maintenance and
spare parts to Germany, Austria,
Switzerland and Eastern European
countries. CALDAN now has more
than 1000 highly complex and
large systems, some up to 2000 m
in length, running
Managing Director Paulo Afonso in
the office in Le Mans - year 2020
and Frank Berg. One year later CALDAN
France was founded in
in Germany, and neighbouring countries.
Among the customers are world
renowned brands like AUDI, VW, BMW,
CLAAS, DEUTZ, PALFINGER, LIEBHERR,
JUNGHEINRICH, SIEMENS, SEW,
BOSCH and MIELE.
The team in Bad Hersfeld reaches far
beyond German borders, and today the
subsidiary is responsible for sales in
Austria, Switzerland, Benelux, Poland,
Czech Republic, Russia, South America,
Turkey, Italy and not least France.
CALDAN France
Managing Director Frank Berg & Sales Engineer
Marco Guth in front of the Danish HQ - year 2000
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MARCH 2020
In 2009 the initial contacts were
established between Paulo Afonso,
managing director of SEMA, a French
supplier of materials handling equipment
Le Mans, managed by Paulo Afonso. With him
and his team CALDAN gained years of
experience within the materials handling and
surface treatment industries as well as a strong,
local base in France. Apart from sales activities,
the office in Le Mans also supplies service,
maintenance and spare parts. For CALDAN
sales in the French market has developed from
sporadic to highly significant during the
10-year period. In 2020 CALDAN conveyor
system number 50 is installed in France, and
among the customers are international brand
names like DANFOSS, AIRBUS, RENAULT, ZF,
KUBOTA, SNCF and ROWENTA.
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