Peterson (company)
Industry | Paper industry |
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Founded | 1801 |
Headquarters | Moss, Norway |
Key people | Terje Haglund (chair) Per A. Lilleng Per C. Kløvstad |
Revenue | 3.4 billion kr |
Number of employees | 1,595 |
Subsidiaries | Peterson Packaging Peterson Linerboard |
Website | www.peterson.no |
Peterson AS is an industrial corporation based in Moss, Norway. Until 2006 it was known as M. Peterson & Søn.
History
It traces its roots to a company founded in 1801 by Danish-born merchant Momme Peterson (1771–1835). Originally a small general store with various groceries and manufactured goods, he later opened a spinning mill. In 1828 the company took the name M. Peterson & Søn. Peterson also expanded to trade with timber,[1] and from 1848, the building and owning of ships.[2] In 1875 it bought Moss Jernverk which had had a good location.
Having combined timber and shipping, in 1883 the company left the shipping business under the leadership of
In 2001, the unit Peterson Scanproof (a successor of Greaker Industrier) was split from M. Peterson & Søn to form a company of its own,
Structure
In 1989 a new corporate model was introduced, with the ten individual companies grouped under one umbrella—M. Peterson & Søn, still family owned. Various transactions between 1998 and 2001, including the selling of Peterson Scanproof and the acquiring of the solid board division of UPM-Kymmene,[2] left a corporate structure with M. Peterson & Søn as the parent, and Peterson Packaging and Peterson Linerboard as branches. Peterson Packaging is further subdivided into Peterson Packaging OY and Peterson Emballasje AS, the distinction between the two being that the latter operates in Norway while the former operates abroad.[7] Since the Peterson name was introduced in all sub-companies in 1992,[2] each production unit is named according to its location and field. For instance, the factory formerly known as Sarpsborg Papp is formally named Peterson Emballasje AS, Sarpsborg.[8]
In addition to factories in several countries, the company operates numerous sales offices spread around Europe.[1][8]
Logo
The original company logo was based on the violet. In 1930 the current elephant theme was introduced. It fell into disuse in the 1970s, but made its return in 1984. The elephant body forms the letters M-O-S-S, in reference to the company's foundation city. The object carried by the elephant is not a tree trunk, but a roll of paper fresh off the mill.[9]
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. Archived from the originalon 16 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f "History of Peterson AS". Peterson AS. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.[permanent dead link]
- Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.[permanent dead link]
- Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.[permanent dead link]
- Store norske leksikon. Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Organization". Peterson AS. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ a b "About us". Peterson AS. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2009.
- ^ "Historikk" (in Norwegian). Peterson Emballasje. Retrieved 18 January 2009.