Chr. Hansen restructures its US organization

02/06/06 Following Chr. Hansen’s change from a functional to a divisional organization eight months ago, Chr. Hansen now takes the next step and fully aligns its North American organization to the rest of the global business. This also includes a full integration of global product strategies.

"The new, integrated organization will serve as an important tool in executing our more focused product strategies. In order to provide our customers with the best solutions and service, and to speed up development projects and our ability to deliver, we need a leaner and more agile organization that works 100% with consistent global strategies, and thus benefits from all the knowledge and expertise available in the company globally," explains Lars Frederiksen, CEO at Chr. Hansen.

The approximately 30 positions, which are now unnecessary, out of the current 540 within the US organization, constitute primarily back-office and support functions. Positions affected by the restructuring in the US organization were decided upon for economic and operational reasons consistent with the new organization.