10.05.2016

New CEO for Time Danmark

Time Danmark has promoted its chief financial officer Kim Bach Jensen, to chief executive. He takes over from company founder Per Torp who plans to expand his activities as chief executive of the European regional sales company Time International.
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Kim Bach Jensen

A reception held today at Time Danmark headquarters officially marked Jensen’s appointment as well as celebrating Torp’s 60th birthday. In an interview with Vertikal.net.
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Per Torp (L) hands over the reins to Kim Bach Jensen

Speaking of the future and how long he might stay with the company, he said: "As long as my health allows, I will continue - and I feel very good," He also adds that he now wants to set out the long term succession plans, first of all for Time Denmark and then Time International.
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Per Torps 60th birthday cake

Torp will continue to be based in Farsø and plans to focus more on the sales again. "I want to spend more time outside again meeting my customers and partner companies on their turf.

Speaking of Kim Bach Jensen he says: "We complement each other very well. The change at the top of Time Denmark but will bring no change in philosophy with him".

Jensen has a substantial task to manage, establishing a new Time France subsidiary.. "We will soon be back again in France and Spain," said Jensen.
The new company – Time France – has already been set up, and the first employees recruited. The ongoing plan is to establish four service stations across France and - and possibly finding a manufacturing/ boom mounting facility.
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The Time Danmark facility

In Spain the company has already appointed Talleres Robles trading as Versalift Ibérica See Versalift adds dealer in Spain and is making good progress in France.

Torp sees himself as just one of a team, "The success of a company is not achieved by a 'one-man Show '. It is the team that determines the success. Some of our employees have been with the company for more than two decades and that means something"said Torp.

"It is the spirit that within the company and the people themselves who create the success added Jensen. "To transfer the spirit you need to be with a company more than just a year. if a problem occurs with a customer, we do not run away, but seek the solution to the problem. Therefore, most of our sales people have a technical background. I think that is important ".

Time includes Time Manufacturing in Waco, Texas which produces around 4,500 truck mounted lifts a year. Time Denmark and Time International, both based in Denmark, where platforms from the United States are mounted on local vehicles, while the local company also produces some of its own models. Time International is responsible for the sales activities. Then there is Versalift UK which acts pretty much like Time Danmark, mounting booms from the USA onto local vehicles and producing some models of its own, with annual production of around 450 to 500 units.