SupplyChain Magazine January 2018 | Page 153

SUPPLY CHAIN

FLSmidth is the market-leading supplier of productivity to the global mining and cement industries . With offices in more than 50 countries , it delivers engineering , equipment and service solutions to customers worldwide

Within the cement industry , we are as known as Coca-Cola is in the soda industry .” This is how Søren Grubbe , VP of Supply Chain , introduces Denmark ’ s FLSmidth . Currently celebrating its 135th anniversary , it ’ s easy to see how the company has built such a reputation over more than a century . FLSmidth is a world-leading technology company which , through countless innovations in engineering , has pioneered the cement and mineral industries .
FLSmidth has a strategy , where it delivers projects , products , and services . “ This is a very unique combination ,” Grubbe comments . “ Where many of our competitors are very much focused only on projects , or only products , or only services , we have the full end-to-end flowsheet of products . Also , we focus on the full lifecycle of a facility , both in the construction and operations phase . That ’ s one of our key success factors .”
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