Thomas Egebo, Danish Permanent Secretary of State and Deputy Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate, and delegates at the ceremony
Addressing the ceremony, Thomas Egebo, Danish Permanent Secretary of State, and Deputy Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate, stressed the importance of energy efficiency solutions. “Vietnam’s challenge is not growth, Vietnam’s challenge is to make growth sustainable,” he said. “Denmark, including Danish companies, are well placed to help Vietnam overcome this. This goes particularly for a company like Grundfos, one of the leading companies in the world in providing energy efficiency pumps, and solar pump solutions.”
According to Grundfos, the company is performing well thanks to the positive economic growth of Vietnam, which leads to the opening of the company’s new office as well as the rising number of staff. The new Grundfos head office located at district 9 in Ho Chi Minh city is 1,600 square meters, with 50 working staff members. ”With this new office, we show our commitment to invest into Vietnam to support country’s social economic development by providing our products and services and creating high-skilled jobs. We grow with the country’s growth,” said Mr. Okay Barutcu, Asia Pacific Regional Managing Director of Grundfos.
Grundfos was founded in 1945. With over 70 years of development, the company has become a global corporation, one of the biggest pump solutions providers. About one seventh of the world population has benefited from Grundfos’s products.
Through more than 80 companies, Grundfos are directly accessible in 56 countries across North America, Europe, China, Asia Pacific and other new markets. The company employs around 19,000 people at present.
Grundfos focuses on developing advanced technology and environment friendly solutions to provide the market with high quality, energy saving pumps.
Grundfos Vietnam, which was established in the end of 2008 with 100% investment from Grundfos Corporation, has provided clean water to thousands of households in Ben Tre and Ca Mau provinces through its community projects using solar pump and pump stations./.