Toms International

Toms International
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	Confectionery production
Founded	1924
Founder	Hans Trojel; Victor Hans Meyer
Headquarters	Ballerup, Denmark
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Annette Zeipel (CEO)
Products	Chocolates, liquorice and sugar confectionery
Revenue	DKK 1.6 billion (2021)
Net income	DKK 80 million (2021)
Subsidiaries	Anthon Berg
Website	tomsgroup.com
	Footnotes / references;

Toms International is a Danish chocolate, liquorice and sugar confectionery producer, headquartered in Ballerup, Denmark. The company produces around 50,000 tons of chocolate and sugar confectionery annually which it supplies to customers in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom. The company employs around 1,200–1,700 people, depending on the season, and in 2021 generated revenues of DKK 1.6 billion.

History

Founded in 1924 as Tom Chokoladefabrik A/S by Copenhagen chemists Hans Trojel and Victor Hans Meyer, the company is now a chocolate producer. Originally the chocolate was a side item for sale in the chemists' retail shop on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen, the founders launched their own products on Prags Boulevard between 1925 and 1929.

The company was taken over by Victor B. Strand in 1942, who acquired the chocolate company Anthon Berg shortly after. In 1961, a new factory was designed by the famous Danish modernist architect Arne Jacobsen and consisted of a 22,000 m² factory hall and a 3,000 m² administration building on a site measuring 220,000 m².

Around the time of the factory's completion in 1962, Toms acquired A/S J. Høeghs Lakrids og Sukkervarefabrikker, which shortly was renamed Pingvin Lakrids. Toms' final acquisition was that of A/S Galle & Jessen, in 1971.

In 2011, Toms acquired German company Hanseatische Chocolade GmbH and with it the company and chocolate brand Hachez.^[3]

Ownership

The company is fully owned by Gerda og Victor B. Strands Fond.^[4]

Brands

Anthon Berg – a corporate division within Toms International, the company produced a diverse variety of chocolate products.^[5] The title "Purveyors to the Royal Danish Court" was awarded to Anthon Berg^[6] in 1957.^{[citation needed]}
Bogø Chokolade
Holly Bar
Nellie Dellies
Toms
Pingvin
Yankie Bar – a popular chocolate bar in Denmark composed of caramel, nougat, and milk chocolate

Galle & Jessen

Ga-Jol
Galle & Jessen

References

^ "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "European Candy Companies". Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Toms Gruppen A/S Acquires Hanseatische Chocolade | Mergr". mergr.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
^ "Årsrapport 2010" (PDF) (in Danish). Toms Gruppen.
^ MC. The Manufacturing Confectioner. Manufacturing Confectioner. 1995. p. 91. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
^ "Liqueur-filled chocolates, anyone?". Daily News and Analysis India. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

External links

Official website (in Danish)

[Annual_Report_2021-1] "Annual Report 2021" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[CEO_2021-2] "European Candy Companies". Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[3] "Toms Gruppen A/S Acquires Hanseatische Chocolade | Mergr". mergr.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.

[4] "Årsrapport 2010" (PDF) (in Danish). Toms Gruppen.

[5] MC. The Manufacturing Confectioner. Manufacturing Confectioner. 1995. p. 91. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

[6] "Liqueur-filled chocolates, anyone?". Daily News and Analysis India. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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