Today there has been a small fire in the finished goods warehouse at Brødrene Hartmann A/S' factory
in Canada. So far, the cause of the fire is unknown. There have been no damages to people, buildings or production equipment, and production is expected to resume within the next 24 hours.
Smoke developing from the fire may probably have ruined the major part of the products in the finished goods warehouse, which corresponded to approx. 2 weeks of production, thus leading to a difficult supply situation in the coming months.
The above circumstances will not have any affect on the result for 2004, nor will they affect the result for 2005 to any large extent. The Group's overall expectations for 2005 will be announced as planned at the time of the release of the annual accounts 2004 on 15 March 2005.
Brødrene Hartmann A/S
Asger Domino Michael Hedegaard Lyng
President & CEO CFO
The press release can be downloaded from the following link:
