First local managing director for Shimadzu Denmark / Joachim Holm is a sales expert with experience in pharma, life science and medical products / Expertise bolstered at the office covering the Danish market

Joachim Holm is the first local managing director of the Shimadzu office in Denmark. On 1 April, he took over the reins at the office established 18 months ago in Ballerup on the outskirts of Copenhagen, which was previously managed centrally by the management of Shimadzu Europe and locally by Morten Thorslund, sales and service manager.

In Joachim Holm, Shimadzu has appointed an experienced senior sales leader specialising in pharma, life science and medical products. Holm studied pharmacy und business management in Copenhagen and has held several management positions at notable medical technology and pharma companies in recent years, including ChemoMetec and Specific Pharma. Thanks to his role as manager with responsibility for the Nordic countries – at Medtronic, among other places – he is familiar with the entire Scandinavian market. The 43-year-old lives with his family in the Copenhagen metropolitan area.

Holm wishes to focus his expertise on further developing Denmark‘s Shimadzu office: ‘Denmark is an important location for the growth sectors of healthcare, the environment and science. Our systems can deliver important benefits and drive developments. The establishment of the Shimadzu office in Denmark has already significantly improved links with the Danish market. We wish to intensify these relationships over the coming years and expand them across the entire Scandinavian market together with our colleagues in Norway and Sweden.’

Standing behind Joachim Holm and his aims is a 15-strong team, which is on hand to assist customers in the areas of sales and service, training and application support.

Shimadzu Denmark – a location in the heart of Denmark’s technology hub

Shimadzu, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of analytical instruments, has been running its own office in Denmark since September 2020. Since then, the company has been providing support at local level in the form of technological knowledge, market insights and the expertise of a manufacturer. On a site occupying around 350 square metres, the office supplies the entire range of instrumentation solutions and is home to a demonstration laboratory and seminar rooms in addition to the administration space. The manufacturing and consumer goods industry, the healthcare and environment sector and the world of science throughout Denmark benefit from sales, service and support thanks to direct access to the systems, solutions and expertise of one of the world’s leading suppliers of laboratory equipment.

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Joachim Holm is the first local managing director of Shimadzu Denmark. He took over the reins at the office on 1 April. The 43-year-old family man studied pharmacy and business and possesses many years of experience in sales management and business development. In his new role as managing director, Holm wishes to integrate Shimadzu Denmark even further into the Scandinavian market.
The Danish office of Shimadzu was opened in September 2020 in Ballerup on the outskirts of Copenhagen and features the entire range of analytical instrumentation solutions.