How Kristian Buur Catapulted Bramidan into the U.S. Market
Back in 2007, Kristian Buur was at a crossroads: complete his final semester of college or take an internship with the Danish Consulate in Chicago.
The Waste360 40 Under 40 winner chose the latter, jumpstarting his international business career by taking a role in which he assisted Danish companies with entering the U.S. market.
One of those companies was baler and compactor manufacturer Bramidan, where Burr currently leads as president of the company's U.S. division.
"At that point, Bramidan had never really sold any equipment to the U.S. So we did a site survey, we figured out technical requirements and started talking a little bit with some dealers and distributors and finding out what their needs and wishes were and what the potential was," he explains. "Upon completion of that project, they offered me to be to run the U.S. office afterwards. Before starting the job, I didn't have any experience with the with pretty much with the waste industry, with balers or contractors for that matter. I was pretty green I started."
Buur discusses how he catapulted Bramidan into the U.S. market, how he has seen the industry change and what he looks forward to in the future.
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