About us

Trade Connectors FMBA, is a not-for-profit association for GS1 Member Organisations to benefit, collaborate, invest and build a GS1 Platform together.

We welcome all GS1 Member Organisations, large, medium or small. In essence, we are confident that our structure is attractive for all sizes and that we have a value proposition which will fit all sizes.

Our focus is solely to provide value for GS1 Member Organisations. So if our technology makes your members smile, we know it will reflect positively on you as a GS1 Member Organization and you as a service provider.

All GS1 Member
Organisations
are welcome
Build
a GS1 Platform
together

Trade Connectors FMBA was established in July 2019; however, the history of the company began back in May 2015 where GS1 Denmark and GS1 Hungary decided to develop a GDSN Certified Data Pool. This Data Pool was ready for production in May 2016 for the GDSN Major Release.

At the same time, GS1 Denmark and GS1 Hungary established a joint venture company called Trade Connectors A/S which was the foundational steps for Trade Connectors.

After some successful years as Trade Connectors A/S, GS1 Denmark and GS1 Finland decided to transform the company from being a shareholding company (A/S) into a Limited Liability and not-for-profit association (FMBA) which is called Trade Connectors FMBA.

The reason for the legal entity change was to ensure the attractiveness of the organisations interest, namely to ensure that; the joint ownership remains, it is not-for-profit, the membership of the association will be exclusively for GS1 Member Organization and to build a GS1 Platform.

Exclusive
to GS1 Member
Organizations
Collaborate closely
with Product
Management and
Development

The operational side of the association is conducted with very close collaboration with the Members project teams, the Product Management team and Development team.

Trade Connectors has its main operational activities performed from Denmark, Hungary and Finland. In Hungary, we have a very close business partnership with Pro-Sharp with whom we are providing all operations and development services.

Annual General Meeting
The association is governed by an Annual General Meeting, where our members can participate.

Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is constituted by the A-Members of the association.

Platform Committee
There is a Platform Committee which drives and governs the Joint Development. The Platform Committee is conducted between the A-Members of the association to leverage the economics of scale.

To ensure that GS1 Member Organisations invest jointly in technology and avoid having to invest individually with multiple vendors.

Drive and govern
development
as a platform
committee member
Vision
Trade Connectors pursues to be the preferred Business Partner for GS1 Member Organisations.
Mission
Enable the connection between the physical and digital world. We specialize in the digital journey of products - managing the digital twin of products in data value chain.
Values
  • Collaboration
  • Quality
  • Cost efficiency
  • Responsibility

Foundation principles

  • Trade Connectors FMBA is a not-for-profit organisation.
  • Only GS1 Member Organisations can become members.
  • A-Members have shared responsibility and control.
  • Trade Connectors FMBA will build a GS1 Technology Platform – bringing standards alive with services.
  • Trade Connectors FMBA will facilitate opportunities for the members - Leveraging economies of scale.

Board of directors

Per Ahlmann Andersen
Board Member
Denmark, Copenhagen
Jukka Kehusmaa
Chairman
Finland, Helsinki

Team

Per Ahlmann Andersen
CEO
Denmark, Copenhagen
Jonas Adser
COO
Denmark, Copenhagen
Carsten Peyk
CTO
Denmark, Copenhagen
Mads Blankenburg
Product Owner
Denmark, Copenhagen
Gábor Krizsanits
Product Owner
Hungary, Budapest
Zsolt Jacsó
Product Owner
Hungary, Budapest