Silvan Byggemarked
Encyclopedia
Silvan is a Danish
retail
DIY store with headquarters in Århus, Denmark
. The company is a part of DT Group owned by the global building materials supplier company Wolseley plc.
Silvan opened its first DIY store in Slagelse
in 1968, and today it is one of the the leading do-it-yourself retailers in Denmark with 40 stores in the country as well as 11 stores in the southern part of Sweden
.
Besides retailing Silvan also offers DIY schools.
In 2008 Silvan and its sister company Stark was widely criticized due to the selling of granite
from India
which was produced under objectionable conditions.
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
retail
Retail
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
DIY store with headquarters in Århus, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The company is a part of DT Group owned by the global building materials supplier company Wolseley plc.
Silvan opened its first DIY store in Slagelse
Slagelse
Slagelse, a town in east Denmark, is in Slagelse municipality on the island of Zealand. It is about 100 km southwest of Copenhagen. The population is 31,979 ....
in 1968, and today it is one of the the leading do-it-yourself retailers in Denmark with 40 stores in the country as well as 11 stores in the southern part of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
.
Besides retailing Silvan also offers DIY schools.
In 2008 Silvan and its sister company Stark was widely criticized due to the selling of granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
from India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
which was produced under objectionable conditions.