- E. A. Smith
E.A. Smith AS is a Norwegian
trading company which owns other companies in the "SmithGroup ". It has itsheadquarters inTrondheim .The firm was founded by
wholesale r "Elias Anton Smith" (died 1912) in 1869. It is today the country's oldest active trading companies. The company is still and owned by his decendants, withTrond Reinertsen as President. One of Elias Anton's sons wasNorwegian-American "Elias Anton Cappelen Smith" who, among others, waspartner in "Guggenheim Brothers",New York , and gave largedonation s to Norway.From the start, the company dealt with trade on iron and
hardware , oil and derivatives, as well ascement and coal. These products would be the company's main interest in the following years. Elias Anton Smith's company flourished, and became well known both by the town's public, and in the larger districts ofTrøndelag and Nord-Norge.The Smith group is today established in large parts of the country, and is Norway's only complete
supplier ofsteel ,metal s, building materials,lumber ,reinforcement andtools withcustomer service andlogistic s. The headquarters are based in Trondheim, where E. A. Smith AS deals with centralfinance ,accounting ,financial solutions ,loan s andIT services for the whole Smith group.
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