Things are going quite well for the construction group MSE, based in Alstrup in Nordfalster. The company is a subcontractor on, among other things, earthworks on the Fehmarn project and is also busy with district heating projects and other contracts.
Five times the Fehmarn project
But there is a long way to go from being a subcontractor on Danish construction projects – also the largest in Denmark’s history – to bidding on a German railway project that, in terms of kroner and dollars, is at least five times larger than the Fehmarn project:
Too much of a little brother
– The tenders will be too large. We are too much of a little brother to be there. We participated in Deutsche Bahn’s supplier day a few months ago, and it’s getting too big, says Jan Sørensen, CEO of MSE.
Has established a company in Germany
However, MSE has ambitions that extend beyond Denmark’s borders. The company has established itself in Germany under the name MSE GmBH and, among other things, carries out earthworks in Puttgarden on the German side of the Fehmarn project. So it is not unlikely that machines with the MSE logo on the side will still be seen when the work to renovate the northern German track sections gets under way:
Interesting to be a subcontractor
– We think it is interesting as a subcontractor. All in all, the North German market is interesting. Our considerations are that it is closer and easier for us than having to go to Zealand or Copenhagen, says Jan Sørensen from MSE.
9,000 kilometers for 45 billion Euros
Deutsche Bahn and the German federal government announced on Friday that they will invest 45 billion euros (about 335 billion kroner) in an upgrade of 9,000 kilometers of railway to a high-capacity network until 2030.
