Banan-Matthiessen

Scandinavian banana importer, "bama" - It all started with a wooden box and a train journey in 1904. Wood dealer Matthiessen had never seen a banana before when he met A. Roger Ackerley, a British banana importer, on a train journey from London to Newcastle. Before the train journey was over, the seed was sown. Matthiessen was to produce wooden boxes for the English banana importer Elders & Fyffes Ltd. against that he got exclusive rights to banana imports to Scandinavia ...