Vestergaard is a company headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland that manufactures public health tools for people in developing countries.
Founded as Vestergaard Frandsen in 1957 as a uniform maker, the company evolved into a social enterprise making products for humanitarian aid in the 1990s.
[3] In 1990, Torben bought up 1 million yards of Swedish army surplus fabric used for uniforms, and turned it into blankets for aid organizations.
[3] Under Mikkel's leadership the company focused on the business model of humanitarian entrepreneurship, product innovation that improves lives of people and makes a profit.
Those early products defined Vestergaard's three focus areas aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals: public health, water and food security.
[7] The company moved headquarters from Kolding to Lausanne in 2005–6, which it said was to better attract specialist employees and due to the presence of international organizations such as UN agencies and the Red Cross in Switzerland.