h1>Leading Danish Companies</h1> <img style="height:auto; width:auto; margin:0px 10px; max-height:255px; max-width:41%" alt="Leading Danish Companies" align="right" src="
"> <p>You might have heard of Danfoss, Arla Foods, and A.P. Moller-Maersk, a Danish company. Read on to discover what these companies are all about and how they design products and provide their customers with. It's not only the products that make these businesses successful.
/p> <h2>Danfoss
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p>Danfoss, a private, global engineering company is headquartered in Nordborg (Denmark). It provides technology solutions to industries all over the world. Its products and services include air conditioning and heating systems, climate control, and electronic motors. The company today employs more than 24,000 workers around the world. Its products are used in a myriad of applications and include heat pumps, cooling and heating systems and drive systems.
/p> <p>Danfoss is committed in fighting global warming and limiting carbon emission. It has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2030. It will thus use less energy in the production of its products. Danfoss is actively seeking opportunities for connecting its factories to district heating networks. In pursuing these opportunities Danfoss is making an important contribution to the global movement of world-class businesses that are aiming to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
/p> <h2>Arla Foods
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p>Arla Foods, a Danish dairy company, is headquartered in Arhus. Nearly 17,000 employees work for the company that is owned by more than 10,000 milk producers in Denmark/Sweden. It sells its products to more than 100 countries. Arla Foods, a major producer of cream cheese sells its products under the brand BUKO. Professional bakers in Japan are awestruck by its creamy spreads.
/p> <p>Arla is expanding its innovation activities to meet growing consumer demand. Arla is establishing an innovation center in Aarhus that will employ 120 people. The company plans to invest $25 million in the new facility. Arla's innovation strategy aims to become the world's top dairy producer and researcher. This is to ensure Arla is able to keep pace with fierce competition on the global market.
/p> <h2>A.P. Moller-Maersk
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p>A.P., a Danish shipping company, was founded in 1904. Moller took on the name Maersk to signify its shipping operations. Maersk is a fusion of the maiden name of the mother, Marsk, and has been able to become one of the most well-known shipping names around the world. The company began with 35 ships , and later added tanker operations. The company's fleet increased to 46 vessels in the 1930s. Its total deadweight capacity was greater than 160,000 tons.
/p> <p>The Danish company is active in many industries which include shipping infrastructure, oil and gas and shipping. Maersk Line has a large international presence, employing around 25,000 employees in 2012. In 2013, the company ranked as the largest overseas cargo carrier in the world, with over 600 vessels and 3.8 million Twenty-foot-equivalent units (TEU) capacity.
/p> <h2>Lego
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p>Lego is a renowned Danish company with more than 1000 employees at its Billund headquarters. In the beginning of the 1970s, the company had a turnover of $50 million annually and was responsible for about one percent of Danish industrial exports. The company also opened new foreign subsidiaries as well as reorganized its administration as sales increased. The acquisition of smaller companies helped to accelerate the company's growth.
/p> <p>The Lego Group began distributing its toys worldwide. They began by establishing wholesale agents in Germany and other European countries. In 1956, they established their first foreign sales subsidiaries. They had offices in more than 40 countries by the end of the decade. Today, Lego considers Europe its home market and uses its European base to expand its sales overseas.
/p> <h2>Novo Nordisk
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p>Novo Nordisk, one of the most renowned companies in Denmark has been in existence for more than 150 years. The company produces insulin which is a type of medicine that is used to treat diabetes. The first product was developed in a cellar in a former dairy factory. It was sold in forty different countries. It was made from pancreas that had been taken from animals. Insulin was initially transported by refrigerated automobiles, later railway vans or trucks. The company's modern factories were designed by Arne Jacobsen.
/p> <p>The company also engages in public-based activities, including investing in infrastructure and increasing awareness of diabetes. The company is also looking to expand its business into new markets like Iran, which has huge potential.
/p> <h2>Coloplast
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p>Coloplast is a Danish healthcare company with a global presence. Its products are used in many areas of health care, such as interventions in urology and wound care. The company employs more than 12,500 employees all over the world and owns all rights to its products. The company's goal is to improve the quality of life by providing more efficient patient care.
/p> <p>Founded in 1957 by Aage Louis-Hansen, Coloplast is one of Denmark's biggest life sciences and medical technology companies. Although the company is publicly traded but its ownership structure is mostly family-owned. Niels Peter Louis Hansen, the son and founder of the company, holds 41% of the voting right and owns 20% of the shares..
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