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"> <h1>Leading Danish Companies</h1> <p>You might have heard of Danfoss, Arla Foods, and A.P. Moller-Maersk, but did you know that Lego is also a Danish company? Learn more about these companies and the ways they create products and assist customers. It's more than just the products that make these companies successful.
/p> <h2>Danfoss
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p>Danfoss is a private, global engineering firm with its headquarters in Nordborg, Denmark. It manufactures and offers technology solutions for industries worldwide. Its products and services include heating and air conditioning systems, climate control and electronic motors. The company currently employs more than 24,000 people all over the world. Its products have a wide array of applications. They include cooling and heating systems, heat pumps, and drive systems.
/p> <p>Danfoss is committed to fighting global warming and limiting carbon emissions. It has committed to becoming carbon-neutral by 2030. It will thus use less energy in the production of its products. It is actively looking for opportunities for connecting its factories to district heating networks. These opportunities are an important contribution from Danfoss to the global movement of leading companies that seek to limit global temperature increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
/p> <h2>Arla Foods
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p>Based in Arhus, Denmark, Arla Foods is one of the largest dairy companies in the world. Nearly 17,000 people work for the company that is owned by more than 10,000 milk producers in Denmark/Sweden. It exports its products in over 100 countries. Arla Foods is a leading producer of cream cheese, which it sells under the brand BUKO. The creamy spreads are a favorite with professional bakers in Japan.
/p> <p>To meet the increasing demand of consumers, Arla is expanding its innovation activities. Arla is establishing an innovation center in Aarhus which will employ 120 employees. The company is planning to invest more than $25 million in the new facility. Arla's strategy for innovation is focused on becoming the top company in the field of dairy research and production. This will ensure that Arla can keep pace with the 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 purchased the name Maersk for its shipping operations. The name comes from the maiden name of the mother, "Marsk," and it has since become one of the most prestigious shipping names in the world. The company started out with 35 ships and later added tanker operations. In the 1930s, the company's fleet had risen to 46 ships and its deadweight capacity was a staggering 160,000 tons.
/p> <p>The Danish company is involved in several industries, including infrastructure, oil and gas and shipping. Maersk Line has a large international presence, having around 25000 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.
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p>Lego is a leading Danish company with more than 1000 employees at its Billund headquarters. As of the beginning of the 1970s, the company was operating with 50 million dollars in turnover a year and accounted for about one percent of Danish industrial exports. The company established new foreign subsidiaries and reorganized its administration as sales increased. The acquisition of smaller firms helped accelerate the company's growth.
/p> <p>The Lego Group began international distribution of its toys. They began by establishing wholesale agents in Germany and other European countries. They set up their first foreign sales subsidiary in 1956. By the end of the decade, they had opened offices in more than 40 countries. Today, Lego considers Europe its home market and makes use of its European base to expand its operations overseas.
/p> <h2>Novo Nordisk
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p>Novo Nordisk is one of the top companies in Denmark, and has been around for more than 150 years. The company manufactures insulin, which is a medicine that can be used to treat diabetes. Its first product was manufactured in a basement of a former dairy facility. It was sold in forty countries and was produced from pancreas derived from animals. The insulin was initially transported by refrigerated cars , and later by railway vans and lorries. Arne Jacobsen created the modern manufacturing facilities of the company.
/p> <p>The company also works with the public in activities like infrastructure investment, and increasing awareness about diabetes. The company is also eager to expand its business into emerging markets, such as Iran, which has huge potential.
/p> <h2>Coloplast
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p>Coloplast, a Danish healthcare company, has a global reach. Its products are utilized in various areas of health care, such as wound care and interventional urology. The company employs more than 12,500 people across the globe, and owns the entire rights to its products. Its mission is to improve quality of life through higher quality patient care.
/p> <p>The company was founded in 1957 by Aage Louis-Hansen in 1957, Coloplast is one of Denmark's biggest life sciences and medical technology companies. The company is a public company, but its ownership structure is family-controlled. Niels Peter Louis-Hansen, the son of the founder, Aage is the owner of 41 percent of the voting rights, and owns 20 percent of the company's shares.
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