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NKT Holding A/S 
Type Publicly traded Traded as OMX: NKT Industry Industrial machinery Founded 1891 Founder(s) H.P. Prior Headquarters Copenhagen, Denmark Key people Christian Kjær (Chairman), Thomas Hofman-Bang (President and CEO), Michael Hedegaard Lyng (CFO), Søren Isaksen (CTO), Products Power cables, Pipelines, cleaning equipment, optical fibres Revenue DKK 14.45 billion (2010)[1] Operating income DKK 479.7 million (2010)[1] Profit DKK 266.2 million (2010)[1] Total assets DKK 12.56 billion (end 2010)[1] Total equity DKK 4.112 billion (end 2010)[1] Employees 8,450 (average, 2010)[1] Subsidiaries NKT Cables, Nilfisk-Advance, Photonics Group, NKT Flexibles (co-owned with Subsea 7) Website www.nkt.dk NKT Holding is a holding company and industrial conglomerate with interests in cables and wires, cleaning equipment and high-pressure cleaners for both industry and private use, flexible pipelines for the oil and gas industry as well as optical components, lasers and crystal fibres.
The company is listed on NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen Stock Exchange and has been so since 1898.
NKT Holding is the parent company, with 4 main subsidiaries, being;
- NKT Cables
- Nilfisk-Advance
- Photonics Group (NKT Photonics, LIOS Technology, Vytran)
- NKT Flexibles (co-owned with Subsea 7)
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History
The company was founded in 1891 by H.P Prior, who would later become chairman of the Danish industry council, under the name of "Nordisk Elektrisk Ledningstraad og Kabel-Fabrik". It quickly expanded, buying up other companies, and it 1898 was named "Nordiske Kabel og Traadfabriker".
Over the next more than 100 years the company is active in a number of sectors outside the cable industry, including glass, aluminium, steel, nails, fasteners etc.
In 1990 the current company structure is established and over the next 10 years, begins merging and selling of several companies in the portfolio with the aim to concentrate on a smaller number of core businesses with major international potential. The past decade, the company has continued that path, founded by the "best owner" philosophy, where NKT Holding provides a kind of industrial home for each entity until such time as the may be ready for further development and growth under "better" ownership.
Most recently NKT Holding launched its 2011-2015 strategy "Powered by NKT" focusing on growth and value creation.
International operations
NKT is present all over the world, both with sales offices and with production facilities and factories. NKT Holding A/S, Nilfisk-Advance, Photonics Group and NKT Flexibles are all headquartered in Denmark, whereas the NKT Cables headquarter is located in Cologne, Germany.
Members of the Board of Directors of NKT Holding
- Christian Kjær, Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Jens Due Olsen, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Jan Erik Jensen, employee elected
- Gunnar Karsten Jørgensen, employee elected
- Arne Dan Kjærulff, employee elected
- Jens Maaløe
- Kurt Bligaard Pedersen
- Lone Fønss Schrøder
- Jan Trøjborg
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External links
OMX Copenhagen 20 companies of DenmarkA.P. Møller-Mærsk · Carlsberg · Chr. Hansen · Coloplast · D/S Norden · Danske Bank · DSV · FLSmidth & Co. · GN Store Nord · Lundbeck · NKT Holding · Novo Nordisk · Novozymes · Pandora · Sydbank · TDC · Topdanmark · Tryg · Vestas Wind Systems · William Demant
Categories:- Companies listed on the OMX exchanges
- Companies established in 1891
- Companies of Denmark
- Holding companies
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