A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik

Public limited companyCVR 15248912KastrupActive

A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik is a public limited company, based in Kastrup, active in manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products, founded in 1934. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 7 of 14 companies in the industry in the database. The company made a loss in both 2024 and 2025, most recently DKK 7.7m. The company has existed for over 90 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 20.9m−17.9% vs. 2024

Net profit−DKK 7.7m+31.6% vs. 2024

EquityDKK 28.7m+910.3% vs. 2024

Employees34latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

Gross profit fell 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 20.9m.
The loss got smaller: from DKK 11.3m to DKK 7.7m (2024 → 2025).
Equity turned positive again: DKK 28.7m (2024 → 2025).

Employees

6 fewer employees than a year earlier: 34 (08/2026) against 40 (08/2025).

Calculated from the latest two annual reports in sequence and from registrations in CVR. A figure that is missing in either year gives no line, and we derive no figures.

Financial statements

Financial years 2020–2025 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

EquityNet profit

Financial figures for A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik
	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Change
Revenue	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	–
Gross profit	24,163	34,373	32,928	37,993	25,417	20,864	−17.9%
Operating profit (EBIT)	−4,720	1,885	−281	3,323	−12,212	−6,897	+43.5%
Profit before tax	−5,721	1,006	−1,737	714	−14,517	−9,821	+32.3%
Net profit	−4,462	785	−1,355	578	−11,315	−7,736	+31.6%
Total assets	66,220	74,229	76,689	72,009	58,775	83,326	+41.8%
Equity	7,763	8,548	7,193	7,771	−3,544	28,720	+910.3%
Liabilities	56,844	61,471	65,071	59,300	57,853	51,173	−11.5%
Cash and cash equivalents	94	2,663	12	0	1	61	+7,757.7%
Average number of employees	28	29	30	–	33	37	+12.1%

Source: annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority (XBRL). Figures for the company (not the group); change is the latest year against the year before. “–” means the figure is not stated in the annual report. Revenue is not stated for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025: smaller companies may omit it, and we do not derive it from other figures.

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Compare with the industry (14 companies)

Gross profitMedian, the industry (14 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

Loss for 2 years in a row
Net result has been negative in 2024–2025.
How is this calculated?
Net result is negative in the two or more latest annual reports in a row.

The signals are rules applied to the figures in the annual reports. They are not an assessment or credit rating of the company. See Data and method.

Annual reports

6 financial years

Annual reports for A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik
Financial year	Period	Published	Figures for	Documents
2025	01/07/2024 – 30/06/2025	11/12/2025	The company	PDF not statedXBRL
2024	01/07/2023 – 30/06/2024	12/12/2024	The company	PDF XBRL
2023	01/07/2022 – 30/06/2023	21/12/2023	The company	PDF XBRL
2022	01/07/2021 – 30/06/2022	05/12/2022	The company	PDF XBRL
2021	01/07/2020 – 30/06/2021	09/12/2021	The company	PDF XBRL
2020	01/07/2019 – 30/06/2020	06/11/2020	The company	PDF XBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR

Employees

Position in the industry

14 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 20.9mNo. 7 of 14

Better than 54% of the companies in the industry

EquityDKK 28.7mNo. 6 of 14

Better than 62% of the companies in the industry

Number of employees34No. 6 of 14

Better than 62% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 13.9m, net profit DKK 80,789, equity DKK 10.1m, 19 employees.

Distribution of gross profit for 14 companies in the industry (latest financial year, logarithmic scale). Amber bar: where this company sits.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form

Rank among similar companies
Group	Gross profit	Equity
Companies with 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison	No. 2,665of 9,892 Better than 73%	No. 1,232of 9,922 Better than 88%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison	No. 2,743of 10,152 Better than 73%	No. 2,829of 10,275 Better than 72%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison	No. 5,751of 17,786 Better than 68%	No. 5,054of 18,024 Better than 72%

The rank is calculated among companies in the database with a figure for the latest financial year, and is shown only for groups of at least ten companies.

Compare with the industry

Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products

Gross profit

A/S Orthana Kemisk FabrikDKK 20.9m
Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApSDKK 314.9m
Glycom Manufacturing A/SDKK 226.3m

Net profit

A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik−DKK 7.7m
Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApSDKK 213.7m
Glycom Manufacturing A/SDKK 69.2m

Equity

A/S Orthana Kemisk FabrikDKK 28.7m
Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApSDKK 404.6m
Glycom Manufacturing A/SDKK 577.7m

Employees

A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik34
Xellia Pharmaceuticals ApS458
Glycom Manufacturing A/S116

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register

Owners

H&P Rørvig Holding A/S100%

A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik

Management

4 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik
Name	Role	Appointed
Helle Rørvig	Director	31/05/2006

Board of directors

Board of directors at A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik
Name	Role	Appointed
Peter Rørvig	Board member	07/03/1934
Niels Ulrik Heine	Board member	18/02/1998
Helle Rørvig	Board member	30/11/2005

Auditor: Pricewaterhousecoopers Statsautoriseret Revisionspartnerselskab

Former management (5)

Former management at A/S Orthana Kemisk Fabrik
Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
Erik Vilhelm Balslev	Board member	07/03/1934	18/02/1998
Erik Vilhelm Balslev	Director	07/03/1934	18/02/1998
Niels Otto Thiesen	Board member	07/03/1934	08/09/2006
Peter Rørvig	Director	18/02/1998	31/05/2006
Svend Blankholm	Board member	23/11/2004	13/02/2020

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af en direktør eller af et bestyrelsesmedlem.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Englandsvej 350
2770 Kastrup

Tårnby Municipality · Postcode 2770

Other companies at the address (2)

Biofac A/SManufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
Danipharm A/SManufacture of basic pharmaceutical products

Production units
Production unit	Address	Industry	Employees	P number
A/S ORTHANA KEMISK FABRIK	Englandsvej 350-356, 2770 Kastrup	Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products	34	1000888704

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at drive fabrikation og handel med kemiske produkter

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

26 registered events

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20251 changeaccounts 1

11/12AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published

20241 changeaccounts 1

12/12AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published

20231 changeaccounts 1

21/12AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published

20221 changeaccounts 1

05/12AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published

20213 changesaccounts 1 · address 2

09/12AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
18/11AddressMoved to Englandsvej 350-356, 2770 Kastrup
31/08AddressMoved to Englandsvej 350-356, 2770 Kastrup

20202 changesaccounts 1 · management 1

06/11AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
13/02ManagementSvend Blankholm stepped down as board member

20171 changeaddress 1

23/02AddressMoved to Englandsvej 350-356, 2770 Kastrup

20121 changeindustry 1

01/01IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products (211000)

20091 changeownership 1

30/06OwnershipH&P Rørvig Holding A/S registered as owner (100%)

20063 changesmanagement 3

08/09ManagementNiels Otto Thiesen stepped down as board member
31/05ManagementHelle Rørvig appointed director
31/05ManagementPeter Rørvig stepped down as director

20051 changemanagement 1

30/11ManagementHelle Rørvig appointed board member

20041 changemanagement 1

23/11ManagementSvend Blankholm appointed board member

19984 changesmanagement 4

18/02ManagementPeter Rørvig appointed director
18/02ManagementNiels Ulrik Heine appointed board member
18/02ManagementErik Vilhelm Balslev stepped down as board member
18/02ManagementErik Vilhelm Balslev stepped down as director

19345 changesfounded 1 · management 4

07/03FoundedRegistered as A/S ORTHANA KEMISK FABRIK
07/03ManagementErik Vilhelm Balslev appointed board member
07/03ManagementPeter Rørvig appointed board member
07/03ManagementNiels Otto Thiesen appointed board member
07/03ManagementErik Vilhelm Balslev appointed director

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Source and updates

The information comes from the Danish Central Business Register (Danish Business Authority) and from annual reports filed with the Danish Business Authority. Last synchronised 24/10/2026.

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