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DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S

Public limited companyCVR 21153702GrenaaActive

DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S is a public limited company, based in Grenaa, active in manufacture of corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard, founded in 1998. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 23.3m in 2025. Measured by gross profit, it ranks no. 2 of 26 companies in the industry in the database. Operations are spread over 7 production units in 5 towns.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

RevenueDKK 1.3bn−0.2% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 23.3m−593.8% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 127.4m−15.4% vs. 2024
Employees647latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 14% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 248.9m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 4.7m to a loss of DKK 23.3m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 15% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 127.4m.

Employees

  • 35 fewer employees than a year earlier: 647 (07/2026) against 682 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Lene Neumann (deputy board member, 31/10/2024), Frits Thorvald Hillebrecht (deputy board member, 31/10/2024) and Julie Katholm Quist (board member, 31/10/2024) (+3).
  • Stepped down: Frits Thorvald Hillebrecht (board member, 30/10/2024), Kenneth Steen Hansen (deputy board member, 31/10/2024) and Rasmus Boe Andreasen (deputy board member, 31/10/2024) (+3).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 15/06/2026: Share capital changed from 250,000,000 DKK to 250,000,100 DKK
  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Manufacture of corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard (172100)

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

−DKK 50mDKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenue1,200,4581,160,1961,369,4071,506,1371,261,5231,258,830−0.2%
Gross profit259,653257,195202,762257,239290,790248,881−14.4%
Operating profit (EBIT)9,57127,501−43,502−2,65435,313−10,666−130.2%
Profit before tax−2,04818,202−50,561−18,5428,829−30,180−441.8%
Net profit−5,71113,309−41,012−16,0364,712−23,269−593.8%
Total assets802,474807,456881,387922,969855,066785,953−8.1%
Equity189,635202,755161,789145,856150,606127,382−15.4%
Liabilities566,667559,624684,618744,864665,222628,720−5.5%
Cash and cash equivalents2,5855,0113,8882,073690661−4.2%
Average number of employees669659666698669626−6.4%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 50mDKK 100mDKK 150mDKK 200mDKK 250mDKK 300m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (26 companies)

Annual reports

6 financial years
Annual reports for DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/05/2024 – 30/04/202530/06/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/05/2023 – 30/04/202405/11/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202301/05/2022 – 30/04/202301/11/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/05/2021 – 30/04/202205/10/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/05/2020 – 30/04/202130/09/2021The companyPDFXBRL
202001/05/2019 – 30/04/202001/10/2020The companyPDFXBRL

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Employees

monthly figures from CVR
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Employees

Position in the industry

26 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 248.9mNo. 2 of 26
Better than 96% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 127.4mNo. 4 of 26
Better than 88% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees647No. 3 of 26
Better than 92% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 13.3m, net profit DKK 322k, equity DKK 6m, 15 employees.

DKK 100kDKK 791kDKK 6.3mDKK 49.5mDKK 196.7mHere
Distribution of gross profit for 26 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
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 500–999 employees207 companies in the comparison
No. 115of 189
Better than 39%
No. 129of 207
Better than 38%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 254of 24,791
Better than 99%
No. 1,106of 24,909
Better than 96%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 620of 17,786
Better than 97%
No. 1,934of 18,024
Better than 89%

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 corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard
Gross profit
  1. DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SDKK 248.9m
  2. Smurfit Westrock Danmark A/SDKK 392m
  3. August Faller A/SDKK 90.2m
Net profit
  1. DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S−DKK 23.3m
  2. Smurfit Westrock Danmark A/SDKK 40.1m
  3. August Faller A/SDKK 14.5m
Equity
  1. DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SDKK 127.4m
  2. Smurfit Westrock Danmark A/SDKK 352.4m
  3. August Faller A/SDKK 92.5m
Employees
  1. DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S647
  2. Smurfit Westrock Danmark A/S639
  3. August Faller A/S84

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • DS Smith International B.V.100%
DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S

Management

9 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Per-Ola Lennart NilssonCEO30/06/2026

Board of directors

Board of directors at DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Gustav Thorbjörn SagerströmChair of the board31/10/2019
Helena Birgitta RedmoBoard member17/04/2020
Connie RasmussenDeputy chair29/06/2023
Lene NeumannDeputy board member31/10/2024
Frits Thorvald HillebrechtDeputy board member31/10/2024
Julie Katholm QuistBoard member31/10/2024
Jesper ØstergaardBoard member31/10/2024
Per-Ola Lennart NilssonBoard member30/06/2026
Founders
VX 10.312 ApS
Former management (51)
Former management at DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Kim MadsenChair of the board01/07/199807/12/1998
Peter Andreas StakemannBoard member01/07/199807/12/1998
Peter Andreas StakemannDirector01/07/199807/12/1998
Torben TherkelsenDirector01/07/199820/04/2010
Annemette HellerBoard member01/07/199807/12/1998
Colin James WilliamsBoard member07/12/199830/05/2001
Colin James WilliamsDirector07/12/199803/05/1999
Sven Gunnar HaglundBoard member07/12/199826/04/2004
Torben TherkelsenBoard member24/01/200302/02/2010
Henning Holm JensenBoard member07/09/200430/05/2008
Jens Peter Johannes NielsenDeputy board member07/09/200430/05/2008
Wim van LokhorstChair of the board22/07/200529/04/2009
Gert Mikael SchmidtBoard member22/07/200529/06/2012
Bo Rio StyhmBoard member01/03/200715/06/2010
Jan MejlgaardBoard member30/05/200801/06/2011
Torben MadsenDeputy board member30/05/200815/06/2010
Peter Anders TorstenssonChair of the board29/04/200920/12/2012
Michael Rosendahl JensenDeputy chair11/05/200901/06/2011
Per Vinge FrederiksenDirector20/04/201024/03/2014
Birger UdsenBoard member15/06/201025/10/2011
Finn KjøllerBoard member01/06/201119/01/2015
Kim KjeldsenBoard member25/10/201121/04/2021
Sebastian Voss DahlDeputy chair20/12/201224/03/2014
Steen Bach SvoldgaardDeputy chair24/03/201406/09/2015
Per Vinge FrederiksenChair of the board24/03/201427/06/2014
Thomas Kure JakobsenBoard member24/03/201421/05/2018
Thomas Kure JakobsenCEO24/03/201422/05/2018
Thibault LaumonierChair of the board27/06/201407/09/2015
Bo ThomsenBoard member19/01/201511/12/2018
John Michael FleischerDeputy board member19/01/201521/04/2021
Frits Thorvald HillebrechtDeputy board member19/01/201510/12/2018
Steen Bach SvoldgaardChair of the board07/09/201522/05/2018
Torben Linaa HansenDeputy chair07/09/201531/01/2019
Christian Jacob FlarupBoard member22/05/201831/10/2019
Christian Jacob FlarupCEO22/05/201825/11/2019
Thomas Kure JakobsenChair of the board22/05/201831/10/2019
Frits Thorvald HillebrechtBoard member11/12/201830/10/2024
Jesper Kjeldbjerg FrederiksenDeputy chair31/01/201930/10/2019
Jesper Kjeldbjerg FrederiksenBoard member31/10/201917/04/2020
Lene Meidahl HøjenDeputy chair31/10/201928/09/2021
Søren Kofoed IbsenCEO25/11/201929/09/2021
Søren Kofoed IbsenBoard member17/04/202029/09/2021
Kenneth Steen HansenDeputy board member21/04/202131/10/2024
Rasmus Boe AndreasenDeputy board member21/04/202131/10/2024
Asger Bjerre TerkelsenBoard member21/04/202131/10/2024
Lene Meidahl HøjenBoard member29/09/202106/04/2022
Lene Meidahl HøjenCEO29/09/202107/04/2022
Karl Gunnar Pierre BruceDeputy chair29/09/202107/04/2022
Dan JohannessenBoard member07/04/202230/06/2026
Dan JohannessenCEO07/04/202230/06/2026
Lene Meidahl HøjenDeputy chair07/04/202211/01/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af hele bestyrelsen eller af to bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening, hvoraf den ene skal være formanden eller næstformanden.

Address and production units

7 active production units

Åstrupvej 30
8500 Grenaa

Norddjurs Municipality · Postcode 8500

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SÅstrupvej 30, 8500 Grenaa4201002770758
DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SC. F. Tietgens Vej 2, Taulov, 7000 Fredericia891007536921
DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SBødkervej 3, 7100 Vejle701017558133
DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SC. F. Tietgens Vej 5, Taulov, 7000 Fredericia281007537022
DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SHusby Alle 8, 2630 Taastrup101007537030
DS SMITH PACKAGING DENMARK A/SDronningens Kvarter 11H, 7000 Fredericia71030275078
DS Smith Packaging Denmark A/SPetersmindevej 5, 8362 Hørning61025739058

Purpose

Selskabets formål er - direkte eller gennem datterselskaber at drive virksomhed med handel og industri inden for emballagesektoren.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

139 registered events
20266 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1 · capital 1
  • Per-Ola Lennart Nilsson appointed board member
  • Per-Ola Lennart Nilsson appointed ceo
  • Dan Johannessen stepped down as board member
  • Dan Johannessen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Share capital changed from 250,000,000 DKK to 250,000,100 DKK
20251 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard (172100)
20249 changesaccounts 1 · management 8
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • Jesper Østergaard appointed board member
  • Julie Katholm Quist appointed board member
  • Frits Thorvald Hillebrecht appointed deputy board member
  • Lene Neumann appointed deputy board member
  • Kenneth Steen Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Asger Bjerre Terkelsen stepped down as board member
  • Rasmus Boe Andreasen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Frits Thorvald Hillebrecht stepped down as board member
20233 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Connie Rasmussen appointed deputy chair
  • Lene Meidahl Højen stepped down as deputy chair
20227 changesaccounts 1 · management 6
  • Annual report for 2022 published
  • Dan Johannessen appointed board member
  • Lene Meidahl Højen appointed deputy chair
  • Dan Johannessen appointed ceo
  • Karl Gunnar Pierre Bruce stepped down as deputy chair
  • Lene Meidahl Højen stepped down as ceo
  • Lene Meidahl Højen stepped down as board member
202112 changesaccounts 1 · management 11
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Karl Gunnar Pierre Bruce appointed deputy chair
  • Lene Meidahl Højen appointed ceo
  • Lene Meidahl Højen appointed board member
  • Søren Kofoed Ibsen stepped down as board member
  • Søren Kofoed Ibsen stepped down as ceo
  • Lene Meidahl Højen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Kenneth Steen Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Asger Bjerre Terkelsen appointed board member
  • Rasmus Boe Andreasen appointed deputy board member
  • John Michael Fleischer stepped down as deputy board member
  • Kim Kjeldsen stepped down as board member
20204 changesaccounts 1 · management 3
  • Annual report for 2020 published
  • Søren Kofoed Ibsen appointed board member
  • Helena Birgitta Redmo appointed board member
  • Jesper Kjeldbjerg Frederiksen stepped down as board member
201910 changesmanagement 10
  • Søren Kofoed Ibsen appointed ceo
  • Christian Jacob Flarup stepped down as ceo
  • Lene Meidahl Højen appointed deputy chair
  • Gustav Thorbjörn Sagerström appointed chair of the board
  • Jesper Kjeldbjerg Frederiksen appointed board member
  • Thomas Kure Jakobsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Christian Jacob Flarup stepped down as board member
  • Jesper Kjeldbjerg Frederiksen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jesper Kjeldbjerg Frederiksen appointed deputy chair
  • Torben Linaa Hansen stepped down as deputy chair
201810 changesmanagement 9 · merger 1
  • Frits Thorvald Hillebrecht appointed board member
  • Bo Thomsen stepped down as board member
  • Frits Thorvald Hillebrecht stepped down as deputy board member
  • Christian Jacob Flarup appointed ceo
  • Thomas Kure Jakobsen appointed chair of the board
  • Christian Jacob Flarup appointed board member
  • Steen Bach Svoldgaard stepped down as chair of the board
  • Thomas Kure Jakobsen stepped down as ceo
  • Thomas Kure Jakobsen stepped down as board member
  • Merger registered in CVR
20158 changesmanagement 8
  • Torben Linaa Hansen appointed deputy chair
  • Steen Bach Svoldgaard appointed chair of the board
  • Thibault Laumonier stepped down as chair of the board
  • Steen Bach Svoldgaard stepped down as deputy chair
  • Frits Thorvald Hillebrecht appointed deputy board member
  • Bo Thomsen appointed board member
  • John Michael Fleischer appointed deputy board member
  • Finn Kjøller stepped down as board member
20148 changesmanagement 8
  • Thibault Laumonier appointed chair of the board
  • Per Vinge Frederiksen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Thomas Kure Jakobsen appointed ceo
  • Thomas Kure Jakobsen appointed board member
  • Per Vinge Frederiksen appointed chair of the board
  • Steen Bach Svoldgaard appointed deputy chair
  • Sebastian Voss Dahl stepped down as deputy chair
  • Per Vinge Frederiksen stepped down as director
20124 changesmanagement 3 · name 1
  • Sebastian Voss Dahl appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Anders Torstensson stepped down as chair of the board
  • Name changed from SCA PACKAGING DENMARK A/S to DS SMITH PACKAGING DENMARK A/S
  • Gert Mikael Schmidt stepped down as board member
20116 changesmanagement 5 · address 1
  • Kim Kjeldsen appointed board member
  • Birger Udsen stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Åstrupvej 30, 8500 Grenaa
  • Finn Kjøller appointed board member
  • Michael Rosendahl Jensen stepped down as deputy chair
  • Jan Mejlgaard stepped down as board member
20109 changescapital 1 · ownership 1 · management 6 · address 1
  • Share capital changed from 225,000,000 DKK to 250,000,000 DKK
  • DS Smith International B.V. registered as owner (100%)
  • Birger Udsen appointed board member
  • Torben Madsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Bo Rio Styhm stepped down as board member
  • Moved to Bødkervej 3, 7100 Vejle
  • Per Vinge Frederiksen appointed director
  • Torben Therkelsen stepped down as director
  • Torben Therkelsen stepped down as board member
20094 changescapital 1 · management 3
  • Share capital changed from 200,000,000 DKK to 225,000,000 DKK
  • Michael Rosendahl Jensen appointed deputy chair
  • Peter Anders Torstensson appointed chair of the board
  • Wim van Lokhorst stepped down as chair of the board
20087 changescapital 1 · merger 1 · management 4 · industry 1
  • Share capital changed from 50,000,000 DKK to 200,000,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Jan Mejlgaard appointed board member
  • Torben Madsen appointed deputy board member
  • Henning Holm Jensen stepped down as board member
  • Jens Peter Johannes Nielsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of corrugated paper, paperboard and containers of paper and paperboard (172100)
20071 changemanagement 1
  • Bo Rio Styhm appointed board member
20061 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20056 changescapital 1 · name 1 · industry 1 · management 2 · merger 1
  • Share capital changed from 290,000,000 DKK to 50,000,000 DKK
  • Name changed from SCA PACKAGING DENMARK HOLDING A/S to SCA PACKAGING DENMARK A/S
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af bølgepap og emballage af papir og pap (212100)
  • Gert Mikael Schmidt appointed board member
  • Wim van Lokhorst appointed chair of the board
  • Merger registered in CVR
20043 changesmanagement 3
  • Henning Holm Jensen appointed board member
  • Jens Peter Johannes Nielsen appointed deputy board member
  • Sven Gunnar Haglund stepped down as board member
20032 changesaddress 1 · management 1
  • Moved to Voldbjergvej 16, 2, 8240 Risskov
  • Torben Therkelsen appointed board member
20011 changemanagement 1
  • Colin James Williams stepped down as board member
19993 changescapital 2 · management 1
  • Share capital changed from 10,000,000 DKK to 290,000,000 DKK
  • Colin James Williams stepped down as director
  • Share capital changed from 500,000 DKK to 10,000,000 DKK
199814 changesname 1 · management 12 · founded 1
  • Name changed from A/S PSE NR. 5372 to SCA PACKAGING DENMARK HOLDING A/S
  • Colin James Williams appointed director
  • Sven Gunnar Haglund appointed board member
  • Colin James Williams appointed board member
  • Peter Andreas Stakemann stepped down as board member
  • Annemette Heller stepped down as board member
  • Peter Andreas Stakemann stepped down as director
  • Kim Madsen stepped down as chair of the board
  • Registered as A/S PSE NR. 5372
  • Peter Andreas Stakemann appointed board member
  • Annemette Heller appointed board member
  • Torben Therkelsen appointed director
  • Peter Andreas Stakemann appointed director
  • Kim Madsen appointed chair of the board

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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 23/10/2026.

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