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Fornax A/S

Public limited companyCVR 51327918SilkeborgActive

Fornax A/S is a public limited company, based in Silkeborg, active in manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners, founded in 1975. The company went from a profit in 2024 to a loss of DKK 1.2m in 2025. Equity fell to DKK 9.5m in 2025. The company has existed for over 50 years.

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Key figures · financial year 2025

Gross profitDKK 13.3m−38.6% vs. 2024
Net profit−DKK 1.2m−123% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 9.5m−35.4% vs. 2024
Employees21latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2025 against 2024

  • Gross profit fell 39% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 13.3m.
  • Net profit went from a profit of DKK 5.1m to a loss of DKK 1.2m (2024 → 2025).
  • Equity fell 35% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 9.5m.

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: John Sørensen (ceo, 01/03/2025).
  • Stepped down: Asbjørn Thoustrup (director, 01/03/2025).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/01/2025: Industry changed to Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners (282100)

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 2mDKK 0DKK 2mDKK 4mDKK 6mDKK 8mDKK 10mDKK 12mDKK 14m202020212022202320242025
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Fornax A/S
202020212022202320242025Change
Revenuenot statednot statednot statednot statednot statednot stated–
Gross profit8,6449,57515,84918,56121,72213,341−38.6%
Operating profit (EBIT)–1,0586,7727,7246,738−1,050−115.6%
Profit before tax7867776,1777,5236,592−1,532−123.2%
Net profit6136054,8175,8675,141−1,185−123%
Total assets17,58321,00325,64533,60132,20028,961−10.1%
Equity5,2215,82610,64312,51014,6519,466−35.4%
Liabilities–14,55813,02417,45611,16614,577+30.5%
Cash and cash equivalents472,4637,2578,0004,1378,493+105.3%
Average number of employees181616172322−4.3%

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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DKK 0DKK 5mDKK 10mDKK 15mDKK 20m202020212022202320242025
Gross profitMedian, the industry (26 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2025 figures

  • Equity fell sharply

    Equity fell 35% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 14.7m to DKK 9.5m).

    How is this calculated?

    Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.

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 Fornax A/S
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202501/01/2025 – 31/12/202514/04/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/01/2024 – 31/12/202410/03/2025The companyPDFXBRL
202301/01/2023 – 31/12/202328/02/2024The companyPDFXBRL
202201/01/2022 – 31/12/202227/02/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202101/01/2021 – 31/12/202123/03/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202001/01/2020 – 31/12/202028/04/2021The companyPDFXBRL

The figures from all the annual reports are shown on this page. The documents themselves (PDF and XBRL, the machine-readable edition) are downloaded with a Pro account: sign in or create a free account, and then choose Pro. XBRL is the edition the figures on the page are read from.

Employees

monthly figures from CVR
051015202508/2309/2310/2311/2312/2301/2402/2403/2404/2405/2406/2407/2408/2409/2410/2411/2412/2401/2502/2503/2504/2505/2506/2507/2508/2509/2510/2511/2512/2501/2602/2603/2604/2605/2606/2607/26
Employees

Position in the industry

26 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 13.3mNo. 15 of 26
Better than 44% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 9.5mNo. 15 of 26
Better than 44% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees21No. 11 of 26
Better than 60% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 15.3m, net profit DKK 1.6m, equity DKK 13.5m, 17 employees.

DKK 135kDKK 732kDKK 4mDKK 21.5mDKK 66.3mHere
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 20–49 employees9,922 companies in the comparison
No. 4,635of 9,892
Better than 53%
No. 3,236of 9,922
Better than 67%
Companies that are at least 30 years old10,276 companies in the comparison
No. 3,603of 10,152
Better than 65%
No. 4,885of 10,275
Better than 52%
All companies of type A/S18,025 companies in the comparison
No. 7,710of 17,786
Better than 57%
No. 8,981of 18,024
Better than 50%

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 ovens, furnaces and furnace burners
Gross profit
  1. Fornax A/SDKK 13.3m
  2. Fenagy A/SDKK 116.5m
  3. Hwam A/SDKK 72.5m
Net profit
  1. Fornax A/S−DKK 1.2m
  2. Fenagy A/SDKK 39.2m
  3. Hwam A/SDKK 12.9m
Equity
  1. Fornax A/SDKK 9.5m
  2. Fenagy A/SDKK 81.4m
  3. Hwam A/SDKK 97.8m
Employees
  1. Fornax A/S21
  2. Fenagy A/S109
  3. Hwam A/S85

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Asbjørn Thoustrup ApS25%
  • G.p.sejs Holding ApS15%
  • Egevangen Invest ApS25%
  • Kapalai ApS25%
Fornax A/S

Management

5 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Fornax A/S
NameRoleAppointed
John SørensenCEO01/03/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Fornax A/S
NameRoleAppointed
Jens OvergaardBoard member24/09/1996
Anders ThoustrupChair of the board24/09/1996
Asbjørn ThoustrupBoard member17/08/2002
Peter Berwald SørensenBoard member11/11/2016
Former management (12)
Former management at Fornax A/S
NameRoleAppointedResigned
John MenkeBoard member25/06/197524/09/1996
John MenkeDirector25/06/197524/09/1996
Ole Langkjær ChristensenBoard member25/06/197504/07/1988
Anna MenkeBoard member25/06/197531/12/1994
Finn SimonsenBoard member25/06/197524/09/1996
Niels Hauge BentsenBoard member01/01/199524/09/1996
Asbjørn ThoustrupDirector24/09/199615/05/2023
Jan BendixChair of the board24/09/199617/08/2002
Anders ThoustrupDirector24/09/199627/08/1999
Peter Vinkler SimonsenBoard member26/01/200623/03/2015
Jacob Peder JensenCEO15/05/202330/08/2024
Asbjørn ThoustrupDirector30/08/202401/03/2025

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af 2 direktører eller bestyrelsesformanden og en direktør eller bestyrelsen i forening.

Address and production units

1 active production units

Tietgensvej 21
8600 Silkeborg

Silkeborg Municipality · Postcode 8600

Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
FORNAX A/STietgensvej 21, 8600 Silkeborg211001966156

Purpose

Selskabets formål er handel og industri.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

52 registered events
20261 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2025 published
20254 changesaccounts 1 · management 2 · industry 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
  • John Sørensen appointed ceo
  • Asbjørn Thoustrup stepped down as director
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners (282100)
20243 changesmanagement 2 · accounts 1
  • Asbjørn Thoustrup appointed director
  • Jacob Peder Jensen stepped down as ceo
  • Annual report for 2023 published
20235 changesownership 2 · management 2 · accounts 1
  • Kapalai ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • HØJVANG LANGÅ ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • Jacob Peder Jensen appointed ceo
  • Asbjørn Thoustrup stepped down as director
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2021 published
20211 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2020 published
20166 changesmanagement 1 · ownership 5
  • Peter Berwald Sørensen appointed board member
  • HØJVANG LANGÅ ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • G.P.SEJS HOLDING ApS registered as owner (15%)
  • EGEVANGEN INVEST ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • HØJVANG LANGÅ ApS is no longer registered as owner
  • EGEVANGEN INVEST ApS is no longer registered as owner
20151 changemanagement 1
  • Peter Vinkler Simonsen stepped down as board member
20091 changename 1
  • Name changed from MASKINFABRIKKEN FORNAX A/S to FORNAX A/S
20081 changeindustry 1
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of ovens, furnaces and furnace burners (282100)
20071 changeaddress 1
  • Moved to Tietgensvej 21, 8600 Silkeborg
20064 changesownership 3 · management 1
  • HØJVANG LANGÅ ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • EGEVANGEN INVEST ApS registered as owner (33.33%)
  • ASBJØRN THOUSTRUP ApS registered as owner (25%)
  • Peter Vinkler Simonsen appointed board member
20023 changesmanagement 2 · capital 1
  • Asbjørn Thoustrup appointed board member
  • Jan Bendix stepped down as chair of the board
  • Share capital changed from 750,000 DKK to 897,000 DKK
19991 changemanagement 1
  • Anders Thoustrup stepped down as director
19969 changesmanagement 9
  • Anders Thoustrup appointed director
  • Asbjørn Thoustrup appointed director
  • Jan Bendix appointed chair of the board
  • Jens Overgaard appointed board member
  • Anders Thoustrup appointed chair of the board
  • Niels Hauge Bentsen stepped down as board member
  • Finn Simonsen stepped down as board member
  • John Menke stepped down as director
  • John Menke stepped down as board member
19951 changemanagement 1
  • Niels Hauge Bentsen appointed board member
19941 changemanagement 1
  • Anna Menke stepped down as board member
19881 changemanagement 1
  • Ole Langkjær Christensen stepped down as board member
19871 changecapital 1
  • Share capital changed from 670,000 DKK to 750,000 DKK
19756 changesfounded 1 · management 5
  • Registered as MASKINFABRIKKEN FORNAX A/S
  • Finn Simonsen appointed board member
  • Ole Langkjær Christensen appointed board member
  • John Menke appointed director
  • Anna Menke appointed board member
  • John Menke appointed board member

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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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