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Lightera Denmark ApS

Private limited companyCVR 25305639BrøndbyActive

Lightera Denmark ApS is a private limited company, based in Brøndby, active in manufacture of fibre optic cables, founded in 2000. Net profit rose 91% from 2025 to 2026, ending at DKK 281m. With 241 employees, the company is about 6 times larger than the industry median. Equity grew to DKK 647.1m in 2026.

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Key figures · financial year 2026

RevenueDKK 785.7m+33.2% vs. 2025
Net profitDKK 281m+90.6% vs. 2025
EquityDKK 647.1m+76.8% vs. 2025
Employees241latest month from CVR

What has changed

calculated from recorded figures and dates

Financials: 2026 against 2025

  • Gross profit rose 87% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 449m.
  • Revenue rose 33% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 785.7m.
  • Net profit rose 91% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 281m.
  • Equity rose 77% (2025 → 2026), to DKK 647.1m.

Employees

  • 29 more employees than a year earlier: 241 (07/2026) against 212 (07/2025).

Management and owners, last 24 months

  • New in management: Nobuaki Orita (board member, 31/08/2025), Jens Anders Hansen (director, 02/09/2025) and Luiz Carlos Galvao de Oliveira (board member, 04/12/2025) (+1).
  • Stepped down: Toshio Kimura (board member, 31/08/2025) and Jane Lusa Cercena (chair of the board, 02/01/2026).

Registrations, last 24 months

  • 01/04/2025: Name changed from OFS FITEL DENMARK ApS to Lightera Denmark ApS

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 2021–2026 · amounts in DKK thousand

Equity and net profit

DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400mDKK 500mDKK 600m202120222023202420252026
EquityNet profit
Financial figures for Lightera Denmark ApS
202120222023202420252026Change
Revenue545,236501,378620,210493,352589,811785,735+33.2%
Gross profit136,968143,020178,832161,811239,793448,988+87.2%
Operating profit (EBIT)101,75796,408132,382112,552172,248357,074+107.3%
Profit before tax99,918107,619134,375204,420189,015361,120+91.1%
Net profit98,91893,902105,062158,049147,420281,040+90.6%
Total assets622,248730,691849,152602,005552,121835,566+51.3%
Equity446,653540,555585,617443,666366,086647,127+76.8%
Liabilities141,477156,017229,416124,220151,916139,569−8.1%
Cash and cash equivalents16,92920,0343,41711,49240,84434,037−16.7%
Average number of employees217212212190189210+11.1%

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.

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DKK 0DKK 100mDKK 200mDKK 300mDKK 400m202120222023202420252026
Gross profitMedian, the industry (3 companies)

Signals from the financial statements

calculated from the 2026 figures

  • Profit for five years in a row

    Net result has been positive in 2022–2026.

    How is this calculated?

    Net result is positive in the five 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 Lightera Denmark ApS
Financial yearPeriodPublishedFigures forDocuments
202601/04/2025 – 31/03/202628/09/2026The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202501/04/2024 – 31/03/202529/09/2025The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202401/04/2023 – 31/03/202410/07/2024The companyPDF not statedXBRL
202301/04/2022 – 31/03/202313/09/2023The companyPDFXBRL
202201/04/2021 – 31/03/202208/07/2022The companyPDFXBRL
202101/04/2020 – 31/03/202112/08/2021The 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
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Employees

Position in the industry

3 companies in the database

Comparison with the other companies in manufacture of fibre optic cables based on the latest financial year.

Gross profitDKK 449mNo. 1 of 3
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 647.1mNo. 1 of 3
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees241No. 1 of 3
Better than 100% of the companies in the industry

Industry median: gross profit DKK 1.4m, net profit DKK 138k, equity DKK 750k, 38 employees.

Compared with similar companies

size, age and company form
Rank among similar companies
GroupGross profitEquity
Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison
No. 64of 763
Better than 92%
No. 94of 796
Better than 88%
Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison
No. 116of 24,791
Better than 100%
No. 309of 24,909
Better than 99%
All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison
No. 46of 66,379
Better than 100%
No. 170of 66,505
Better than 100%

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 fibre optic cables
Gross profit
  1. Lightera Denmark ApSDKK 449m
  2. Argento Audio ApSDKK 1.4m
  3. Heraeus Covantics Denmark ApS−DKK 46.5m
Net profit
  1. Lightera Denmark ApSDKK 281m
  2. Argento Audio ApSDKK 138k
  3. Heraeus Covantics Denmark ApS−DKK 102.4m
Equity
  1. Lightera Denmark ApSDKK 647.1m
  2. Argento Audio ApSDKK 750k
  3. Heraeus Covantics Denmark ApS−DKK 47.7m
Employees
  1. Lightera Denmark ApS241
  2. Argento Audio ApS6
  3. Heraeus Covantics Denmark ApS76

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Owners and group

from the Public Ownership Register
Owners
  • Lightera, LLC100%
Lightera Denmark ApS

Management

9 active registrations

Executive management

Executive management at Lightera Denmark ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Erik Gustav BørgesenCEO01/09/2023
Jens Anders HansenDirector02/09/2025

Board of directors

Board of directors at Lightera Denmark ApS
NameRoleAppointed
Tommy GeislerBoard member20/05/2008
Bent EdvoldDeputy board member21/06/2016
Michael Søren Falk PedersenBoard member17/06/2020
Richard Steve AllenBoard member08/07/2022
Nobuaki OritaBoard member31/08/2025
Luiz Carlos Galvao de OliveiraBoard member04/12/2025
David Robert KnightChair of the board02/01/2026
Founders
Lucent Technologies International Inc
Former management (40)
Former management at Lightera Denmark ApS
NameRoleAppointedResigned
Walter John EhmerBoard member02/04/200001/02/2001
Walter John EhmerDirector02/04/200030/04/2003
Denys Marie Francois GounotChair of the board02/04/200001/07/2002
David Walter HitchcockBoard member02/04/200001/02/2001
Kenneth Lee WalkerBoard member01/02/200128/10/2003
Scott David BohrerBoard member01/02/200101/07/2002
Nicolas W KhouryBoard member01/02/200128/10/2003
Martin Snead Edwards JrChair of the board01/07/200228/10/2003
Osamu SatoBoard member01/07/200228/10/2003
Toshio KikutaBoard member01/07/200230/04/2003
Paul Evans NeuhartBoard member28/10/200309/11/2005
Kiyoshi TakeuchiChair of the board28/10/200317/05/2006
Takeshi FukasawaBoard member28/10/200310/05/2005
Charlotte Liv BartelsenBoard member04/04/200520/05/2008
Katsuhiko MurotaChair of the board17/05/200620/05/2008
Haruki OgoshiBoard member17/05/200626/05/2010
Hans DamsgaardCEO20/05/200801/11/2018
Steen ChristensenBoard member20/05/200815/05/2012
Gudmund Poul KnudsenBoard member20/05/200822/07/2014
Gudmund Poul KnudsenDirector20/05/200801/08/2014
Søren Christian TherkelsenDeputy board member20/05/200815/05/2012
Henning AndersenDeputy board member20/05/200815/05/2012
Timothy Francis MurrayChair of the board20/05/200822/07/2014
Takahide KimuraBoard member20/05/200815/05/2012
Evy Susanne ChristensenDeputy board member15/05/201221/06/2016
Ralf RasmussenDeputy board member15/05/201221/06/2016
Torger TokleBoard member15/05/201217/06/2020
Toshihiko OtaBoard member15/05/201231/05/2013
Hiroyuki MatsushitaBoard member31/05/201330/07/2018
Patrice Marie Raymond DuboisChair of the board22/07/201419/06/2019
Pierre Clement Henri MartyBoard member22/07/201421/04/2021
Carl Christian LarsenDirector01/08/201431/10/2018
Martin HansenDeputy board member21/06/201616/06/2020
Toshio KimuraBoard member30/07/201831/08/2025
Carl Christian LarsenCEO01/11/201831/08/2023
Jan Strauss SøgaardDirector01/11/201830/11/2022
Jane Lusa CercenaChair of the board19/06/201902/01/2026
Martin HansenDeputy board member17/06/202031/12/2022
Andrew OlivieroBoard member21/04/202108/07/2022
Per KringhøjDirector15/09/202230/06/2023

Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af bestyrelsens formand i forening med en direktør, af to direktører i forening eller af 3 bestyrelsesmedlemmer i forening.

Address and production units

2 active production units

Priorparken 680
2605 Brøndby

Brøndby Municipality · Postcode 2605

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Production units
Production unitAddressEmployeesP number
Lightera Denmark ApSPriorparken 680, 2605 Brøndby2441000092556
AVAYA DENMARK ApSØrestads Boulevard 73, 2300 København S11007538916

Purpose

Selskabets formål er at udvikle, producere og markedsføre højteknologiske produkter inden for telekommunikation og dataoverførsel samt al virksomhed, som efter bestyrelsens skøn er beslægtet hermed.

The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.

Changes year by year

108 registered events
20263 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2026 published
  • David Robert Knight appointed chair of the board
  • Jane Lusa Cercena stepped down as chair of the board
20256 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1 · name 1
  • Luiz Carlos Galvao de Oliveira appointed board member
  • Annual report for 2025 published
  • Jens Anders Hansen appointed director
  • Nobuaki Orita appointed board member
  • Toshio Kimura stepped down as board member
  • Name changed from OFS FITEL DENMARK ApS to Lightera Denmark ApS
20241 changeaccounts 1
  • Annual report for 2024 published
20235 changesaccounts 1 · management 3 · address 1
  • Annual report for 2023 published
  • Erik Gustav Børgesen appointed ceo
  • Carl Christian Larsen stepped down as ceo
  • Moved to Priorparken 680, 2605 Brøndby
  • Per Kringhøj stepped down as director
20226 changesmanagement 5 · accounts 1
  • Martin Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Jan Strauss Søgaard stepped down as director
  • Per Kringhøj appointed director
  • Richard Steve Allen appointed board member
  • Andrew Oliviero stepped down as board member
  • Annual report for 2022 published
20213 changesaccounts 1 · management 2
  • Annual report for 2021 published
  • Andrew Oliviero appointed board member
  • Pierre Clement Henri Marty stepped down as board member
20204 changesmanagement 4
  • Michael Søren Falk Pedersen appointed board member
  • Martin Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Torger Tokle stepped down as board member
  • Martin Hansen stepped down as deputy board member
20193 changesmanagement 2 · address 1
  • Jane Lusa Cercena appointed chair of the board
  • Patrice Marie Raymond Dubois stepped down as chair of the board
  • Moved to Priorparken 611, 2605 Brøndby
20186 changesmanagement 6
  • Jan Strauss Søgaard appointed director
  • Carl Christian Larsen appointed ceo
  • Hans Damsgaard stepped down as ceo
  • Carl Christian Larsen stepped down as director
  • Toshio Kimura appointed board member
  • Hiroyuki Matsushita stepped down as board member
20171 changemerger 1
  • Merger registered in CVR
20164 changesmanagement 4
  • Martin Hansen appointed deputy board member
  • Bent Edvold appointed deputy board member
  • Evy Susanne Christensen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Ralf Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
20146 changesmanagement 6
  • Carl Christian Larsen appointed director
  • Gudmund Poul Knudsen stepped down as director
  • Patrice Marie Raymond Dubois appointed chair of the board
  • Pierre Clement Henri Marty appointed board member
  • Timothy Francis Murray stepped down as chair of the board
  • Gudmund Poul Knudsen stepped down as board member
20132 changesmanagement 2
  • Hiroyuki Matsushita appointed board member
  • Toshihiko Ota stepped down as board member
20128 changesmanagement 8
  • Evy Susanne Christensen appointed deputy board member
  • Ralf Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
  • Torger Tokle appointed board member
  • Toshihiko Ota appointed board member
  • Takahide Kimura stepped down as board member
  • Henning Andersen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Søren Christian Therkelsen stepped down as deputy board member
  • Steen Christensen stepped down as board member
20101 changemanagement 1
  • Haruki Ogoshi stepped down as board member
200812 changesmanagement 11 · industry 1
  • Tommy Geisler appointed board member
  • Takahide Kimura appointed board member
  • Timothy Francis Murray appointed chair of the board
  • Henning Andersen appointed deputy board member
  • Søren Christian Therkelsen appointed deputy board member
  • Gudmund Poul Knudsen appointed director
  • Gudmund Poul Knudsen appointed board member
  • Steen Christensen appointed board member
  • Hans Damsgaard appointed ceo
  • Katsuhiko Murota stepped down as chair of the board
  • Charlotte Liv Bartelsen stepped down as board member
  • Industry changed to Manufacture of fibre optic cables (273100)
20063 changesmanagement 3
  • Haruki Ogoshi appointed board member
  • Katsuhiko Murota appointed chair of the board
  • Kiyoshi Takeuchi stepped down as chair of the board
20055 changesmanagement 3 · name 1 · industry 1
  • Paul Evans Neuhart stepped down as board member
  • Takeshi Fukasawa stepped down as board member
  • Charlotte Liv Bartelsen appointed board member
  • Name changed from OFS FITEL DENMARK HOLDINGS ApS to OFS FITEL DENMARK ApS
  • Industry changed to Fremstilling af brilleglas og optiske instrumenter mv. (334010)
20039 changesmanagement 9
  • Takeshi Fukasawa appointed board member
  • Kiyoshi Takeuchi appointed chair of the board
  • Paul Evans Neuhart appointed board member
  • Martin Snead Edwards Jr stepped down as chair of the board
  • Osamu Sato stepped down as board member
  • Nicolas W Khoury stepped down as board member
  • Kenneth Lee Walker stepped down as board member
  • Toshio Kikuta stepped down as board member
  • Walter John Ehmer stepped down as director
20025 changesmanagement 5
  • Martin Snead Edwards Jr appointed chair of the board
  • Toshio Kikuta appointed board member
  • Osamu Sato appointed board member
  • Scott David Bohrer stepped down as board member
  • Denys Marie Francois Gounot stepped down as chair of the board
20017 changesname 1 · ownership 1 · management 5
  • Name changed from LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES DENMARK HOLDING ApS to OFS FITEL DENMARK HOLDINGS ApS
  • Lightera, LLC registered as owner (100%)
  • Scott David Bohrer appointed board member
  • Nicolas W Khoury appointed board member
  • Kenneth Lee Walker appointed board member
  • David Walter Hitchcock stepped down as board member
  • Walter John Ehmer stepped down as board member
20008 changescapital 1 · merger 1 · address 1 · founded 1 · management 4
  • Share capital changed from 125,000 DKK to 26,000,000 DKK
  • Merger registered in CVR
  • Moved to Priorparken 680, 2605 Brøndby
  • Registered as LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES DENMARK HOLDING ApS
  • David Walter Hitchcock appointed board member
  • Walter John Ehmer appointed director
  • Denys Marie Francois Gounot appointed chair of the board
  • Walter John Ehmer 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 23/10/2026. The company is protected against advertising; contact details are not shown, and the data must not be used for marketing.

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