West Pharmaceutical Services Danmark ApS
Private limited companyCVR 16210714HorsensActive
West Pharmaceutical Services Danmark ApS is a private limited company, based in Horsens, active in manufacture of light metal packaging, founded in 1999. Net profit fell 99% from 2024 to 2025, ending at DKK 67m. Equity fell to DKK 265.1m in 2025.
Key figures · financial year 2025
RevenueDKK 1.3bn+18.3% vs. 2024
Net profitDKK 67m−99.4% vs. 2024
EquityDKK 265.1m−33.4% vs. 2024
Employees370latest month from CVR
What has changed
calculated from recorded figures and datesFinancials: 2025 against 2024
- Gross profit fell 3% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 110.1m.
- Revenue rose 18% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 1.3bn.
- Net profit fell 99% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 67m.
- Equity fell 33% (2024 → 2025), to DKK 265.1m.
Employees
- 60 more employees than a year earlier: 370 (08/2026) against 310 (08/2025).
Management and owners, last 24 months
- New in management: Shay Kearns (chair of the board, 29/12/2025) and Wai Wing Helen Chan (board member, 18/03/2026).
- Stepped down: Finn Kämpf Hansen (director, 14/04/2026), Shay Kearns (board member, 28/12/2025) and Kimberly Banks MacKay (chair of the board, 29/12/2025) (+1).
- New owners registered: West Pharmaceutical Services of Delaware, Inc. (19/12/2024) and West Pharmaceutical Services Holding Danmark ApS (09/12/2024).
- No longer registered as owner: West Pharmaceutical Services European Holdings ApS (09/12/2024) and West Pharmaceutical Services Holding Danmark ApS (19/12/2024).
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 thousandEquity and net profit
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 618,391 | 713,943 | 793,333 | 1,078,983 | 1,129,648 | 1,336,445 | +18.3% |
| Gross profit | 118,583 | 122,223 | 150,395 | 203,351 | 112,971 | 110,133 | −2.5% |
| Operating profit (EBIT) | 47,990 | 45,598 | 72,697 | 88,432 | 101,761 | 97,875 | −3.8% |
| Profit before tax | 37,301 | 35,144 | 58,920 | 96,274 | 11,778,065 | 86,770 | −99.3% |
| Net profit | 24,629 | 27,442 | 31,744 | 73,993 | 11,749,681 | 66,980 | −99.4% |
| Total assets | 1,580,646 | 1,666,296 | 1,946,531 | 1,774,963 | 1,661,458 | 823,013 | −50.5% |
| Equity | 860,012 | 887,454 | 994,198 | 1,068,191 | 398,147 | 265,128 | −33.4% |
| Liabilities | 705,634 | 765,277 | 940,889 | 695,293 | 1,251,724 | 548,167 | −56.2% |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 43,254 | 111,275 | 350,769 | 103,954 | 205,308 | 70,000 | −65.9% |
| Average number of employees | 223 | 228 | 241 | 266 | 288 | 293 | +1.7% |
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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Signals from the financial statements
calculated from the 2025 figuresEquity fell sharply
Equity fell 33% from 2024 to 2025 (DKK 398.1m to DKK 265.1m).
How is this calculated?
Equity has fallen by at least 30% from the previous annual report, and it was positive the year before.
Profit for five years in a row
Net result has been positive in 2021–2025.
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| Financial year | Period | Published | Figures for | Documents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 01/01/2025 – 31/12/2025 | 29/06/2026 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2024 | 01/01/2024 – 31/12/2024 | 03/07/2025 | The company | PDF not statedXBRL |
| 2023 | 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 | 03/07/2024 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2022 | 01/01/2022 – 31/12/2022 | 04/07/2023 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2021 | 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2021 | 29/06/2022 | The company | PDFXBRL |
| 2020 | 01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020 | 30/06/2021 | The company | PDFXBRL |
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Employees
monthly figures from CVRPosition in the industry
7 companies in the databaseComparison with the other companies in manufacture of light metal packaging based on the latest financial year.
Gross profitDKK 110.1mNo. 4 of 7
Better than 50% of the companies in the industry
EquityDKK 265.1mNo. 3 of 7
Better than 67% of the companies in the industry
Number of employees370No. 2 of 7
Better than 83% of the companies in the industry
Industry median: gross profit DKK 110.1m, net profit DKK 15.2m, equity DKK 192.2m, 167 employees.
Compared with similar companies
size, age and company form| Group | Gross profit | Equity |
|---|---|---|
| Companies with 200–499 employees796 companies in the comparison | No. 512of 763 Better than 33% | No. 215of 796 Better than 73% |
| Companies that are between 15 and 29 years old24,910 companies in the comparison | No. 646of 24,791 Better than 97% | No. 609of 24,909 Better than 98% |
| All companies of type ApS66,508 companies in the comparison | No. 265of 66,379 Better than 100% | No. 443of 66,505 Better than 99% |
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 light metal packagingGross profit
- West Pharmaceutical Services Danmark ApSDKK 110.1m
- Envases Europe A/SDKK 885.2m
- Ball Beverage Packaging Fredericia A/SDKK 201.8m
Net profit
- West Pharmaceutical Services Danmark ApSDKK 67m
- Envases Europe A/SDKK 120m
- Ball Beverage Packaging Fredericia A/SDKK 15.2m
Equity
- West Pharmaceutical Services Danmark ApSDKK 265.1m
- Envases Europe A/SDKK 2.4bn
- Ball Beverage Packaging Fredericia A/SDKK 318.9m
Employees
- West Pharmaceutical Services Danmark ApS370
- Envases Europe A/S1,082
- Ball Beverage Packaging Fredericia A/S174
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Owners and group
from the Public Ownership RegisterOwners
- West Pharmaceutical Services of Delaware, Inc.100%
West Pharmaceutical Services Danmark ApS
Management
7 active registrationsExecutive management
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Peter Thorup Hovgaard | Director | 14/04/2024 |
Board of directors
| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| John Ditlev Larsen | Board member | 01/12/2015 |
| Anders Kronborg Jensen | Deputy board member | 22/05/2019 |
| Charlotte Monfeldt Horsbøll | Board member | 13/12/2023 |
| Peter Thorup Hovgaard | Board member | 08/07/2024 |
| Shay Kearns | Chair of the board | 29/12/2025 |
| Wai Wing Helen Chan | Board member | 18/03/2026 |
Former management (55)
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Albert Ellers | Chair of the board | 07/05/1996 | 11/03/2009 |
| Martin Jozef Hubert Kemper | Board member | 07/05/1996 | 08/11/2007 |
| Jeremiah Edmund Dorsey | Chair of the board | 07/05/1996 | 17/12/1999 |
| Poul Jørgensen | Board member | 17/04/1997 | 18/05/2000 |
| Finn Olaf Rasmussen | Deputy board member | 15/12/1997 | 08/11/2007 |
| John Nielsen | Director | 01/08/1998 | 13/03/2002 |
| Finn Kämpf Hansen | Director | 01/06/1999 | 14/04/2026 |
| John Nielsen | Board member | 17/12/1999 | 12/03/2002 |
| Torben Jessen | Board member | 18/05/2000 | 31/12/2006 |
| Erik Graff | Board member | 12/03/2002 | 19/12/2008 |
| Erik Graff | Director | 13/03/2002 | 19/12/2008 |
| Helle Hjortlund | Board member | 01/01/2007 | 30/11/2015 |
| Mogens Margrethelund Kristensen | Board member | 01/01/2007 | 31/12/2010 |
| Jan Løkken | Board member | 19/12/2008 | 28/02/2018 |
| Jan Løkken | Director | 19/12/2008 | 28/02/2018 |
| Matthew Timothy Mullarkey | Chair of the board | 11/03/2009 | 25/02/2010 |
| Heino Jakob Lennartz | Chair of the board | 05/03/2010 | 31/12/2017 |
| Sean Peter Parish | Board member | 05/03/2010 | 22/01/2014 |
| Anette Bækman Kristiansen | Board member | 01/01/2011 | 13/05/2015 |
| Stephan Selke | Board member | 22/01/2014 | 25/03/2018 |
| Kristian Rude Arnvig | Deputy board member | 13/05/2015 | 01/12/2016 |
| Michael Leif Christensen | Board member | 13/05/2015 | 22/05/2019 |
| John Ditlev Larsen | Deputy board member | 13/05/2015 | 30/11/2015 |
| Stephan Selke | Chair of the board | 26/03/2018 | 13/12/2021 |
| Mette Lund Grønbæk | Board member | 26/03/2018 | 31/12/2018 |
| George Lloyd Miller | Board member | 26/03/2018 | 13/12/2021 |
| Jan Puggaard Mortensen | Board member | 22/05/2019 | 13/12/2023 |
| Charlotte Monfeldt Horsbøll | Deputy board member | 22/05/2019 | 12/12/2023 |
| Thomas Skoven | Board member | 29/05/2019 | 13/12/2021 |
| Shay Kearns | Board member | 13/12/2021 | 28/12/2025 |
| Kimberly Banks MacKay | Chair of the board | 13/12/2021 | 29/12/2025 |
| Herve Kaminski | Board member | 13/12/2021 | 08/07/2024 |
| Kim Ostermann Petersen | Deputy board member | 13/12/2023 | 09/06/2024 |
| Seamus Kilbane | Board member | 08/07/2024 | 19/08/2026 |
| Steen Otto Bernth | Director | – | 01/06/1999 |
| Bent Møller Lorenzen | Deputy board member | – | 15/12/1997 |
| Ulla Thirsvad Soussi | Board member | – | 31/12/2006 |
| Jane Kjærsgaard Ludvig | Board member | – | 17/04/1997 |
| Helge Rosenkrantz Küster | Board member | – | 01/09/1993 |
| Jette Strand Nissen | Deputy board member | – | 01/09/1993 |
| Lauge Per Jørgensen | Board member | – | 01/09/1993 |
| Gorm Henrik Julius Manthorpe | Director | – | 13/08/1990 |
| Holger Carstensen | Deputy board member | – | 17/12/1999 |
| Mogens Groth | Board member | – | 31/03/1993 |
| Ole Theilvig | Director | – | 03/03/1995 |
| Peter Vilhelm Bock | Board member | – | 31/03/1993 |
| Lars Hermansen | Board member | – | 17/12/1999 |
| Jette Storm Petersen | Deputy board member | – | 01/09/1993 |
| John Feldt | Board member | – | 27/06/1994 |
| Johann Peter Jakob Wimmer | Chair of the board | – | 07/05/1996 |
| William Gordon Little | Chair of the board | – | 17/05/1995 |
| Victor Edward Ziegler | Board member | – | 07/05/1996 |
| Egon Kjær Jensen | Director | – | 01/09/1993 |
| Jack Freddi Verdich | Board member | – | 03/07/1989 |
| Ole Hartøft-Nielsen | Director | – | 15/12/1997 |
Signing rule: Selskabet tegnes af to medlemmer af bestyrelsen i forening eller af bestyrelsens formand i forening med en direktør
Address and production units
1 active production unitsFuglevangsvej 51
8700 Horsens
| Production unit | Address | Employees | P number |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES DANMARK ApS | Fuglevangsvej 51, 8700 Horsens | 370 | 1001056065 |
Purpose
Selskabets formål er at drive handel og produktion og anden i forbindelse hermed stående virksomhed
The purpose is quoted from the register in Danish.
Changes year by year
116 registered events72015
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20264 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementSeamus Kilbane stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2025 published
- ManagementFinn Kämpf Hansen stepped down as director
- ManagementWai Wing Helen Chan appointed board member
20254 changesmanagement 3 · accounts 1
- ManagementShay Kearns appointed chair of the board
- ManagementKimberly Banks MacKay stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementShay Kearns stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2024 published
202413 changesownership 6 · name 1 · management 5 · accounts 1
- OwnershipWest Pharmaceutical Services of Delaware, Inc. registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipWEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES HOLDING DANMARK ApS is no longer registered as owner
- OwnershipWEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES HOLDING DANMARK ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipWest Pharmaceutical Services European Holdings ApS is no longer registered as owner
- NameName changed from WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES DANMARK A/S to WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES DANMARK ApS
- OwnershipWest Pharmaceutical Services European Holdings ApS registered as owner (100%)
- OwnershipWEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES HOLDING DANMARK ApS is no longer registered as owner
- ManagementPeter Thorup Hovgaard appointed board member
- ManagementSeamus Kilbane appointed board member
- ManagementHerve Kaminski stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2023 published
- ManagementKim Ostermann Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementPeter Thorup Hovgaard appointed director
20235 changesmanagement 4 · accounts 1
- ManagementCharlotte Monfeldt Horsbøll appointed board member
- ManagementKim Ostermann Petersen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJan Puggaard Mortensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementCharlotte Monfeldt Horsbøll stepped down as deputy board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2022 published
20221 changeaccounts 1
- AccountsAnnual report for 2021 published
20217 changesmanagement 6 · accounts 1
- ManagementHerve Kaminski appointed board member
- ManagementKimberly Banks MacKay appointed chair of the board
- ManagementShay Kearns appointed board member
- ManagementThomas Skoven stepped down as board member
- ManagementStephan Selke stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementGeorge Lloyd Miller stepped down as board member
- AccountsAnnual report for 2020 published
20195 changesmanagement 5
- ManagementThomas Skoven appointed board member
- ManagementJan Puggaard Mortensen appointed board member
- ManagementAnders Kronborg Jensen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementCharlotte Monfeldt Horsbøll appointed deputy board member
- ManagementMichael Leif Christensen stepped down as board member
20187 changesmanagement 7
- ManagementMette Lund Grønbæk stepped down as board member
- ManagementStephan Selke appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMette Lund Grønbæk appointed board member
- ManagementGeorge Lloyd Miller appointed board member
- ManagementStephan Selke stepped down as board member
- ManagementJan Løkken stepped down as director
- ManagementJan Løkken stepped down as board member
20171 changemanagement 1
- ManagementHeino Jakob Lennartz stepped down as chair of the board
20161 changemanagement 1
- ManagementKristian Rude Arnvig stepped down as deputy board member
20157 changesmanagement 7
- ManagementJohn Ditlev Larsen appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Ditlev Larsen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementHelle Hjortlund stepped down as board member
- ManagementMichael Leif Christensen appointed board member
- ManagementKristian Rude Arnvig appointed deputy board member
- ManagementJohn Ditlev Larsen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementAnette Bækman Kristiansen stepped down as board member
20142 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementStephan Selke appointed board member
- ManagementSean Peter Parish stepped down as board member
20111 changemanagement 1
- ManagementAnette Bækman Kristiansen appointed board member
20104 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementMogens Margrethelund Kristensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementSean Peter Parish appointed board member
- ManagementHeino Jakob Lennartz appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMatthew Timothy Mullarkey stepped down as chair of the board
20093 changesmerger 1 · management 2
- MergerMerger registered in CVR
- ManagementMatthew Timothy Mullarkey appointed chair of the board
- ManagementSteven Albert Ellers stepped down as chair of the board
20085 changesmanagement 4 · industry 1
- ManagementJan Løkken appointed director
- ManagementJan Løkken appointed board member
- ManagementErik Graff stepped down as director
- ManagementErik Graff stepped down as board member
- IndustryIndustry changed to Manufacture of light metal packaging (259200)
20074 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementFinn Olaf Rasmussen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementMartin Jozef Hubert Kemper stepped down as board member
- ManagementHelle Hjortlund appointed board member
- ManagementMogens Margrethelund Kristensen appointed board member
20061 changemanagement 1
- ManagementTorben Jessen stepped down as board member
20024 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementErik Graff appointed director
- ManagementJohn Nielsen stepped down as director
- ManagementErik Graff appointed board member
- ManagementJohn Nielsen stepped down as board member
20002 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementTorben Jessen appointed board member
- ManagementPoul Jørgensen stepped down as board member
19999 changescapital 1 · management 6 · ownership 1 · name 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 25,000,000 DKK to 50,000,000 DKK
- ManagementJohn Nielsen appointed board member
- ManagementJeremiah Edmund Dorsey stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementHolger Carstensen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementLars Hermansen stepped down as board member
- OwnershipWEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES HOLDING DANMARK ApS registered as owner (100%)
- ManagementFinn Kämpf Hansen appointed director
- ManagementSteen Otto Bernth stepped down as director
- NameName changed from THE WEST COMPANY, DANMARK A/S to WEST PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES DANMARK A/S
19981 changemanagement 1
- ManagementJohn Nielsen appointed director
19974 changesmanagement 4
- ManagementFinn Olaf Rasmussen appointed deputy board member
- ManagementOle Hartøft-Nielsen stepped down as director
- ManagementPoul Jørgensen appointed board member
- ManagementJane Kjærsgaard Ludvig stepped down as board member
19966 changesname 1 · management 5
- NameName changed from SCHUBERT SEALS A/S to THE WEST COMPANY, DANMARK A/S
- ManagementSteven Albert Ellers appointed chair of the board
- ManagementMartin Jozef Hubert Kemper appointed board member
- ManagementJeremiah Edmund Dorsey appointed chair of the board
- ManagementVictor Edward Ziegler stepped down as board member
- ManagementJohann Peter Jakob Wimmer stepped down as chair of the board
19952 changesmanagement 2
- ManagementWilliam Gordon Little stepped down as chair of the board
- ManagementOle Theilvig stepped down as director
19942 changescapital 1 · management 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 20,000,000 DKK to 25,000,000 DKK
- ManagementJohn Feldt stepped down as board member
19937 changesmanagement 7
- ManagementHelge Rosenkrantz Küster stepped down as board member
- ManagementJette Strand Nissen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementLauge Per Jørgensen stepped down as board member
- ManagementJette Storm Petersen stepped down as deputy board member
- ManagementEgon Kjær Jensen stepped down as director
- ManagementMogens Groth stepped down as board member
- ManagementPeter Vilhelm Bock stepped down as board member
19911 changecapital 1
- CapitalShare capital changed from 9,500,000 DKK to 20,000,000 DKK
19901 changemanagement 1
- ManagementGorm Henrik Julius Manthorpe stepped down as director
19891 changemanagement 1
- ManagementJack Freddi Verdich stepped down as board member
19871 changefounded 1
- FoundedRegistered as SCHUBERT SEALS A/S
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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.