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| Type | Private limited company |
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| Industry | Engineering |
| Founded | 1882 |
| Founder | Otto Kemp, Severin Lauritzen |
| Headquarters | Albertslund, Copenhagen , |
Key people | Allan Jørgensen (CEO), Kim Junge Andersen (CFO) |
| Revenue | DKK 1,938 million (2013) [1] |
| DKK 1.5 million (2013) [1] | |
Number of employees | 2,000 (2015)) [2] |
| Website | www.kemp-lauritzen.dk |
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