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Founded by Frederik Læssøe Smidth on Jan 1882.1
Private company
Logo: FLSmidth, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3
Multinational technology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark
FLSmidth & Co. A/S is a Danish multinational technology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 16, 2026.
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FLSmidth & Co. A/S is a Danish multinational technology company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. With almost 11,000 employees worldwide, it provides the global mining and cement industries with equipment and services. For the mining industry, the company provides technology for copper, gold, nickel, zinc and lithium mining, and for the cement industry, it provides technology for cement production. FLSmidth is listed on NASDAQ OMX Nordic Copenhagen (the former Copenhagen Stock Exchange) in the C25 index and has offices in more than 60 countries worldwide.2
Founded by Frederik Læssøe Smidth on Jan 1882.1
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