Compressor History
• 1933 Danfoss founded
• 1952 "Pancake" compressor
• 1956 Introduction PW compressor
• 1956 Danfoss Flensburg founded
• 1958 Start of production in Flensburg
• 1960 Synthetic materials and oils
• 1970 Introduction SC compressor
• 1970 PTC starting device
• 1972 Introduction FR compressor
• 1977 Introduction TL and BD compressors
• 1988 Concentration of production in Flensburg (Germany)
• 1989 100,000,000 compressors produced
• 1990 Introduction NL and TLES compressors
• 1992 Introduction PL compressor
• 1992 Compressors for R134a
• 1993 Compressors for R600a
• 1993 Danfoss Compressors d.o.o (Slovenia)
• 1995 Danfoss Compressors S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
• 1996 Introduction NLY compressor
• 1997 150,000,000 compressors
• 1998 Introduction BD35F (DC) compressor
• 1998 Introduction TLV compressor (variable speed drive)
• 1999 Introduction BD50F (DC) compressor
• 1999 Compressors for R290
• 2000 Introduction NLV compressor (variable speed drive)
• 2000 Introduction TLX compressor
• 2001 ePTC - electronically controlled PTC starting device
• 2001 200,000,000 compressors produced
• 2002 Danfoss Compressors spol. s.r.o. (Slovakia)
• 2002 Introduction BD150F compressor for mobile refrigeration
• 2003 Introduction BD35F & BD35K (DC) comp. for solar applications
• 2003 CO2 (carbon dioxide) compressor
• 2003 Introduction NLX-KK and TLX-KK.3 compressors (X-treme Series)
• 2004 Introduction NLX-KK.2 compressor (Ultra Fast Optimization)
• 2004 Introduction BD80F (DC) compressor
• 2005 Introduction BD250GH (DC) compressor
• 2005 AC/DC electronic unit
• 2005 Introduction GS compressor
• 2006 Introduction TN (CO2) compressor
• 2006 Introduction SLV compressor (variable speed drive)
• 2006 Introduction OPTYMA™ condensing unit
• 2007 Introduction BD350GH (DC) compressor
• 2007 Introduction OPTYMA PLUS™ condensing unit
• 2008 50 Years Danfoss Compressors Flensburg
• 2008 TOOL4COOL® software for flexible settings control
• 2009 Danfoss Compressors (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (China)
• 2009 Relocation of production
• 2010 Introduction NLU-KK and DLX-KK compressors
• 2010 Introduction SLV-CNK.2 and SLV-CLK.2 compressors
• 2010 Introduction BD 48V (DC) compressors
• 2010 Introduction BD 1.4F Micro compressor
• 2011 First R290 Compressors for 115V - 60Hz