Compressor History

• 1933 Danfoss founded 
• 1952  "Pancake" compressor
• 1956 PW compressor
• 1956 Danfoss Flensburg founded
• 1958 Start of production in Flensburg
• 1960 Synthetic materials and oils
• 1970 SC compressor and PTC starting device
• 1972 FR compressor
• 1977 TL and BD compressor
• 1988 Concentration of production in Flensburg
• 1989 100,000,000 compressors produced
• 1990 NL and TLES compressor
• 1992 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 NLY compressor
• 1997 150,000,000 compressors
• 1998 Introduction BD35F (DC)
• 1998 Variable speed drive compressor TLV
• 1999 Introduction BD50F (DC)
• 1999 Compressors for R290
• 2000 Variable speed drive compressor NLV
• 2000 TLX compressor
• 2001 ePTC-Electronically controlled PTC starting device
• 2001 200,000,000 compressors produced
• 2002 Danfoss Compressors spol. s.r.o. (Slovakia)
• 2002 Compressor for mobile refrigeration BD150F
• 2003 BD35F &  BD35K (DC) for solar applications
• 2003 CO2 compressor (carbon dioxide)
• 2003 X-treme Series: NLX-KK & TLX-KK.3 compressors
• 2004 "Ultra Fast Optimization" NLX-KK.2 compressors
• 2004 Introduction BD80F (DC)
• 2005  Introduction BD250GH & AC/DC electronic unit
• 2005 GS compressor
• 2006 TN (CO2) compressor
• 2006 SLV variable speed drive compressor
• 2006 OPTYMA™ condensing units
• 2007 Introduction BD350GH (DC)
• 2007 OPTYMA PLUS™ condensing units
• 2008 50 years Danfoss Compressors Flensburg