Grundfos history

Other countries soon followed and the first foreign exhibition was thus in Sweden in 1953.

Boosting the company's reputation on a national level was the introduction of a new ejector pump system, the CPE-3, launched in 1957.

Grundfos began its international expansion as early as 1960, when the company founded a subsidiary in Germany.

In 1962, it was decided to establish a night school for the employees as expansion and global trade became more and more relevant.

By 1967, when they were renamed Grundfos, they had been through numerous name changes.

In 1968, Grundfos was the first private company in Denmark to open a sheltered workshop for employees with special needs.

The company also continued its record of innovation, launching a new generation of centrifugal pumps, starting in 1971 with the CR30, which featured an inline design, allowing greater flexibility in the installation of pumping systems.

Niels Due Jensen succeded as head of management in 1978.

Grundfos started to investigate the possibilities of a solar driven pump around 1980 and when UNDP launched a solar pump system competition in 1980, the work really took off.

Grundfos introduced their solar driven pump system to the world in 1982 and won the UNDP competition.

In 1983, however, Grundfos solved this problem, developing an electronic-based inverter.

In 1984, for example, the company entered the wastewater treatment market, debuting its KP drainage pump.

In 1989, Grundfos A/S, as the first pump manufacturer in the world, was certified according to the quality standard ISO 9001.

The X99, as the model was called, was launched in 1990, setting a new industry standard.

The extensive research and development resulted in the launch of X99 in 1991.

The introduction of the JetSub in 1992 was revolutionary, as it was the first submersible pump with built-in electronics encapsulated in the motor.

Grundfos continued to develop its frequency converter technology, leading to the development of the MGE pump motor launched in 1993.

Grundfos introduced the remote control R100 in 1995, which allowed electronic pumps to be configured, diagnosed and serviced using a remote handheld device.

He Joined Grundfos in 1997 as Director of International Production.

In 1999, the company launched the Grundfos Magna, a circulator pump with a permanent magnet motor.

The company entered the market for large-scale wastewater pumps in 2000, after buying up Finland's Sarlin Pump Co.

Further development of the Magna added automatic speed control by 2001.

Also in 2002, Grundfos bought up a 60 percent share in its main rival in South Korea, Chung Suk.

By 2004, Grundfos's stature in the market approached a leadership position as it took over Hilge, based in Germany, which specialized in producing pumps for the dairy, food, and pharmaceuticals industries.

"Grundfos Acquires Alldos," PACE (Process & Control Engineering), January 20, 2005.

"Denmark's Grundfos to Invest EUR 70 mln in New Plant, Expansion in Hungary," Hungary Business News, April 4, 2006.

Grundfos Biobooster was introduced in 2007 as a decentralized wastewater treatment system.

In 2008, Grundfos introduced the Innovation Intent which focuses on the long-term innovation efforts.

The first system was established in Kenya in 2009.