Company milestones
The autonomous scrubber, Nilfisk Liberty SC50 is made available to all key markets across Europe and North America, setting new standards within intelligent cleaning.
Nilfisk divests its outdoor business as part of its ongoing multi-year simplification strategy. Over the course of 2018, Nilfisk completes a total of five divestments across the portfolio.
Nilfisk makes considerable progress in reducing its manufacturing footprint through divestments and consolidations, exiting 7 out of 18 production sites.
NKT A/S is split into two individual companies, and Nilfisk is listed as an independent company on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange (Nasdaq Copenhagen).
Nilfisk announces The Horizon Program and showcases the first prototype of a new and ground-breaking autonomous scrubber enabling unmanned cleaning.
Production facilities are opened in Querétaro, Mexico.
Acquisition of Viper, a leading Chinese manufacturer and supplier of professional cleaning equipment to the mid-market.
Nilfisk establishes production sites in Hungary and China.
In 2000 Nilfisk acquired CFM.
Nilfisk constantly develops new techniques to clean the exhaust air. Nilfisk’s reputation for top of the line filters attracts some exciting customers: NASA used Nilfisk vacuum cleaners to remove harmful dust from space shuttles from 1969.
Nilfisk bought a modern industrial facility in Elsinore, Denmark in 1969. The factory produced industrial vacuum cleaners.
The first wet/dry vacuum cleaner is launched.
Nilfisk chooses to focus solely on cleaning equipment.
In 1938, Nilfisk starts establishing production facilities abroad and now manufactures in 10 countries worldwide.
A new innovative vacuum cleaner is launched. Because of its significantly low sound level, it becomes known as “The Silent Dane”
Nilfisk starts producing motorcycles under the “Nimbus” brand.
Nilfisk moves to Peter Bangs Vej in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark. An address that for the next 80 years was synonymous with Nilfisk.
