Nilfisk is a supplier of professional cleaning equipment in both industrial, commercial and consumer markets. The company is headquartered in

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, Denmark, with sales entities in 45 countries and dealers in more than 100 countries. Nilfisk has manufacturing facilities in various countries. It has approximately 4,844 employees worldwide. The company's core businesses are the supply of industrial and commercial cleaning machines and professional high-pressure cleaning equipment. Nilfisk also markets

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s and high-pressure cleaners to consumers. The company was owned by

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until late 2017. Nilfisk is a part of the

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. The company was spun off by NKT Holdings in October 2017 and is now listed as an independent company on Nasdaq Copenhagen.

History

Nilfisk was founded in Denmark in 1906 by Peder Andersen Fisker (1875–1975) and Hans Marius Nielsen (1870–1954) as ''Fisker & Nielsen''. Originally the company produced electrical engines as the basic component in ventilators, kitchen elevators, drilling machines and, later on, the

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motorcycle. In 1989

, listed on the

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, bought Fisker & Nielsen. In 1994 Nilfisk A/S acquired Advance Machine Company and in 1998 Nilfisk A/S was renamed Nilfisk-Advance. In 1998 Nilfisk-Advance merged with Euroclean/Kent and between 2000 and 2011, Nilfisk-Advance acquired CFM, Gerni, ALTO, Ecologica, United States Products, Viper, Hydramaster, Egholm, Plataforma and Jungo making Nilfisk-Advance one of the largest suppliers of professional cleaning equipment worldwide. In 2015, Nilfisk-Advance changed name to Nilfisk. In 2020, Nilfisk partnered with Thoro.ai, originally part of

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. The

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destroyed their Springdale plant in 2022.

Machines

Nilfisk produces a variety of machines in their Brooklyn Park, Minnesota production facility and Springdale, Arkansas facility, as well as in Hungary, Mexico, China, and Italy. The SC50 autonomous scrubber module is their flagship product, in addition to the commercial SC6500 model, and the industrial SC8000, SW8000, CS7010, and 7765 models in production. In 2016, their robotic floor scrubbers were considered among "the nation's most advanced" by the

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References

External links

Nilfisk Annual Report 2021

Nilfisk CSR Report 2021
{{Authority control Industrial supply companies Home appliance manufacturers of Denmark Manufacturing companies based in Copenhagen Companies based in Brøndby Municipality Danish companies established in 1906 2017 initial public offerings Companies listed on Nasdaq Copenhagen Vacuum cleaner manufacturers