DISA History
Year |
History of DISA |
|
1900 |
DISA was established and production of light machine guns started up |
| 1930 | A.P. Møller bought shares in DISA |
| 1937 | Georg Fischer (GF) started production of shot blast machines |
| 1940-1961 | DISA produced a variety of products like: sewing machines, refrigerators, tractors, petrol pumps, motorcycles & electronic devices |
| 1962 | A scale model of a DISAMATIC was presented at GIFA |
| 1964 | The first DISAMATIC vertical moulding machine was sold to the United Danish Iron Foundries |
| 1986 | Acquisition of BMD (shot blast, horizontal moulding and filter equipment) |
| 1996 | Founding of Georg Fischer Disa, a joint venture between DISA and Georg Fischer's foundry equipment division |
| 2000 | Acquisition of V&S (shot blast equipment) |
| 2000 | Founding of the DISA Group after the acquisition by DISA of all shares in the joint venture |
| 2005 | The DISA Air division sold to Dantherm |
| 2005 | DISA Group is acquired by Procuritas |
| 2008 | DISA Group is acquired by Mid Europa Partners |
| 2009 | DISA and Wheelabrator Group merge. Wheelabrator Group is the world-leading surface preparation provider, and the DISA surface preparation divison is rebranded Wheelabrator. DISA (moulding and foundry solutions) retains it's brand. |
| 2014 | DISA and Wheelabrator Group enter into a binding agreement with Altor Fund IV ("Altor") to sell a majority of its shares. |
| 2017 | Norican Acquires LMCS Group |
| 2018 | Norican have sold the DISA core division |