HOMEABOUT USPRODUCTSINDUSTRIESREFERENCESCONTACT US MENU ABOUT ACO ACO IN RETROSPECT ENVIRONMENT OUR FACILITIES Home > About us > ACO in retrospect ACO IN RETROSPECT With over sixty years of experience in the industry, we have developed a clear business structure, making us a strong partner when dealing with heat recovery for your company. What is now known as ACO-Engineering started back in the late forties. The lack of resources opened up a new market for recycling, that was utilized by two hardworking engineers from “De Danske Mejeriers Maskinfabrik”. In an old dairy on Parcelvej in Kolding, Waldemar Lauritzen and Erik Nielsen founded Elektrogeno that marketed itself on repairing used machines. The foundation in all of ACO-Engineerings activities has always been to service the process industry with equipment that fully lives up to the high standards of the trade. Historical timeline: 1947 Waldemar Laurtizen and Erik Nielsen founded Elektrogeno in an old dairy in Kolding, Denmark. The purpose of the company was to repair used reapers. 1949 The production of stainless tanks and process equipment was commenced. These products became rapidly a huge success. 1957 The production was steadily growing, and the space became an issue. Better facilities for the company were found on Fabriksvej in Kolding. 1972 Elektrogeno was transformed into a public limited company (A/S) at a time where the American company, DEC International, had financial interest in the company. The first spot welding machine was installed and the manufacture of farmyard cooling tanks was started. 1979 Elektrogeno continued to concentrate their efforts on the spot welding technology, and further investments were made to increase the production machinery. The spot welded plates were called “Thermo Plates” (now pillow plates). 1981 Elektrogeno changed its name to DEC Elektrogeno A/S. 1986 The company was sold and re-emerged as Genodan A/S, which was later known as Gadan Kolding A/S. 1993 Niro A/S – a large customer – bought its way into the company and created the company Niro Combi A/S. 2000 ACO Holding A/S (a private company) took over the majority of the shares, and the name Niro Combi A/S was replaced by the current ACO-Engineering A/S. 2004 A larger modernization and renovation of the production machinery were started, e.g. a new lasercutting machine was installed . 2006 ACO-Engineering and ACO-Service moved together at the premises in Kolding. 2009 ACO-Holding A/S took over alle shares of the company. View products Contact us Future prospects for ACO-Engineering: - Expanding our business with new geographic markets. - Maintaining and increasing our market position as the leading company with various niche products within heat transfer. - Continue developing flexible solutions and compact design for customers worldwide. - Continuous improvement of our quality standards, efficiency and delivery compliance. More info on Pillow Plates ACO Engineering, Fabriksvej 12 - 14, DK-6000 Kolding, Denmark Tel. +45 76 333 555 - See smiley reports