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Secop GmbH is a manufacturer of hermetic compressors for cooling circuits. Secop designs, develops, manufactures and distributes compressors for three application ranges: household refrigerators and freezers, small commercial refrigeration systems and cooling solutions for the mobile area (12/24/48 volt DC compressors). According to the manufacturer, the compressors are characterized by low energy consumption, low noise emission and environmental friendliness due to the use of CFC-free refrigerants.

The headquarters of Secop are located in Flensburg/Germany, where approximately 110 employees (as of November 2014) work in research and development, the sales division and the product support department. Secop also operates production facilities in Slovakia and in the People's Republic of China, a plant for parts manufacturing in Slovenia and worldwide sales and customer service companies.

History of Secop Compressor :

• 1956 Danfoss Compressor founded with production facility in Flensburg, Germany
• 1960 Synthetic materials and oils
  • TL compressors
• 1970 Introduction of SC compressors
  • The birth of a standard setting platform in the light commercial market
• 1977 BD compressors - start with mobile applications
• 1990 NL and TLES compressors
• 1993 Introduction of compressors for R600a
  • Start of production of natural refrigerant compressors by using more eco-friendly R600a refrigerant grade isobutane
• 1997 Introduction of the BD compressor for mobile applications based on PL platform
• 1998 Introduction of TLV variable speed
  • Setting the standard for less energy consumption by variable speed control starting devices
• 2004 AC/DC power control introduced
• 2010 BD Micro sets new standards for size and weight for transport certified compressors
  • Acquired by Aurelius AG and change of name to Secop
• 2011 Dedicated IT and Telecom products - 12-24-48VDC
• 2012 Secop consolidates European production sites
  • Household introduces three new innovative platforms, XV, NLU and DLX.
  • Secop launches a complete sales and market setup covering the Chinese market
• 2013 Secop launches complete product programmers for the Light commercial market with green refrigerant (R290) and extreme energy optimised products (electronic platforms), enabling energy savings in excess of 40%
  • Secop acquires ACC Füstenfeld Austria
• 2013 US sales office are established